Socks The Cat is perhaps one of the most unusual characters to ever be granted an entry into the video game world. Being none other than The First Pet of the White House during Clinton’s reign in the 90s, this feline protagonist was set to claw its way through spies, the media, and political figures […]
If there’s one thing that broke through the stagnant clutch of fighting games and 3D racing games in late Nineties arcades, it was the music game revolution – and Konami was the company at the forefront of that boom. At first all we heard in the West was scattered tales of salarymen dancing on machines in […]
Let’s face it, the fast-paced world of first-person shooters just isn’t for everyone. Quite aside from those like myself who suffer motion sickness, there are people out there who find the whole experience overwhelming and don’t have the reactions for it all. That’s where a game like Alien Front Online comes in really handy. It’s […]
Anyone that grew up in the 80’s & 90’s no doubt spent many hours and countless coins in the numerous arcade games be it in funfairs, chip shops, or arcades themselves.
We are now one week away from SAGE 2016. At this point in time, the staff is currently twisting knobs, duct taping holes, and looking at the site and going “that should probably hold.” While we continue to get things assembled and in line for SAGE’s comeback, there’s a number of things we’d like to […]
Cook & Becker are working together with SEGA on an official Sonic art and design book. The book will cover the entire history of the blue hedgehog, and includes never-before-published artwork. So it’s not just stuff that you can already find on our wiki. Besides that, the book includes new interviews with Yuji Naka, Takashi Iizuka, Kazuyuki Hoshino, […]
Retro Gamer issue 160 is out now in all good newsagents, and you can buy it directly from us via ImagineShop.co.uk or get a digital copy from GreatDigitalMags.com. It’s been 20 years since players first got their hands on Super Mario 64, and gaming was never quite the same again. From the free-form game design to the […]
Watch live video from on www.twitch.tv Nintendo has given the world its most in-depth look at the Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System today, with a stream on Nintendo UK’s Twitch channel – and our editor Darran Jones was lucky enough to be invited along to try it out. You can see a replay of […]
Despite having six main games, three particular entries seem to hog all the glory in the Thunder Force series – the third, fourth and fifth. We can see why the first and last don’t get so much love, as they’re Japan-only and the original is wholly top-down, but the second game feels like a bit […]
If you’re a home computer of a certain age, you might well remember Colin Jones’ Slightly Magic – an arcade adventure released through Codemasters for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Amiga and Atari ST. It was well-received when it launched in 1991, earning 94% from Your Sinclair and 89% from Sinclair User. The good news […]