This article is written by Alan Stares. 1991 was a pretty defining year for me. I was thirteen, I’d just changed to a much better school where I still have my pals from and most importantly I saw Terminator 2: Judgement Day, possibly the single most important film and step into maturity for a young […]
This article is written by Alan Stares. The 1984 smash hit film came bounding on to Sega’s flagship console in 1992 courtesy of Virgin games and Probe software. One would think a match made in heaven given the Megadrive’s love for futuristic, shooty type affairs but the game was almost universally panned on release and […]
This article is written by Staresy. Shinobi III is the follow up game to the immensely popular and best selling Megadrive hit ‘Revenge Of Shinobi’ itself a sequel to the legendary arcade game ‘Shinobi’. All three games follow the adventures of Joe Musashi, a Ninja master who must defeat the evil of Neo Zeed. A […]
This article is written by Staresy. Before there was GTA there was Turbo Esprit and…….not a lot else! Released in 1986 for The Amstrad by British software company Durell, Turbo Esprit took you into the world of high speed chases, drug dealers, urban maps and murdering of innocent pedestrians. The game takes place in a […]
This article is written by Staresy. The Sacred Armour Of Antiriad is a 1986 game by Palace Software, a British games company who were noted for their releases which usually featured something a little different such as ‘Cauldron’ and the brilliantly pervy box of ‘Barbarian’. The game is a side scrolling adventure/performer in which you […]
Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to play Waking Amy, a 2.5D platformer from Martian Media Inc, the game was pitched to me as a similar to early Playstation platform games, in particular Crash Bandicoot, so – whilst not my favourite genre of game – I do have happy memories of playing those […]