Whats wrong with a normal Speccy anyway? As anyone who ever owned a ZX Spectrum will testify, loading from tape could sometimes be a frustrating affair, what with misaligned heads, dropouts and all manner of other things causing the dreaded ‘R Tape loading error, 0:1‘. Loading times were another bugbear – being able to make […]
Retro Review: Blood II: The Chosen (PC)

Not every 3D-shooter had the same success as the critically-acclaimed Quake series. Monolith hastily cranked out a sequel to the super-violent, cult-classic Blood, a Duke Nukem 3D-like shooter with bucket-loads of giblets, horror references and dark humour. It was a challenging game, featuring maze-like levels ranging from raided urban areas to barren winter wastelands, all […]
Missing In Action: Nintendo 64’s Long Lost Classics – Part 3

The Nintendo 64 is an ideal ‘what if’ console. Unfinished titles are literally popping out of the wood work on an almost monthly basis now, so technically this series of articles could go on for a while. So sit back, grab a brew and relive the days when games were cancelled at the last minute […]
Hardware Review: Rhea / Phoebe – SD Card Enabled Sega Saturn CD Drive Replacement

With countless titles being ported to the Sega Saturn from the coin-ops, along with unique experiences such as Panzer Dragoon Saga, the 1994 console has quite the strong following. One fan of the system in particular though has pretty much immortalised the Saturn for future generations, by providing the flash cartridge experience on the CD […]
Retro Digest – Tails Unleashes Tumblr Teases Edition

Right, after Gene stole the glory of doing the last ever Monday Links, it’s time for me to start this Retro Digest thing. So basically this Retro Digest thing will be replacing Monday Links, the supposed-to-be-weekly summary of what’s been happening around the Sonic scene. Except it was almost never actually weekly and it often wasn’t done […]
Realm Of The Trolls

Time has a funny way of changing your perspective. For example, Realm Of The Trolls was a perfectly acceptable fantasy title back in the late Eighties, but thanks to today’s internet parlance it’s as likely to conjure up images of YouTube comments as it is a deep, dark cavern. Likewise, with the widespread support that […]
