There was a small part of my childhood where my mom and dad had tried to get me into other hobbies that didn’t involve video games or computers. I can remember getting all kinds of gifts, that ranged from telescopes […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Just like other retro video game consoles of the era, the Intellivision offers a lot in the world of homebrew development, with a lot of excellent original video game titles coming out all the time. As we hit the middle […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Certain games are perennial mainstays of arcades; they just never really go away. There’s the worn down and abused Real Puncher that has sat there since the mid-Nineties, one of the Time Crisis sequels for sure, and probably a twin sit-down Dayona USA. But also standing proud is an old Prop Cycle cabinet, one of […]
It goes without saying that when it comes to some retro video gamers, some people want a truly authentic experience. They want actual hardware on real TV’s using original controllers and cartridges or discs. Then, there are others that don’t […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the retro gaming news as of recent, you’ll have noticed a sudden surge in after-market devices which allow classic games to be loaded into memory from MicroSD cards and other removable media. One of the more notable additions as of late has been a SD card enabled device […]
Stamps have never really thrilled our inner collector before, if we’re being perfectly honest with you, but these new ones from Ireland’s postal service An Post certainly caught our interest. The special set of four commemorates gaming’s most recognisable and iconic characters – Sega’s Sonic The Hedgehog, Nintendo’s Mario, Namco’s Pac-Man and Taito’s rather more […]
Square isn’t known for stepping outside its comfort zone, so many will be surprised to learn that it made this rather excellent shooter in 1997. At first it feels a world apart from Square’s previous work, but you soon realise it’s a typical Square game. It’s most noticeable in the story; a neat, if rather […]
After an incredibly successful Kickstarter campaign to immortalise the best of the Commodore 64 in book-form, Bitmap Books has returned to gift the Amiga a similar treatment. Arriving in the same style as the last, the Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium has finally hit Kickstarter – and is off with a flying start.
Ladies and gentlemen, fall is now in full swing, having started just a few short weeks ago. Pretty soon, many areas in the United States will begin turning their clocks back an hour, the weather will start getting chillier, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I won’t lie to you, I had concerns when it was announced that Ocean was bringing Konami’s popular arcade game to home computers. Up until that point I’d only ever played Combat School with a trackball in the arcades, and as my Amstrad and my mate’s Spectrum didn’t come with one, so I failed to […]