Following speculation over the Evercade Alpha, a reveal date has been teased on the Evercade social media accounts. Since April 30th, everyone has been wondering just what the Evercade Alpha could be. Today, at 5pm, the Twitter and Facebook accounts for the retro gaming system shared the following: We haveRead More →
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How are your plans for a retro-themed summer turning out? Retromessa 2024 is another event to stick in your calendar, but be warned: if you’re in the UK, this one requires a bit of travel and a hotel. (We’ve had a look, you can get there and back for underRead More →
As a Commodore 64 fan, the Thalamus Collection represents something deeper than a pneumatically-enhanced Indiana Jones clone. Back in the late 1990s you couldn’t open a magazine without seeing the fit curves of Nell McAndrew. As lovely as she was, however, I just couldn’t get into Tomb Raider. Perhaps itRead More →
The Commodore-themed Zzap! Live 2024 event will take place this summer on Saturday 24th August. Taking place at the Holiday Inn at Kenilworth (South West of Coventry, UK), the one day event is a collaboration between Fusion Retro Books, South West Amiga Group, and the Retro Computer Museum. Tickets forRead More →
Before Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon, there was the board game known simply as 1830. The full title – 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons – was a 1986 railroad building board game by Avalon Hill that, along with their earlier release, Rail Baron inspired Sid Meier to design Railroad Tycoon. Buoyed byRead More →
Driver is a beloved driving game on the PlayStation with one of the most infamous tutorial levels on the platform. You can’t have a conversation about Driver without someone mentioning they never escaped the intro garage, but was it really that bad? I’ll explore that notorious section and the restRead More →
A pair of new Evercade devices with refreshed livery, the new Evercade Giga Cart line, and a couple of leaked collections have raised a few questions about what is next for Blaze Entertainment’s retro line. These consoles are called the Evercade VS-R and the Evercade EXP-R. “R” seems to meanRead More →
In 2013, I interviewed Dean Wilkinson, a video game scriptwriter who has worked with Stephen Fry and Matt Berry. At some point in the intervening years, the interview was taken offline. Now, it’s back. “In Worms: Revolution… Matt just said “do we have to say ‘guys’ I hate people sayingRead More →
