If you ever need reminding that the arcade market of the early Nineties was a weird, transitional scene, Tinkle Pit should serve well. Despite the declining popularity of traditional maze games and the market’s preference for the 3D games which were finally beginning to come of age, Namco chose to release Tinkle Pit into arcades […]
Classic Moments – Sega Rally Championship
Is Sega Rally the best arcade racer ever? As these memorable moments suggest, it just might be… Not The One In Thurrock You’d prefer not to think about just how much money you’ve sunk into Sega Rally. It might have started out as just another fun racing game, but the challenge quickly turned into an […]
Golf
This post is written by Jake Parr. Sports games are usually pretty boring. Nintendo tends to crank out some gems, though, and Golf for the Game Boy is one of them. With lovely sounds and music and easy controls, this retro game is a definite hole-in-one. It won’t keep players away fore long (but puns […]
Job Listing Implies That More Sonic Boom Episodes Are In Production
It looks like we’ll be getting more of Sonic Boom, as a job ad that SEGA put up a couple of days ago confirms that the TV show continues production. The job listing is for a “Director of TV Series Production and Distribution” who’ll oversee the production and distribution of the show. This also involves helping the […]
Winter Games
I’m not sure that it’s entirely natural for me to have developed a fondness for winter sports – I come from a town where the dry ski slope was demolished, and haven’t actually seen any snow in a couple of years. The closest I’ve ever come to actually ski jumping was falling over on a […]
The art of game mapping – maps by Mark Howlett
Back in the 80s, a new breed of gamer emerged. These gamers weren’t just content with playing a game, they lived that game. Right up until the last boss was defeated or the final treasure found. Back then games were hard, rock hard, a fact many a veteran gamer will attest to. So to help […]