In the early Nineties the gaming industry was obsessed with digitised, motion-captured graphics. Mortal Kombat was proving to be a big success and Atari wanted something that would make an equal impact in the arcades. In its infinitie wisdom, it realised a one-on-one fighter starring dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts. This is that story. In […]
Author: John Legendoffzelda Super Valis IV, Atlus’ port of the fourth installment in the overlooked Valis franchise, suffers the most from a lack of context. It’s named like a sequel, and it’s the continuation of a magical-girl fantasy about a girl named Yuko Ahso, who inherits a magic sword and … Continue reading
As technology has progressed, the ability to emulate our favourite games from decades ago has become a simple task for the more powerful platforms of today. One of the more recent offerings, the JXD S7800b, is a quad core Android tablet built for nothing but gaming. Although intended to be the ultimate mobile gaming device, […]
hello, is there any good site where collection of cheats and trainers can be found for Amiga games? Also, is there any tutorial how to build cheats? Maybe that would be nice hobby. Thanks
Believe it or not but the cult classic series Mother first started life on the Nintendo Famicom 25 years ago. As highly regarded as it (and the sequel) is, the gameplay from 1989 is beginning to show its age along with the various issues gamers find returning to vintage JRPGs today. In an attempt to […]
In 1982 Nintendo unleashed Donkey Kong Jr upon the arcades. With seemingly different gameplay to that of its predecessor, the follow up to Donkey Kong was a huge hit which soon found its way to many different home computers and consoles. One platform which wasn’t lucky enough to get its very own version of the […]
Simon Nicol started making games 30 years ago, creating an unreleased version of the obscure arcade game, Mad planets. He eventually found success with his C64 hit Crazy Comets, but then faced various highs and lows as key projects he was working on got cancelled. Here he looks back at the early days of his […]
After literally decades, 2011 finally saw the release of Duke Nukem Forever – the sequel to one of the 1990s’ most acclaimed first person shooters. To say that it left many gamers underwhelmed is probably an understatement. However, using the old mantra ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ in 2013 Devolver Digital re-worked the […]