News for retro home video game consoles
The dear old ZX Spectrum is, I suspect, where many readers will have had their earliest computing and gaming experiences. It was an astronomically popular computer in its native United Kingdom, and the “bedroom programmer” boom it inspired resulted in the thriving, lively and vibrant games industry the country enjoys today. With the recent passing [...]
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! Previous 10 of the Best Tuesdays have been quite specific in their focus — [...]
In our recent Getting Into Retro Gaming article on which hardware it’s worth picking up to get started with the hobby, we argued that a Nintendo Switch is actually a pretty good investment for those looking to enjoy both modern and classic games. Part of that equation is that the Nintendo Switch Online service provides [...]
Classic arcade games can be great fun — but they’re also designed to be very challenging. After all, remember that the original purpose of these games was to keep people pumping quarters into them so the arcade owners could make a profit! When you play ports or emulation of classic arcade games today, it can [...]
We’re not all grizzled retro gaming veterans — some of us are new to the hobby. So our regular Getting Into Retro Gaming guides are here to help you get up and running as soon as possible! If there’s any topic that you’d like to learn more about, be sure to let us know and [...]
One thing we’ve lost somewhat over the procession of console generations we’ve lived through is a feeling of “uniqueness” for each platform, and Super Castlevania IV brings that very much into focus. Sure, Nintendo still does its own thing with the Switch and its games are immediately recognisable, but I’m talking more about a very [...]
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! What are the best horror game enemies? There’s certainly plenty to choose from — [...]
Prior to the release of Konami’s Castlevania Anniversary Collection, Castlevania III: Dracula’s Curse was not a game I had any experience with whatsoever, aside from one critical aspect: its music. Specifically, back when the PS1 was current, I had an original copy of Symphony of the Night (which, believe me, I severely regret getting rid of now!) that came with [...]
Splatterhouse is a classic 1988 horror game from Namco, and there are a variety of ways you can play it today — the most recent and readily accessible of which include the excellent Namco Museum on Switch, or the PC Engine Mini, if you were lucky enough to nab one. It’s also a very interesting game to look [...]
Yeah, all right, all right, we done goofed and forgot to do a list this Tuesday. But never fear, for the magic of image editing means that no-one will ever know my shame, aside from the fact that I just admitted it. But oh well. Anyway. As you know, with Spooky Season on the rise, [...]