For collectors, of video games or otherwise, there seems to be a need to prove commitment to something. You see it time and again if you do a search for “Amiibo Collection” on YouTube. Nintendo have somehow managed to market these plastic figures in such a way that buying just one isn’t an option. If […]
This low serial Sinclair ZX Spectrum certainly has the lowest Issue 1 number I’ve ever seen for sale and is currently on ebay (at time of writing). Serial Number 001-000009 is up for ‘Buy It Now’ at a cool £6000. Whether this is just cashing in on the current renewed interest in the ZX Spectrum […]
Back in the dim and distant past of 2004, Retro Gamer asked its readers what the best games ever were. In 2004, you guys said Elite, with Super Mario World and Manic Miner close behind. It’s been a long time since then though, and Retro Gamer has grown massively – so we thought we’d ask you all […]
Once upon a time I traded in a SNES collection of around 50 Japanese games for an Amiga 1200. It remains one of the biggest mistakes of my gaming life. I’d been entranced by the likes of The Eye Of The Beholder and Indiana Jones And The Fate Of Atlantis, crucially forgetting that two of […]
Konami’s arcade beat-’em-ups are the stuff of legend, with huge pulling power thanks to licences such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Simpsons. However, the genre quickly began to lose ground when one-on-one fighters like Street Fighter II hit the scene, and were all but killed off when 3D games took over. This is […]
Mike Woodroffe’s software company has been known under several different names over the years, but its the moniker Adventuresoft that many remember most fondly. The company has been responsible for giving the world Simon The Sorcerer, dabbling in horror titles and ensuring Scott Adam’s early adventure games reached the UK. Here we discover how the […]
When reviewing any short book, one has to be mindful of giving too much of the plot away. For fear of being guilty of this, I will keep the synopsis of this particular title shorter and more to the point than the average. Diary of an 80s Computer Geek almost reads like a mini autobiography. […]
Several months back, it was revealed that the developers behind the mobile ports of the first two Sonic The Hedgehog games had created a touchscreen prototype of Sonic 3 & Knuckles. With solid evidence on show that the third entry in the series would look great on the go, fans have started a campaign to […]
As game collectors, we’re often guilty of buying more titles than we actually play. From job lots to deals too good to be true, we’ve all amassed a backlog of classics to keep us busy for quite some time. These neglected titles, and all your favourites too, are about to get the play-time they deserve […]
As game collectors, we’re often guilty of buying more titles than we actually play. From job lots to deals too good to be true, we’ve all amassed a backlog of classics to keep us busy for quite some time. These neglected titles, and all your favourites too, are about to get the play-time they deserve […]