News for retro home video game consoles
In this occasional series, we’ll be taking a look at some classic retro platform games. But not just any old platform games — the classic “platforms and ladders” games that typified the 8-bit home computer market in the 1980s! The “platform game” is one of those genres that has expanded to a ridiculous degree over [...]
We all love a list, so every Tuesday we’re posting one, on a variety of retro-themed topics! Feel free to share your own favourites down below — and let us know what other lists you’d like to see on future Tuesdays! One of the most sadly missed aspects of retro gaming is that monthly trip [...]
I am, I don’t mind admitting, a man who is not ashamed of his baser instincts. So when confronted with the possibility of playing what appears to be a German cult classic hospital sim from 1995 featuring a combination of grotesque visuals, bad taste slapstick humour and absolutely shameless perversion, I was absolutely, definitely 100% [...]
The Sheffield-based Gremlin Graphics put out some of the most fondly-regarded games of the 16-bit era — including some absolutely cracking racing games. Ask any Atari ST and Amiga fans to name some of their favourite racers and doubtless Gremlin’s Lotus series will be high on their list; likewise, Super NES petrolheads will likely count [...]
Those of you who keep one foot in the past and one foot in today’s gaming scene will be well aware that PlatinumGames’ Sol Cresta is out on February 22, 2022 — and that Limited Run Games are doing a limited physical release of what will hopefully be a mdoern classic shoot ’em up. With [...]
I tend to think of myself as having got into role-playing games with Final Fantasy VII on the PlayStation — and indeed, that’s where my interest in the genre became a somewhat all-encompassing part of my overall gaming identity. But thinking back, I was actually introduced to the genre much earlier — much earlier — [...]
We all love a list, so every Tuesday we’re posting one, on a variety of retro-themed topics! Feel free to share your own favourites down below — and let us know what other lists you’d like to see on future Tuesdays! Sega’s Dreamcast is a widely beloved platform with good reason: it plays host to [...]
We’re not all grizzled retro gaming veterans — some of us are new to the hobby. So our Getting Into Retro Gaming guides are here to help you get up and running as soon as possible — and ponder some common thoughts you might have on your own personal journey. First released in 1978, the [...]
We’re not all grizzled retro gaming veterans — some of us are new to the hobby. So our Getting Into Retro Gaming guides are here to help you get up and running as soon as possible — and ponder some common thoughts you might have on your own personal journey. Here is a question at [...]
Flight sims were once a big deal in the world of PC gaming. To a certain extent they still are, but today the field is mostly dominated by pretty hardcore civil aviation simulators such as Microsoft Flight Simulator and X-Plane. Back in the day, MicroProse recognised the market for more “casual-friendly” sims — and from [...]