Atlus are well known for their prolific output in the RPG genre, but their roots spread out into various other areas of gaming history. Believe it or not but the Japanese game developers were gearing up the release of an all new vertical shooter for the arcades known as Wing Force in 1993, however, it’s […]
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Pocket Tennis Color

If you want to blame anything, blame Neo Turf Masters – I picked up the Neo Geo Humble Bundle just before Christmas, and returning to the arcade game gave me cravings for the pocket one I also loved. That caused me to bring my entire Neo Geo Pocket collection back to Bournemouth, and now I’m revisiting […]
RAGE (Really Amateur Games Expo) Returns on January 17th, For Real This Time!

RAGE (Really Amateur Games Expo), which was originally going to return last month on December 18th, is going to return for real this time on January 17th! If you don’t know what RAGE is, basically it’s a sort of game jam where you have five days to make the worst but also funniest fan game […]
Flashback: Retro Gamer Readers’ Top 100 Games (Circa 2004)

If you’ve been with us since the very beginning, you’ll remember issue 8, pictured above – and you might well remember that we did a two-part feature on the top 100 games of all time beginning in that issue and concluding in issue 9. Of course, if you haven’t been with us all that long (and […]
Super Fighter Team’s Brand New Mega Drive Releases ‘Magic Girl’ and ‘Cascade’ Out Now On Cartridge

Super Fighter Team who previously brought us the likes of Beggar Prince and Legend of Wukong are back with two more titles for the Mega Drive. Although announced over the last few years, both Magic Girl and Cascade are finally available to buy for Sega’s 16-bit juggernaut.
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 17: Mix Tape Vol. 1

Videogame music has progressed a lot over the years and there have been many memorable pieces that people love. In this episode Paul and Phil choose and discuss some of their favourite pieces of music as well as this some listener suggestions have been picked which we want to say thank you for.
Crush 40 “Might” Write New Songs for Sonic’s 25th Anniversary Game

It looks like we may get more of Crush 40’s amazingly dumb but also still amazingly great songs in the 25th anniversary game. While answering fan questions on Facebook, Johnny Gioeli said this when asked about their next album: When will there be news about the Crush 40 album? ~We are planning a few performances for 2016 […]
ZX Spectrum + keyboard membrane replacement – how to

So you have got your old Spectrum+ out from the loft because you don’t like the look of that ‘orrible thing called the Vega. You plug it in but alas, some or all of the keys don’t work. Well, the keyboard membrane has failed but don’t go binning your 80s pride and joy just yet […]
F355 Challenge

It’s rare for me to become fonder of an arcade game upon picking up a home conversion, but that’s exactly what happened when I snapped up a copy of F355 Challenge for the Dreamcast. It might seem crazy that anyone would choose a dinky white box and a standard controller over the full steering wheel […]
Frogger In Real Life Is Insane

What would happen if someone attempted Frogger in real life? Odds are the crazy shenanigans would look something like this. Obviously, don’t try this at home, but you already know that, right?
