If you ever need reminding that the arcade market of the early Nineties was a weird, transitional scene, Tinkle Pit should serve well. Despite the declining popularity of traditional maze games and the market’s preference for the 3D games which were finally beginning to come of age, Namco chose to release Tinkle Pit into arcades […]
Is Sega Rally the best arcade racer ever? As these memorable moments suggest, it just might be… Not The One In Thurrock You’d prefer not to think about just how much money you’ve sunk into Sega Rally. It might have started out as just another fun racing game, but the challenge quickly turned into an […]
This post is written by Jake Parr. Sports games are usually pretty boring. Nintendo tends to crank out some gems, though, and Golf for the Game Boy is one of them. With lovely sounds and music and easy controls, this retro game is a definite hole-in-one. It won’t keep players away fore long (but puns […]
It looks like we’ll be getting more of Sonic Boom, as a job ad that SEGA put up a couple of days ago confirms that the TV show continues production. The job listing is for a “Director of TV Series Production and Distribution” who’ll oversee the production and distribution of the show. This also involves helping the […]
I’m not sure that it’s entirely natural for me to have developed a fondness for winter sports – I come from a town where the dry ski slope was demolished, and haven’t actually seen any snow in a couple of years. The closest I’ve ever come to actually ski jumping was falling over on a […]
Back in the 80s, a new breed of gamer emerged. These gamers weren’t just content with playing a game, they lived that game. Right up until the last boss was defeated or the final treasure found. Back then games were hard, rock hard, a fact many a veteran gamer will attest to. So to help […]
Lo Wang is Duke Nukem’s brother from another mother, a master ninja with a tendency to slice up foes with his katana whilst cracking cheesy, and often racist, one-liners. Shadow Warrior was a smashing game from the late ’90s, despite lacklustre sales. Surprising, considering how well 3D Realms profited from its blockbuster game Duke Nukem […]
Although few have played it, some will argue that Hideo Kojima’s greatest work isn’t the Metal Gear series, but instead the cyberpunk thriller Snatcher. Starting out on various Japanese home computers before hitting the Sega Mega CD, this gripping visual novel is about to get one more port through homebrew efforts. Believe it or not […]
The Atari Jaguar is a system that divides opinion like no other. Some people consider it a joke, while others are fascinated by the missed opportunity it represents and the outstanding mess Atari made in handling it’s final platform. Meanwhile, others still continue to debate (at length) whether the system really is a 64-bit console. […]
I loved Twisted Metal, and was pretty sad to find out that the third game wasn’t going to be released in the UK. Granted, I’ve played it now and realise that it wasn’t excellent, but I felt genuinely annoyed by this in the late Nineties. Luckily, Luxoflux came along and helped me to forget all […]