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DEMO LIST’S ON, MAN

You remember game demos, right? Trials, teasers, tasters? It’s easy to believe that most publishers don’t remember them, given how rare a free sample of a new game is nowadays. We’re not talking about time-limited betas, but something you can play at your own pace, and as many times as you like, whenever you like.

This is a list of demos that were fun, important, weird, generous, or any combination of the four. Some are no longer available – or are at least, hard to find – but you might find one that’s easy to nab and tickles your gaming fancy.

Sly sneaks into another game

GAME SLY 2: BAND OF THIEVES / FORMAT PS2 / PUB SCE DEV INSOMNIAC GAMES / RELEASED 2004

01 Putting a demo for one game inside the finished version of another is a bit odd. Deciding to hide that demo is odd – but that’s exactly what Insomniac did with the Sly 2 demo in Ratchet & Clank 3, which was

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