While we all know how to successfully clear the first few levels of any Super Mario title, how would a computer fare on its own with no prior knowledge of the game? Using self-learning artificial intelligence, one computer program has managed to successfully battle its way through Super Mario World – albeit with a lot […]
Although E3 may still have a day to go, the gaming exhibition has already pulled out all the stops and left plenty to look forward to. The more surprising aspect to this year’s show though, is that more has been promised to the retro fanatics amongst us than next-gen gamers.
One of the things that I love about retro machines is that they each have very distinctive graphical styles. While games I can play on my PlayStation 4 are scarcely distinguishable from their Xbox One counterparts, it’s hard to mistake a C64 game for a Spectrum game and vice versa – and it’s hard to […]
When you think about some of the most classic video game publishers out there, some names instantly come to mind. Square Enix, Activision, Konami, Capcom among others are just some of the ones that you might ponder. Another big name […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Back in 2005, Sony had teased audiences with a technical demonstration for it’s (then) new PlayStation 3, which had a “Final Fantasy VII” theme to it. Ever since then, gamers have been asking themselves when the real remake was happening. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This year’s E3 show has been absolutely absurd in a number of ways, and there’s been some great retro love out there. The most groundbreaking story has easily been the announcement of Shenmue III as a Kickstarter project during the Sony conference – not only did it break Kickstarter, but it reached its $2 million […]
Simon supplied so many photos of his unbelievable collection that we hardly knew where to start. His games room is a shrine to old school gaming and in particular his love of all things Game Boy. His original Nintendo display cabinets are bulging with every kind of Game Boy and accessory imaginable. We’ll let the […]
This has been a piece of news that has been MANY years in the waiting, and it came to us courtesy of the most recent E3 convention. For years, fans of the popular “Shenmue” franchise have been wondering when and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Sony’s Playstation press conference at E3 is always full of delicious surprises for the modern gamer, but nobody was prepared for them to announce the long-awaited Shenmue 3.
It was only a few short years ago when one of the buzzwords around the independent video game world was “Ouya”. Being one of the most successful Kickstarter projects of all time, the Ouya was planned to be part of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…