With the 25th anniversary coming up, it’s only fitting that Archie would do something special for the Sonic the Hedgehog comic. Today, through Comic Book Resource, Archie announced a new Sonic comic based around “Classic Sonic.” Dubbed Sonic: Mega Drive, the one-shot comic is written by Ian Flynn, with illustrations from Tyson Hesse and will be […]
The updated Vega still has several weeks to go, but it’s already smashed its crowdfunding target. Retro Computer Ltd was asking for £100,000 in order to fund its second edition of the Vega and it’s smashed the target effortlessly. It’s currently on £252,000 and shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, we wouldn’t be […]
If you have an old record player gathering dust in the loft, get read to give it another spin. Soundtrack supremos Data Discs are back with yet another retro re-release on vinyl, this time with the hard hitting euro-beat inspired Streets of Rage II.
GameBlast16 is a charity event run by you! Yes you! Calling all internet streamers and players – gamers’ charity Special Effect want you to join up with them between 26-28 February to help raise money for gamers with disabilities. They supply people with the equipment and means so they can do what we take for granted […]
As you might have noticed, on one of the boards at Tomy’s booth at Toy Fair 2016 a “History of Sonic” panel that’ll be held at SXSW was mentioned. And it turns out that the SXSW event schedule website includes details about who’ll be there and what it’s about. The panel will be held on March 19th […]
Because SEGA decided that they’re no longer releasing new Sonic games annually to give developers more time to properly finish the games, there hasn’t been a big new Sonic game in the past year. The Sonic fanbase doesn’t seem to be used to not having a new game to complain about play for longer than a year, […]
As many of you are aware, I was less than impressed with the first Spectrum Vega offering from Retro Computers Ltd (a partnership of Sir Clive Sinclair, Chris Smith, Dr. David Levy and Paul Andrews). It looked cheap and ugly and the whole concept of replacing a Spectrum with what was nothing more than emulation […]
There’s a late period in every consoles life that speaks in volumes at what it has achieved. This achievement is an archive, a backlog, parsonage to what has come and gone. For every great game released under the consoles life there is inevitably an average fleet of titles shouldering about on the shelves looking to […]
While the arrival of an English fan translation for a Japanese exclusive golf game might not sound too appealing at first, you’d be foolish to look away just yet. BS Golf Daisuki! – Out of Bounds Club is often regarded as one of the most enjoyable hidden gems on the Super Nintendo, and one you […]
Founded in 1984 Gremlin Graphics were one of the biggest British software houses before being bought by Infogrames in 1999. Many memorable games were released for 8, 16 and 32bit systems, Monty Mole, Lotus, Zool, Loaded and many more. In this episode Paul chats to Mark Hardisty, author of upcoming book, A Gremlin In The […]