It’s fair to say that the Mega-CD earned some of the poor reputation it suffered from – in particular, the image that too many of its games were just upgraded Mega Drive games. Many publishers were content to just trot the same games out again – but thankfully, Virgin came up trumps with this excellent […]
There’s a saying in show business – you’re only as good as your last performance. For a development team that was responsible for Bubsy 3D, a notoriously terrible game, that should have been a death knell. However, against all the odds Eidetic came back with Syphon Filter, an excellent PlayStation game that was able to capitalise on […]
For many Nintendo NES fans the name Action 52 will sound familiar thanks to the infamous Cheetahmen title released on an unlicensed multi-cartridge. Following in these unofficial footsteps, homebrew publishers Infinite NES Lives have announced their new homebrew compilation Double Action 53: Volume 2 – a collection of 16 brand new titles for the 8-bit […]
As per usual the Commodore 64 homebrew scene is alive, with yet another brand new release arriving on 5.25” floppy disk. Retro publisher Protovision have just made Heroes & Cowards: The Pentagram of Power available online – a graphical adventure with point and click mechanics and stunning visuals.
While Gran Turismo may have revolutionised the racing genre, there were plenty of games that helped pave the wave way for Sony’s blockbuster. Although a Japanese exclusive release, Taito Grand Prix – Eikou e no License for the Nintendo Famicom was one of the earliest career racers, allowing gamers to challenge for cash and purchase […]
Square Enix have been anything but shy in re-releasing their back catalogue for modern devices. From the likes of Chrono Trigger to Final Fantasy Tactics, many of our favourites adventures of yesteryear can now be kept in our pocket. The latest addition to their digital library is the PlayStation 1 epic Final Fantasy VII, now […]
This month marks 20 years since the UK launch of Sony’s industry-changing PlayStation console, and to celebrate we’ve put together a bookazine featuring 180 pages dedicated to the little grey box of wonders. If you owned one of these iconic machines, you’ll know that it was home to a huge number of classic games, […]
The current trend for new games with overtly retro-themed visuals and gameplay mechanics shows no sign of slowing, and the voracity with which they are lapped up by the game-buying public shows no sign of abatement. You only have to look at the success of games like Steamworld Dig, Nidhogg and Hotline Miami to see […]
Part One: Initialising and moving a sprite I find it absolutely incredible that the Commodore 64 development scene is alive and well. Thanks to companies like Psytronik there is still a healthy stream of games arriving on the C64 25 years after I first got my machine in 1990. I was fairly late to the […]
It’s easy to tell that retro machines had some graphical limitations – sometimes, pretty severe ones. But if you’ve ever wondered about exactly how they were limited, it’s not always been easy to tell. Luckily, a user called The iBookGuy is publishing a video guide that shows exactly how older systems handled their graphics, as […]