The PS Vita is quickly becoming the platform of choice for indie developers – I certainly can’t recall another mainstream system being so well supported by small developers with modest backing. The Vita hardware itself is probably a main reason; it is a powerful system and – so I’m told – a fairly painless machine […]
With Scotland recently populating all the news channels with heated political discussions, we thought it was about time to shed some light on the greatest wee video game characters from up North! Believe it or not there’s more than just the Highland Lemmings up there, so anyone even THINKING of using the phrase ‘Och aye the […]
There was a small part of my childhood where my mom and dad had tried to get me into other hobbies that didn’t involve video games or computers. I can remember getting all kinds of gifts, that ranged from telescopes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just like other retro video game consoles of the era, the Intellivision offers a lot in the world of homebrew development, with a lot of excellent original video game titles coming out all the time. As we hit the middle […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Certain games are perennial mainstays of arcades; they just never really go away. There’s the worn down and abused Real Puncher that has sat there since the mid-Nineties, one of the Time Crisis sequels for sure, and probably a twin sit-down Dayona USA. But also standing proud is an old Prop Cycle cabinet, one of […]
It goes without saying that when it comes to some retro video gamers, some people want a truly authentic experience. They want actual hardware on real TV’s using original controllers and cartridges or discs. Then, there are others that don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the retro gaming news as of recent, you’ll have noticed a sudden surge in after-market devices which allow classic games to be loaded into memory from MicroSD cards and other removable media. One of the more notable additions as of late has been a SD card enabled device […]
Stamps have never really thrilled our inner collector before, if we’re being perfectly honest with you, but these new ones from Ireland’s postal service An Post certainly caught our interest. The special set of four commemorates gaming’s most recognisable and iconic characters – Sega’s Sonic The Hedgehog, Nintendo’s Mario, Namco’s Pac-Man and Taito’s rather more […]
Square isn’t known for stepping outside its comfort zone, so many will be surprised to learn that it made this rather excellent shooter in 1997. At first it feels a world apart from Square’s previous work, but you soon realise it’s a typical Square game. It’s most noticeable in the story; a neat, if rather […]
After an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign to immortalise the best of the Commodore 64 in book-form, Bitmap Books has returned to gift the Amiga a similar treatment. Arriving in the same style as the last, the Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium has finally hit Kickstarter – and is off with a flying start.