Chances are that at some point in your video gaming life, you have played some form of “Sim” game. While it all started with the original SimCity, the “Sim” franchise would go on for many years, bringing hours upon hours […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Syndicate Free On Origin
After offering the excellent Theme Hospital for free not too long ago, EA’s Origin service is currently offering Syndicate for free as part of its “On The House” promotion. It’s yours to keep once you’ve downloaded it, but there’s no word on when Bullfrog’s classic isometric tactics title will be replaced as part of this promotion […]
Sacred Line arrives on Mega Drive
Watermelon Games has released Sacred Line, a brand new visual novel for the Mega Drive, on physical cartridges compatible with both PAL and NTSC systems. The game is priced at $39.00 in its standard “Build It Thyself” form or $89.00 in its fully boxed deluxe form, and is available at Watermelon’s store now. For those […]
Mega Drive Horror Adventure ‘Sacred Line’ Released On Cartridge
Back in 2013 a brand new title hit the Mega Drive, bring the visual novel genre to the 16-bit console. Following the success of their previous homebrew releases, Watermelon Games have secured the rights to Sasha Darko’s Sacred Line, with a physical cartridge of the horror adventure now available.
Akira
I’ve been on a retro manga kick lately, and Akira has been a big part of that. I could hardly have avoided it – if you ran in even vaguely geeky circles during the early Nineties, you probably came across Akira at some point. The anime was a critical smash and turned a whole generation […]
Duke Caribbean: Life’s a Beach
This post is written by Jake Parr. Soon after Duke Nukem 3D shook the gaming universe with its brilliance, many expansion packs were released, some with permission and many others without. Duke Caribbean: Life’s a Beach, developed by Sunstorm Interactive and published by WizardWorks Software in 1997, was one of official expansion packs released. It […]
RetroCollect FM – Retro Gaming Podcast – Issue 18: Sega Master System
Released in Japan in 1985 as the Sega Mark III, the Master System eventually made it’s way to US and UK shores in 1986 and 1987 respectively. While Nintendo’s Entertainment System enjoyed unparalleled success on the other side of the Atlantic, in the UK it was the Master System that arguably won the battle for […]
Modern Review: Game Dev Story (Android / iOS)
To confess, I am a bit of a sim nut: Sim City, Theme Park, Gansters: Organised Crime and more recently I have sunk my gnashers into Prison Architect (personal tip on the latter – build a fence first…) But apart from the sublime indie Xbox Live game Arcade Craft, I have had an itch for […]
Retro Review: The Lost Episodes of Doom (Map Expansion Pack)
The popularity of Doom back in 1993 on-wards was immense. When id Software released the map-making tools for the public to craft their own levels so they may battle the flesh-eating demons within their own creations, small-name companies tried to crank out their own unofficial expansions for the game. Out of the bowels of Sybex […]
From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years Kickstarter campaign
From Bedrooms to Billions: The Amiga Years is another exciting project just announced by Gracious Films following on from their amazing From Bedrooms to Billions documentary on the birth of the UK games industry (full review of From Bedrooms to Billions coming soon!) . As the title may suggest the The Amiga Years concentrates on […]