The Dreamcast is a console which has enjoyed an incredible amount of posthumous support, with at least a couple of new games for Sega’s hardware swansong appearing each year. However, these titles are often 2D shoot-’em-ups – a popular choice with fans of the console, but a genre imbalance which potentially leaves some fans out […]
RetroCollect FM – Retro Gaming Podcast – Issue 13: Catastrophic Coin-Op Conversions
Growing up we all dreamed of the day arcade-perfect gameplay would arrive at home. While it may have hit our living rooms much earlier than expected, the journey there left behind a shed-load of tragic ports and attempts to re-create the coin-op magic.
Top Ten Classic Board Games
As some of you may well know Darran enjoys the odd board game or two. Here’s his list of essential classics. How many have you played? Ghost Castle Released: 1970 The aim of Ghost Castle was to traverse a spooky castle. The board was split into four areas that were loaded with deadly traps that […]
New Sega Dreamcast Indie FPS ‘SLaVE’ Gameplay Footage Released
The Sega Dreamcast truly is a console that refuses to lay down and die – and why should it? Sega’s final hardware release had a criminally short natural lifespan and was only two years old when the Japanese company decided to pull the plug.
Bomberman Goes Mobile
Bomberman is pretty great, but he’s been neglected a bit since Konami absorbed Hudson Soft a couple of years ago – we haven’t seen hide nor hair of the blast-happy battler since One Hundred Person Battle Bomberman, a 2012 mobile game that wasn’t nearly as awesome as the name makes out. Thankfully though, he’s back on […]
The Duel Test Drive II: effect of Agnus and/or KS version on side view car animation
Hello! It is seven years since I last used an Amiga, and I am back to discussing the subject. I remember that the animation of the two cars in the introduction of Accolade’s game "The Duel: Test Drive II" is perfect on an OCS Agnus and KS 1.2 Amiga, but also I remember that it […]