Why wouldn’t you love Sega’s Dreamcast? It’s the natural successor to the Saturn and shows Sega at its most creative. Yes, Sony’s PlayStation 2 was impossible to ignore with its promise of the “Emotion Engine” and the sheer backing of millions of expectant PlayStation owners, but Sega didn’t care. The Dreamcast felt like it existed […]
Author: jrsupermoore One of the Super Nintendo’s strengths was in converting certain arcade gallery classics into equally excellent experiences on home console. A couple examples that come to mind are Midway’s NBA Jam (1993) and Capcom’s Street Fighter II (1991). Both of these games were paramount for reinvigorating their genres, but it’s … Continue reading
This post is written by Jake Parr. Blood is a hidden gem, rife with dark humour and horror cliches whilst offering challenging game-play and excellent level design. Despite its glitches and design errors, such as the super-accurate human enemies and their poor TNT-tossing abilities that commonly blow up their allies and themselves, Blood is still […]
If you’re anything like us, you might have missed the Kickstarter campaign for Game Atelier’s Wonder Boy-inspired Flying Hamster II: Knight Of The Golden Seed. It wouldn’t have been hard to do so, as the crowdfunding effort was cancelled three weeks in after FDG Entertainment stepped in to realise the project. Nine months later, the […]
Released: 2004 Genre: Arcade action Publisher: Devolver Digital Developer: Denaton Games The Background Despite having something of a reputation on the indie scene as a prolific creator of short, creative games, developer Jonatan “Cactus” Söderström was a relative unknown before Hotline Miami. That was all set to change when Cactus was introduced to artist and […]
Fancy a light and breezy game for something a bit different? Then better get ready for a trip upwards with Forward to the Sky.
In this latest interview issue, regular RetroCollect FM host Chris is joined by Barry Island from indie developer Infinite State Games to discuss the birth of their newest game Don’t Die Mr Robot.
Grab hold of your Game Boy Cameras, and get set to launch your Arwings as we take a journey to the scrapheap and beyond in the concluding chapter of ‘Cart Wars: The Evolution of the Cartridge’ – a ‘bit’-by-‘bit’ retrospective of the battles and the developments that shaped the destiny and of the cartridge format.