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Most NES homebrew of the modern era imitates the platform’s golden-age genres: the platformer, the puzzler, the side-scrolling shooter built for one player…
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Most NES homebrew of the modern era imitates the platform’s golden-age genres: the platformer, the puzzler, the side-scrolling shooter built for one player…

Growing up with the Master System could be a strange experience at times. On one hand, the system’s sustained European success saw…

Most people who have played video games over a period of time have experienced a particularly scary and shocking gaming moment. Maybe…

It’s easy to forget that there was an F-Zero anime series – after all, it was cancelled after just 15 episodes of…

North of the border to Edinburgh in Scotland, is where we head for our next retro gaming collection-fest. Stewart Lange is co-founder…

Once upon a time Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan sparred in Enter The Dragon. Okay, sparred isn’t exactly the right word as…

Some games get ported everywhere. Boulder Dash got ported almost everywhere — and the “almost” is what this story is about. When this article was published…

Alongside Robotron: 2084 and Strider the original Out Run is probably one of my favourite arcade games. I was already a fan…

Sister magazine, Photoshop Creative is running an exciting new compeition to tie in with the incoming release of action film Mad Max.…

The box art that launched a console. Photo: Bungie / Microsoft / Wikimedia On November 15, 2001, Microsoft launched its first games…