Unknown company HyperMegaTech unveiled the Super Pocket TAITO Edition and Super Pocket Capcom Edition yesterday. These compact handhelds have a Game Boy-style form factor and are compatible with Evercsade carts. They also sport stunning colour schemes. But what is HyperMegaTech? HyperMegaTech, SuperAwesomeHardwareName HyperMegaTech is a new hardware line from BlazeRead More →
John Bowe looks back at some of the most memorable games in 1996. 1996, that old chestnut. Some great films were released, and perhaps some even better books and music. I expect so. It didn’t matter though, because 1996 was the year that gaming overtook them all, leaping ahead withRead More →
What happens when a man asks his wife to play Dead or Alive 4? Who wins, who loses, and who will unlock the bonuses? As a round off from a recent trundle through two lists of my most loved fighting games, I have attempted to, and indeed made good onRead More →
Video game emulators have become increasingly popular due to their ability to cater to retro gamers like us. Initially viewed with suspicion due to legal issues and its grey area of operation, these emulators are now fully embraced as a necessity for gamers. This is because companies like Nintendo andRead More →
3D fighting games like Virtua Fighter are fondly remembered – but which one of these polygon pugilistic playtimes packed a potent punch? Throughout the early 90s gaming was walking through a literal shift of dimension. Both in the arcades and at home. I wasn’t particularly interested at the time, atRead More →
I’m not saying it was the greatest computer of all time, but the fact the Amiga cart for Evercade has reached #40 in the UK games chart should not be ignored. Ithad its share of turkeys, bu the computer was pushed to the limit by certain developers, Team17 among them.Read More →
Looking for the best retro fighting games? We’ve rounded up the best of the 2-D fighting games for your pleasure. Of all the opinions in gaming, if you were to take them and stew them until only stock, it would be the juices of fighting games that remained. Then ifRead More →
Old console games are memorable for more than just good times… Since the release of the game Pong in 1972, the video game industry has undergone significant changes. From Atari’s humble beginnings to the gaming crash in 1983, to the Golden Age of Gaming in the late 80s to earlyRead More →
One more go. It is a common practice amongst the most common things of life. One more pint, one more car from Bavarian Motor Works, one more go on that crossbow. Be they temptations or otherwise, one more is an appetite that is tough to fill; there always seems toRead More →
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