Things come, move along and in the process gain attributes that those involved deem sensible, but which leave those that have left the table befuddled should they return. It is (so-called) progress, I’m told. It is in this regard I recently settled in with one of my brothers for aRead More →
Nintendo, that great leviathan which has survived the trends, storms and triumphs of their past. Ever does it appear that they have toiled to generate an unpopular opinion from me, and mostly they have made good on their efforts. I am just going to go ahead and say it, MyRead More →
A successful YouTube retro gaming channel needs a recognisable presenter with a personality to rival the subject. Possibly. The car is the star. That’s what they used to say on Top Gear until Jeremy Clarkson, Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum became stars themselves, and then put other stars inside theRead More →
If you look back at gaming history with the gift of hindsight, it’s easy to see where things went wrong and the decisions that led to the demise of countless franchises. It’s much less common to see a beloved series go from strength to strength and just vanish into thinRead More →
During a session of watching a friend play Skyrim some years ago, he remarked that the game was similar to reading a book. A silence then, which continued as I chose not to remark back at him and allowed that silence to fill in the details. I was not impressed.Read More →
It has been almost two years of rumours and eventually announcements, but still GoldenEye 007 is yet to appear on Nintendo Switch or Xbox. Despite a trailer at last week’s Game Awards, the game is still to materialize in the Nintendo 64 app on Switch, and there is no signRead More →
Getting hold of Evercade cartridges can be a bit tricky. If you miss the pre-order, you need to pretty much rely on one supplier as most others… well, let’s say they lack the reliability of Funstock. But what if you decide you want to buy a cartridge that came outRead More →
Certain brands, a precious few, hold great significance and such is the power of their indulgence in our hearts we know the breadth of their canon by a name. AM 2 would count for me, as would all of those numeral arcade departments from SEGA. Treasure would be another one.Read More →
One of the great overlooked eras of gaming is the early PC years. While largely inferior to home computer and console cousins, the library of MS-DOS games is considerable. For many years the domain of flight sims and god games, later MS-DOS games included arcade conversions and driving games. AsRead More →
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