Author: jrsupermoore I can imagine what a 15-year old Tiger Woods must have thought after playing True Golf Classics: Waialae Country Club with his factory fresh Super Nintendo in 1991. “You can choose your own caddy!”, the young golfer might have mused. “And you can alter your foot stance, choice of club, even what … Continue reading
Archive: March, 2015
Boulder Dash Officially Released For Intellivision 30 Years Later
Despite seeing release on a wide range of systems, the highly-rated home computer classic Boulder Dash failed to make it onto the Intellivision console. To celebrate the game’s 30th anniversary, the original publisher has teamed up with homebrew developers to finally release the game on Intellivision.
Out Run 2
Alongside Robotron: 2084 and Strider the original Out Run is probably one of my favourite arcade games. I was already a fan of games like Hang On and Space Harrier, but Out Run blew me away and to this day my dream car has always been an open top Ferrari Testarossa (which I’ve been reliably […]
COMPETITION: Design Artwork For The New Mad Max Film
Sister magazine, Photoshop Creative is running an exciting new compeition to tie in with the incoming release of action film Mad Max. All you have to do is create an exciting new poster based on the new film which will actually be judged by Mad Max director, George Miller. The winning piece will also be […]
Retro Review: I.M. Meen (PC DOS)
Believe it or not, I.M. Meen was more than just material for YouTube Poop mash-up videos. Believe it or not, it was a GAME! An educational game, at that, with the intention of making children learn about proper spelling and grammar. It was developed by Animation Magic and published by Simon and Schuster Interactive in […]
The Making Of Halo: Combat Evolved
It’s easy to forget just how much of a deal Bungie’s first-person shooter was. Originally designed as a completely different game when it was first shown on Macs, Microsoft stepped in an bought Bungie and Halo for its new Xbox console. The end result was a groundbreaking first-person shooter that not only defined the single […]
First 4 Figures Gives Sega Fans A Tease Of Upcoming “NiGHTS Into Dreams…” Figurine
You can’t look at a Sega Saturn, and not think about NiGHTS! Released in 1996, “NiGHTS into Dreams” was described at the time as one of the best games that you had ever seen. With others games released in the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Retro Review: Super Back to the Future 2 (Super Famicom)
Why are so many film licensed games rubbish? That question is down to personal taste and preference of course, but the homogeneous lump of us are generally in agreement that movie tie ins are a load of old trousers. The LJN games of 8 and 16-bit lore are synonymous with being mediocre and were thrust […]
Fresh Game In The “Conker” Series Coming To Microsoft Systems Via Project Spark Next Month
If there is any video game that holds a special part of my heart, it’s without a doubt the Nintendo 64 classic “Conker’s Bad Fur Day”. Thanks to an amazing commercial that used to air in the late night, Conker […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…