It seems that retro game consoles werne’t as cheap as you thought they were. £500 for a Steam Deck sure seems expensive. Come to think of it, so does £700 for a PlayStation 5. If only game consoles were as cheap as they were in the old days, right? Well,Read More →
Tiny Football from MicroProse is out now, with early access on Steam affording a 30% discount! Once upon a time there was MicroProse Soccer (a game that you can incredibly still play on PC), top-down football game developed by Sensible Software. For years, MicroProse Soccer was the best arcade footballRead More →
Iconic gaming brand Atari has launched a celebratory new title commemorating it 50th anniversary. Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is available now on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Series X|S, PlayStation 4|5, and Windows PC, and even Atari VCS Atari 50 is an interactive trek through Atari’s historic past, featuringRead More →
Popular retro podcast The Retro Hour has announced an upcoming Retro Hour book, which has launched on Kickstarter. If you’re like me, you probably check out at least one retro computing or gaming podcast every week. While I’m not listening to comedy shows or critically reviewing my own shows (TheRead More →
Released earlier this month, THEC64 Collection 1 features 14 Commodore 64 games on one Evercade cartridge. I’m currently playing through it on the original Evercade, so was unaware of any problems. However, it seems that some issues have affected THEC64 Collection 1 on Evercade VS systems. Quick reminder: to updateRead More →
The news that at least one Evercade Amiga cartridge is in development has got me very excited. Of course, the A500 Mini is marvellous, but a physical collection of Amiga games on Evercade is its own marvel. Cracking open the case, sniffing the plastic, admiring the artwork, browwsing the instructionRead More →
Regular readers will know that Turrican is one of my all-time favourite games, so I was intrigued to see tech demo of the gaame for the MSX. Microsoft and ASCII Corporation’s 1983 Z80-based home computer was unsurprisingly overlooked by Manfred Trenz and the team at Factor 5 back in 1990,Read More →
It turns out this VIC-20 computer port of DOOM has been around a few years, but even so: wow! Essentially a cut-down port of DOOM, it features various enemy types, weapons, exploding barrels and even – as you can hear in the video – conversions of the original DOOM MIDIRead More →
A Grumpy Fox’s Lunistice is a 3D platformer that for PC and Nintendo Switch that harks back to the SonyPlayStation and SEGA Saturn era. Available to buy today (delayed from September), the game has enjoyed two extra months of development, with two guest characters added to the bizarre landscapes ofRead More →
