Perhaps the best thing about the Evercade platform is that the physical cartridges come in old-school-style cases. The problem with that, however, is that it’s pretty hard to find Evercade carts in the shops. Why is this? Why must I wait for an unreliable Amazon delivery (it has a poorRead More →
One of the key draws of the Evercade EXP is the option to rotate it 90 degrees to play shooters in portrait mode. It’s a fetaure the Evercade VS sadly lacks – but that could all be about to change. Responding to a Facebook group post observing “We need VSRead More →
Scheduled for Saturday, June 17th, RetCon is a retro gaming festival taking place in Greenford, Ealing, in Greater London. If you’re in the area, it’s worth heading to the event, which features various key retro names relevant to UK computing. Costing just £6 per ticket, the event features retro systemsRead More →
Stop reading, and click play above to see this Speccy Soccer – a Sensible Soccer-alike for the Spectrum 128K – in action. You won’t regret it. Seriously, I almost fell off my chair when I saw this. Sure, it looks like a Spectrum game, but once the demo video getsRead More →
No one needs to navigate a wall of PlayStation controllers hanging on a hook. Retro gaming stores are the visible side of the renaissance in old arcade, computer, and console games. Yet they invariably look like a bomb has just gone off. Carts and discs strewn in glass cabinets (alongsideRead More →
Reading an article on tabletop arcade game systems from the 1980s, I was surprised to see Retro Games Ltd make a starting revelation. The company – well known for TheC64 and TheA500 – own the rights to classic brands Grandstand and Quickshot. As part of a feature on everything fromRead More →
1980’s rock is one of the most recognizable genres. C64 tunes are equally distinct, if less well-known. Planning to change that are the FastLoaders, a rock trio who are blending sweet synths and amazing guitars to bring you the most amazing interpretations of classic Commodore 64 soundtracks! Their latest album,Read More →
This one passed me by back in the day – if I’ve ever seen Tecmo Knight, I probably just assumed it was Golden Axe. After all, the visuals are very similar, but while Golden Axe remains a warm memory for many, Tecmo Knight (1989) seems to have been forgotten. WhichRead More →
I woke up to an interesting reminder this morning: that the Star Wars arcade game – a machine where I spent (and lost – read on) a lot of money over the years, was now 40. But of course it is. It hit arcades in 1983, not long before ReturnRead More →
