Fighting games are a genre that’s near and dear to me. I’ve competed in Tekken tournaments and have followed the scene for decades. My love of fighting games started on the PlayStation, where there are so many titles in the genre it’s hard to keep up. I played some weird stuff whenRead More →
I’ve been playing Sid Meier games for nearly 40 years. Basic recollections place my first exposure to his title as about 1990, when I first encountered Railroad Tycoon running on a friend’s Amiga 500. However, more in-depth research reveals that the first Sid Meier title I played was Solo Flight,Read More →
It was The Sims 2 that helped Will Wright’s series of super-powered Tamagotchis to develop from cute game to mega franchise. The Sims will not run on a budget PC World tower with a Cyrix processor and ATI graphics. That was the first thing I learned about Will Wright’s magnumRead More →
Sega Model 2 arcade games were well regarded, but how did they survive conversion to home consoles? For every action, an equal and opposite reaction. It might be true, perhaps, and it would certainly be true of Sega’s prickly attempts to port their arcade machines over to the Saturn. Oh,Read More →
Tomb Raider Remastered is out this month, but how does it compare with the original trilogy? Somehow I never played Tomb Raider back in the day. While I’m familiar with the 2015/16 version and the mobile games, I was far more interested in DOOM, Duke Nukem, Quake, and Wolfenstein –Read More →
The Retro Games Ltd roadmap pictured above highlights its plans for 2024. These plans include what it describes as a “Full Size Amiga Console.” Initial expectations for this device were a scaled up version of the A500 Mini. But what if that’s not the case? Full size Amiga vs. fullRead More →
Cute 90s-style shooter Witch Rise is a refreshing change from pig guards and Martian hell demons. When I first heard about this game I kind of had to take a moment to just think about what was actually on offer. This is ostensibly, a 90s-style first-person shooter – these daysRead More →
New documentary The Commodore Amiga 500 Story features is the new edition of AA. My favourite print magazine Amiga Addict is back on newsstands this week, with a feature on upcoming documentary The Commodore Amiga 500 Story and a retrospective on Wolfchild. Amiga Addict chats to Gracious Films Ltd toRead More →
Arcade classic Silkworm is out on PS4 and Nintendo Switch right now! Shoot’em up classic Silkworm has finally landed on the Nintendo Switch and Sony PlayStation 4 thanks to the Arcade Archives from Hamster. The original game with modern enhancements, the Arcade Archives release adds difficulty levels, arcade display settings,Read More →
