While many remember Nintendo’s efforts to bring Mario’s back-catalogue to the Game Boy Advance, few will recall the additional features packed into Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros 3. This vibrant remake of the NES classic not only reintroduced the game to a new generation, but also called upon the e-Reader accessory to introduce […]
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Brand New Sega Dreamcast Puzzler ‘Fruit’Y’ Out Now For €2.99

The Sega Dreamcast is a wonderful console to collect games for today. Not only are some of the greatest titles available at decent prices, but there’s also a frequent stream of new releases hitting the system. The latest of these is Fruit’Y, an all new puzzler which can be bought on disc for just €2.99.
SEGA to port more of their past games to PC “in the coming months and years”

So while Sonic Lost World coming to PC next month is neat, SEGA announced what could be considered bigger news in a single paragraph hidden within the press release: that it’s not the only game they’re porting to PC. “We’re delighted to be able to bring Sonic Lost World to PC.” Said John Clark, VP of Commercial Publishing for […]
New Master Of Orion Gameplay Footage

If you’re a fan of classic strategy games, you’ll no doubt be excited for the return of Master Of Orion – a game we first saw back in June, during an exclusive preview at Wargaming’s Paris office. Now for the first time you can see the new version of Masters Of Orion for yourself, as Wargaming has […]
Sonic Lost World No Longer Wii U Exclusive, Coming to PC on November 2nd

The once Wii U exclusive Sonic Lost World is coming to PC through Steam. It’ll be released on November 2nd and you’ll get the excellent Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed if you pre-purchase it. The NiGHTS themed DLC will be included, though it seems doubtful that we’ll be getting the Nintendo-themed DLC as well. Not […]
Game On 2016 Is Out Now!

If you’re the sort of person that just loves videogames – and we’re guessing you are, being on this website and all – there’s definitely something you’ll love in Game On 2016. How do we know? Because it was put together by our expert contributors, and covers everything from Mario Kart and Destiny to World […]
Sensible Golf

Given that most of my Amiga exposure came through a local play centre when I was growing up, I wasn’t in the habit of checking out the latest Amiga reviews – so when I came across Sensible Golf there, I was expecting nothing less than the greatness of Sensible Soccer and Cannon Fodder, both of […]
RetroCollect Video Game Database Update: European Atari 2600 Library

While we had a huge update just last week, here we are again with another library added to the database. This time though, it’s the only platform which we had the US library listed for, but not the European library: The Atari 2600…
The Bear Essentials: Developing a Commodore 64 game – Part 2

Part Two: Pixel perfect platforming Since the last instalment, I made the decision to go completely back to basics and do some research before progressing any further with my platform game. Why? It has been a dream of mine to make a C64 platform game for a long, long time, and I want to make […]
Project-X

The Amiga press held Project-X in high regard upon release, and it’s not hard to see why. Slick presentation and pounding intro music set a great first impression, and when you get into the game, the visuals are very nice indeed. It’s very clearly inspired by Gradius, with the destruction of enemy waves awarding power-up […]
