If you fancy starting the year off with a solid puzzle platformer, let me direct you to Suite Macabre for the MSX computer. You play as Dr. Kowalski’s unnamed assistant, tasked with finding the Dr in the eerie abandoned Dunwich Hotel. As you’re not exactly a fighter, you’ll need toRead More →
Classic shooter Galaga has been issued (again!) no Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation 4 as part of Hamster’s Arcade Archives. Initially released as a coin-op arcade in 1981, Galaga is the sequel to Galaxian, and pits your fighter craft against vicious aliens. Uniquely for the time, the game lets youRead More →
It has come to our attention that C64 USB sticks of Commodore 64 games, complete with “TheC64” label, are available to buy on AliExpress and eBay. It should go without saying that these should be avoided. Boasting over 5000 games, these devices are typically described as “USB Stick Adapter ForRead More →
Long-running game developers Taito Corporation will experience their 70th anniversary in August 2023. To commemorate the event, Taito have already created a website and dedicated Twitter account. A recent tweet of theirs brings light to the occasion, stating “Happy New Year… Taito celebrates its 70th anniversary this year.“ Renowned forRead More →
There are so many endless cool things to do in Minecraft and with the assistance of mods, it feels as though anything is possible. But sometimes when skilled players can boast that they created something amazing without mods, we have no choice but to respectfully acknowledge it. A Minecraft playerRead More →
If you look back at gaming history with the gift of hindsight, it’s easy to see where things went wrong and the decisions that led to the demise of countless franchises. It’s much less common to see a beloved series go from strength to strength and just vanish into thinRead More →
Christmas, that all too brief season of light and cheer. The very Emmanuel; snakes be gone, unless you were me playing Fighting Vipers that 1996 Christmas season, which I very was and which should also serve as a convenient crowbar to allow me to pour praise of light and cheerRead More →
