My daughter enjoying the Games Room. 23 consoles on permanent set up means a lot of choice, but also a lot of cables… First World gamer problems I’ve decided it’s time I rethought how I go about using my consoles. Mainly because I am finding very little time to actually play on them these days, […]
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New Game From Maniac Mansion Developers
The brains behind many classic LucasArts adventures, Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick, are back – and they’re bringing a project to Kickstarter. The new project Thimbleweed Park is a retro-styled point-and-click adventure, and is backed up by a crowdfunding campaign which includes humorous tiers such as the $25 guilt absolution special for players who pirated […]
Half-Life 2
Released: 2004 Genre: First-person shooter Publisher: Valve Developer: Valve The Background The difficult second album. Valve set to work just six short months on a sequel to, what is commonly referred to as, the best PC game of all time, Half‑Life – a first-person shooter that took the rudimentary template of Id Software’s Doom and […]
Reformation Kickstarter Delivers Remade C64 Tunes
If you’re a fan of C64 music – and thanks to the fantastic SID chip, many of you are – you might want to have a look at the Kickstarter for Reformation. Headed up by The Last Ninja 2 musician Matt Gray, the project is offering backers a CD of C64 tunes remade with modern […]
Final Fantasy VII’s Entire Game Remade In LittleBigPlanet
For the last few years, one LittleBigPlanet sculptor has been recreating one of his favourite games in the platforming title’s sandbox. While many of us have tried our hand at making custom levels in the MediaMolecule release, this talented gamer has instead remade all of Final Fantasy VII’s 3 disc adventure into many different playable […]
Maniac Mansion Creators Return With Kickstarter Point ‘N’ Click Adventure ‘Thimbleweed Park’
It’s safe to say that it’s been a rather long time since a true traditional 2D point ‘n’ click adventure hit our home computers. Being one of the most popular genres of the late 80s and early 90s, classics such as Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion, and Day of the Tentacle all proved that storytelling and […]
Worms Is 19 Years Old!
It’s been 19 years since Team 17′s most famous series hit the shelves, and the irreconcilable invertebrates have been bombing the hell out of one another the whole time. It all started with Andy Davidson’s entry into an Amiga Format coding competition, titled Total Wormage, and though he didn’t win the game impressed Team 17 […]
The Making Of The Sims
If you’ve ever owned a PC then chances are you’ve heard of The Sims. Created by Will Wright, it placed you in charge of a virtual avatar who could go to work, take showers, watch TV and participate in all sorts of mundance activities. It became a huge success for Maxis and EA, going on […]
Games Cheating Gamers: When Retro Games Fight Back
It’s likely as a retro gaming fan you have at some point played a Konami game. If, like me, you were also a fan of using cheats, then there is/was a famous cheat common to a wide range of Konami games – one which has since become famous for its long-running use. But what about those […]
Hardware Review: GDEmu – Sega Dreamcast SD Card ISO Loading Disc Drive Replacement
As of recent there’s been a rather significant breakthrough in the retro gaming world. Similar to flash cartridges, console hackers have somehow found a way to trick disc based systems into running games from SD card. With the ability to now store and play a large library of game images from removable media, are the […]