If you haven’t already heard, next-gen art dealers Cook & Becker plan to release a “Sonic the Hedgehog 25th Anniversary Art Book”. The book will cover the history of Sonic and will include design sketches, official character illustrations, in-game art, pixel art, rare promotional art and game box art. While SEGA has provided Cook & […]
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SEGA Channel Retro: Sonic Riders Retrospective with S0LV0 at 7PM Central/1AM GMT

Watch it on YouTube or Twitch! Ten years ago the 15th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog left us with a pretty sour taste. But did you know that there was one game that came out to celebrate the heritage with a racing game boasting an extreme attitude, extreme air and some extreme gear. Tune in […]
SEGA Channel Retro: Sonic Riders Retrospective with S0LV0

Subscribe to our channel on YouTube and Twitch! Ten years ago the 15th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog left us with a pretty sour taste. But did you know that there was one game that came out to celebrate the heritage with a racing game boasting an extreme attitude, extreme air and some extreme gear. Tune […]
The Value of Vintage games

The following post has been written by Co-op insurance Many of us would rather play our treasured games over and over again for the pure enjoyment that gaming brings. But there are a few of us who recognise the potential investment that buying a game could be. Fortunately, Co-op Insurance has taken a look into […]
Modern Review: Slain: Back from Hell (PS Vita)

A fallen warrior is woken from the eternal slumber of death and tasked with ridding the land of hordes of foetid, rotting aberrations summoned by the evil Lord Vroll. Reluctantly, the grizzled and battle weary Bathoryn dons his armour and grips his heavy sword once again, and turns into the blistering wind. Thunder and lightning […]
8Bit Music Power CD & Magazine Preorders Open

You may recall 8Bit Music Power, the chip tune music album that was released on a Famicom cartridge earlier in 2016. The slightly bizarre (yet effortlessly cool) format made the album a bit of a niche item and probably turned many people off, seeing as you need either a Famicom or a Retron 5 (other […]
Unreleased Atari Jaguar Prototype ‘Thea Realm Fighters’ Discovered

The Atari Jaguar very nearly played host to a port of of Midway’s Mortal Kombat 3, and rumours suggest that it was actually finished before being cancelled. Unfortunately, the hole left in the system’s library by the disappearance of John Tobias and Ed Boon’s highly acclaimed 2D brawler was only partly plugged by copycat titles […]
Burning Rangers

There aren’t many fire-fighting games out there, and very few futuristic ones – but that’s exactly what Burning Rangers is. As a member of the elite rescue force of the same name, Burning Rangers tasks you with putting out fires, rescuing civilians and occasionally blasting out-of-control robots until they stop moving. Of course, since this […]
Apple MacBook Pro Touch Bar Hacked To Run Doom

Almost every gaming platform powerful enough to cope with the sprite-based id Tech engine plays host to a port of Doom. Not only that, pretty much any piece of hardware with a screen and microchip can be made to run a version of id Software’s genre-defining shooter, such is the adaptability of the code. Just […]
Maximum Power Up Podcast – Episode 37: Amiga Memories

The Amiga is one of the most popular home computers. It easily overtook its competitor the Atari ST and with good reason. With many standout games from all types of genre as well as an amazing demo scene showing off what music and video the Amiga was capable of, it’s hardly surprising it has so […]
