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Adventuresoft UK
Mike Woodroffe’s software company has been known under several different names over the years, but its the moniker Adventuresoft that many remember…
Author: June Park
Fresh Cartridge reporter. Covers launches, remasters and the modern retro scene as it happens. Owns more handhelds than handbags, has opinions about all of them, and filed this bio from a Game Boy she modded herself.
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Diary of an 80s Computer Geek by Steven Howlett – review
When reviewing any short book, one has to be mindful of giving too much of the plot away. For fear of being…
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Chicago Syndicate
Looking at these screenshots, you might be tempted by this US-only release. Don’t be – Chicago Syndicate is a bad beat-’em-up. It’s…
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Heavy Metal: The Making of Metal Slug
The European arcade flyer: one soldier, one small tank, and some of the finest pixel art ever drawn. Art: SNK / Wikimedia…
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Japan Had the Good Stuff: The Top Ten Essential Saturn Imports
The grey Japanese Saturn: gateway to the library the West was never offered. Photo: Evan-Amos / Wikimedia Commons The Saturn’s story in…
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Jet Paco Blasts Off Twice: The Mojon Twins’ Spectrum Curio That Became an NES Homebrew
Most homebrew heroes get one life in one format. Paco Rebollez has had at least three. The cheerful astronaut at the heart of Jet Paco began as one twelfth…
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Cameltry
This post is written by Jake Parr. Cameltry is an entertaining game with a terrible name. Released for the arcades in 1989…
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Thousands Of DOS Games Playable Online
If you’re of the opinion that the golden age of PC gaming lies in they days before everything went through Windows, you’re…
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Web Slinger: The Making of Tempest 2000
The Jaguar box: a demon, a web and the best reason ever printed on Atari packaging. Art: Atari / Wikimedia Ask a…
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The House Of The Dead 2
The House Of The Dead 2 is a game that offers a lot. If you’re in need of stress relief, pumping undead…