Have you ever had the feeling that you got into something at the wrong time? For me, that was the Dan Dare experience. As a kid, I had Dan Dare II: Mekon’s Revenge, an exciting but overly difficult shoot-’em-up – and as I was told repeatedly, a game that just didn’t compare to the original […]
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Kickstarter For SID Waves Launches

If you’re a fan of the Commodore 64, you might well be interested in this new musical project from AMICOM, which offers a synthpop tribute to the revered SID sound chip on CD, vinyl LP, audio cassette and digital download. The SID Waves album will consist entirely of new compositions from the band AutumnKid, using vintage […]
Kickstarter For SID Waves Launches

If you’re a fan of the Commodore 64, you might well be interested in this new musical project from AMICOM, which offers a synthpop tribute to the revered SID sound chip on CD, vinyl LP, audio cassette and digital download. The SID Waves album will consist entirely of new compositions from the band AutumnKid, using vintage […]
Mega Drive Developers Announce ‘Paparium’ The Spiritual Successor To Streets Of Rage

Back in 2012 the homebrew developers Watermelon announced that their next game to hit the Mega Drive had begun development. Codename Project Y was underway which promised to be the spiritual successor to the dormant Streets of Rage name. Fast forward to today and the prolific 16-bit studio have revealed all with Paparium – the […]
Mega Drive Developers Announce ‘Paprium’ The Spiritual Successor To Streets Of Rage

Back in 2012 the homebrew developers Watermelon announced that their next game to hit the Mega Drive had begun development. Codename Project Y was underway which promised to be the spiritual successor to the dormant Streets of Rage name. Fast forward to today and the prolific 16-bit studio have revealed all with Paprium – the […]
Watermelon Unveils New Mega Drive Brawler Paprium

Watermelon’s long-awaited Mega Drive brawler Project Y has finally been given a final name and a release date. Paprium is scheduled to become available on 16th September 2017 and is slated to use the intriguing “Datenmeister” chipset, and will be the largest Mega Drive game ever at 80 megabits (a size we’re frankly more accustomed to […]
Watermelon Unveils New Mega Drive Brawler Paprium

Watermelon’s long-awaited Mega Drive brawler Project Y has finally been given a final name and a release date. Paprium is scheduled to become available on 16th September 2017 and is slated to use the intriguing “Datenmeister” chipset, and will be the largest Mega Drive game ever at 80 megabits (a size we’re frankly more accustomed to […]
Blizzard Announces StarCraft Remastered

Blizzard has announced a 4K remaster of its classic game StarCraft, a sci-fi real-time strategy game which won legions of fans. StarCraft Remastered features graphics redrawn in the original style but at a much higher resolution, re-recorded music and voice acting, and new race-themed comic book interludes. The original game and its Brood War expansion will be […]
Blizzard Announces StarCraft Remastered

Blizzard has announced a 4K remaster of its classic game StarCraft, a sci-fi real-time strategy game which won legions of fans. StarCraft Remastered features graphics redrawn in the original style but at a much higher resolution, re-recorded music and voice acting, and new race-themed comic book interludes. The original game and its Brood War expansion will be […]
How Fleetway Played The Games, Part 9: Of Chaos and Chaos Emeralds

Once again it’s just over a year since last time in the series. Having gone through a variety of one-offs and short-run stories, we rejoin Sonic the Comic at issue #175, for the final original story in the comic’s run – the 10-part adaptation of the Dreamcast launch title and fan-favourite that is Sonic Adventure. […]