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Posts tagged "2019"
Rebelstar: Tactical Command
Growing up in a relatively unremarkable mid-sized town, it’s easy to become convinced that nothing cool ever happens where you live. Save for that time Gladiators stars came to open the local branch of Blockbuster Video, even the celebrity sightings are mundane – Glenn Hoddle out for a walk with the family, or Ray Winstone […]
Tomb Raider
This review originally appeared in Sega Power issue 86, December 1996 Has the best ever third-party game just arrived for the Saturn? Well you’ll just have to read the review, won’t you. Tomb Raider has always looked a bit special. When we previewed it (exclusively, I might add) back in Issue 78, we had to […]
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
I generally consider myself quite lucky to be able to play videogames, as it’s not something to be taken for granted. One of my younger sisters developed arthritis at an early age, and eventually found that playing her Nintendo DS was just caused her too much pain to be worthwhile. There’s little that can be […]
Acorn Electron
Year Released: 1983 Original Price: £199 Buy It Now For: £20+ Associated magazines: Electron User, Micro User, Acorn User, A&B Computing, Acorn Programs Why The Acorn Electron Was Great: The Electron offered the main functionality of the BBC B at half the size, and at a fraction of the cost. It had strong software backing, […]
Attack Of The Mutant Camels
One of the benefits of growing up with older cousins was the hand-me-downs that you’d get, and the first time I benefited from that in a gaming sense was when I was given a Commodore 64 in 1994. My cousins were teenagers, and they’d made the switch up to the Mega Drive and SNES, so […]
Mastertronic
It’s hard to believe with today’s insane prices, but videogames could be bought for as cheaply as £1.99 back in the Eighties. These budget games became extremely popular, with companies such as Codemasters starting off this way. One of the most popular however was Mastertronic, which had a host of games that covered all sorts […]