There’s a saying in show business – you’re only as good as your last performance. For a development team that was responsible for Bubsy 3D, a notoriously terrible game, that should have been a death knell. However, against all the odds Eidetic came back with Syphon Filter, an excellent PlayStation game that was able to capitalise on […]
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16 in 1 Nintendo NES Homebrew Multi-Cartridge ‘Double Action 53: Volume 2’ Out Now
For many Nintendo NES fans the name Action 52 will sound familiar thanks to the infamous Cheetahmen title released on an unlicensed multi-cartridge. Following in these unofficial footsteps, homebrew publishers Infinite NES Lives have announced their new homebrew compilation Double Action 53: Volume 2 – a collection of 16 brand new titles for the 8-bit […]
Brand New Graphic Quest ‘Heroes & Cowards: The Pentagram of Power’ Adventures Onto Commodore 64
As per usual the Commodore 64 homebrew scene is alive, with yet another brand new release arriving on 5.25” floppy disk. Retro publisher Protovision have just made Heroes & Cowards: The Pentagram of Power available online – a graphical adventure with point and click mechanics and stunning visuals.
Japanese Exclusive Nintendo Famicom Racer ‘Taito Grand Prix – Eikou e no License’ Fan Translated Into English
While Gran Turismo may have revolutionised the racing genre, there were plenty of games that helped pave the wave way for Sony’s blockbuster. Although a Japanese exclusive release, Taito Grand Prix – Eikou e no License for the Nintendo Famicom was one of the earliest career racers, allowing gamers to challenge for cash and purchase […]
Square Enix Rerelease ‘Final Fantasy VII’ On Apple App Store For iOS
Square Enix have been anything but shy in re-releasing their back catalogue for modern devices. From the likes of Chrono Trigger to Final Fantasy Tactics, many of our favourites adventures of yesteryear can now be kept in our pocket. The latest addition to their digital library is the PlayStation 1 epic Final Fantasy VII, now […]
The PlayStation Book Is Out Today!
This month marks 20 years since the UK launch of Sony’s industry-changing PlayStation console, and to celebrate we’ve put together a bookazine featuring 180 pages dedicated to the little grey box of wonders. If you owned one of these iconic machines, you’ll know that it was home to a huge number of classic games, […]
Modern Review: Horizon Chase (iOS)
The current trend for new games with overtly retro-themed visuals and gameplay mechanics shows no sign of slowing, and the voracity with which they are lapped up by the game-buying public shows no sign of abatement. You only have to look at the success of games like Steamworld Dig, Nidhogg and Hotline Miami to see […]
The Bear Essentials: Developing a Commodore 64 game
Part One: Initialising and moving a sprite I find it absolutely incredible that the Commodore 64 development scene is alive and well. Thanks to companies like Psytronik there is still a healthy stream of games arriving on the C64 25 years after I first got my machine in 1990. I was fairly late to the […]
YouTuber Explains Retro Graphics
It’s easy to tell that retro machines had some graphical limitations – sometimes, pretty severe ones. But if you’ve ever wondered about exactly how they were limited, it’s not always been easy to tell. Luckily, a user called The iBookGuy is publishing a video guide that shows exactly how older systems handled their graphics, as […]
Mario’s Tennis
We’re not ones to trash the Virtual Boy unnecessarily – while it does have its faults, it’s not completely devoid of merit. However, it’s got to be said that Mario’s Tennis was a pretty weak pack-in game. On one hand, you can see why Nintendo chose it. The movement inherent in a tennis game can […]