{"id":4724,"date":"2017-03-28T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T13:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/?p=4724"},"modified":"2017-03-28T09:49:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T13:49:36","slug":"paprium-amazing-new-beat-em-sega-genesismega-drive-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armchairarcade.com\/perspectives\/2017\/03\/28\/paprium-amazing-new-beat-em-sega-genesismega-drive-released\/","title":{"rendered":"PAPRIUM, an amazing new beat &#8217;em up for the Sega Genesis\/Mega Drive released!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>WaterMelon Games<\/strong>, creators of the excellent <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pier_Solar_and_the_Great_Architects\" target=\"_blank\">Pier Solar and the Great Architects<\/a><\/strong> RPG, are back with an all new beat &#8217;em up called <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.paprium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">PAPRIUM<\/a><\/strong>. 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