Classic games are available to install on Android and iOS via Epic Games new mobile service. Here’s how to get started. Epic Games, the powerhouse behind Fortnite and a vast library of other games, isn’t always as straightforward to install on mobile devices as some other app stores. This guideRead More →
By about June of 1993, it was estimated that in the U.K. there were already more monthly magazines than people born to read them, video game magazines included. They were a constant thing back then, like someone coming into the house and asking if anyone has taken any messages overRead More →
One night, I risked everything (well, homework) to strike missile bases in the Middle East… In the late 1980s and early 1990s, western activity in the Middle East was largely (a couple of conflicts aside) represented by airstrikes. Some of these might have been launched from F-15 jets, and othersRead More →
Classic 2000 RTS Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 is now available to play in your browser. In fact, it will even work in a mobile browser. This is thanks to the Chrono Divide project, which describes itself as: “…a fan-made project which aims to recreate the original “Red AlertRead More →
Browser games are far better than they used to be. Forget about crappy Mario clones in Flash, you can now play the original Half-Life FPS in your browser. This is made possible thanks to Unkle Mike’s Xash3D FWGS game engine, a now-abandoned GitHub project fork of the Xash3D Engine, withRead More →
Sid Meier’s Civilization game series seems as though it has been around forever. Since its launch in the 1990s, the game series has gone from strength to strength, advancing graphically and introducing new game concepts and features. With its 7th desktop incarnation now available to play (and there are severalRead More →
Back in the 1980s electronic games were the best thing you could get if your parents couldn’t afford an Atari or a computer. Handheld systems, robots, and electronic (and pretty noisy) games were everywhere. This list covers the top 20 battery-powered, portable 1980s electronic games and toys kids wanted 40Read More →
Browsing through my newsfeed today, I saw mention of Retro Ping Pong, and at first I wasn’t completely sure what it was. Pong is one of the first video games I played (perhaps THE first) thanks to an Ingersoll console, but I was playing the original – in emulated formRead More →
I’ve just been chatting to my sister, who told me she’d bought her fella a Nintendo 64 and GoldenEye 007. It’s going mainstream; with retro games enjoying a resurgence, more and more people are looking for a way to play the classics. This got me thinking: was that the easiestRead More →
