Retro Gaming: When Mastertronic Went To Vegas…
While many cite their main influences when it comes to retro gaming as the Sega and Nintendo systems of the 90s, my main love of […]
Retro Gaming
Creating An 8-Bit Text Adventure – A Developer Diary, Part 4
It’s been some time since I last posted an update regarding the development of my upcoming 8-bit game Final Breath. I’m sure many of you […]
Creating An 8-Bit Text Adventure – A Developer Diary, Part 3
Work on the game had changed up to this point so my approach to penning this diary has changed as well. I’ve moved on now […]
Creating An 8-Bit Text Adventure – A Developer Diary, Part 2
Day 2 – 12th June 2017 It was starting to dawn on me that I had not only decided to pick up where I left […]
Creating An 8-Bit Text Adventure – A Developer Diary, Part 1
Developer’s Diary: Day 1 – 6th June 2017 My first ever computer was the Commodore Vic 20. Bought for me as a Christmas present by […]
Film Review: Nintendo Quest (Documentary)
30 days. 678 games. A small budget and a big heart.
Nintendo calls time on the NES Classic Mini
For retro enthusiasts, the announcement of the Nintendo NES Classic Mini had many excited. Unlike many plug and play devices that had come before it, […]
New Commodore 64 Tribute Book Coming Soon
Long time Commodore 64 enthusiast Andreas Wallström is bringing his passion for the popular 8-bit micro into print taking his extensive support for the machine further […]
The Ten Worst Game Controllers from the Eighties
Over the years there have been some fantastic memorable game controllers that just worked perfectly and were almost indestructible, even when faced with a gripping […]
Game Review: Retro Snippets! (Android / iOS)
Even going right back to the 1980s, there’s one thing that hasn’t changed when it comes to gaming – an inherent need amongst gamers to […]
Hyper Sentinel – Spiritual Successor To Uridium – Heading To PC and Consoles
If, like us, you’re a fan of retro gaming then the chances are that you’ve heard of Uridium. The side-scrolling shoot-em-up, developed for the Commodore […]
Why I Don’t Need A Next Generation Console
It’s the same old story. Every few years the video games industry sees a fresh wave of consoles and the market embraces this new generation […]
Console Review: Nintendo Classic Mini Nintendo Entertainment System
It was only a matter of time really… we’d seen plug and play systems recreating the Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision and the Sega Mega Drive […]
Console Review: ATGames Sega Mega Drive 80-in-1 Classic Games Console
There’s something about the simplicity of plug and play consoles. While you can’t deny that nothing can recreate the experience of using an original computer […]
“New” Atari console coming… with a portable in tow!
We’ve received news of a new Atari console and a handheld! These will be releasing with built-in games, a bit like the new NES Classic […]
The Commodore C64GS – A Retrospective
Despite owning a massive range of consoles, computers and gaming devices, my all-time favourite systems has to be the Commodore 64. While all of the […]