John Bowe demonstrates how he managed to avoid the online gaming trend, and how you might, too… The Atari STe was the first home computer to arrive at my family home, via a brother who had chosen the machine over the all-popular Amiga. I think he chose it because itRead 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 →
One of the greatest things about buying physical media is video game manuals. There is a saying that we should not take things for granted, because the very things we used to ignore will eventually be gone and we will want them back. For us retro gamers who play onRead More →
Trade winds, tariffs, and misreading the market. All of these things can affect how a business runs, and if a new product launch is involved, decide whether it lives or dies. However, I can’t recall a moment where it looked like an impending launch was heading for a very obviousRead More →
Unexpectedly, PC 4X classic Emperor of the Fading Suns is back, remastered, and on Steam The release of Emperor of the Fading Suns Enhanced on Steam marks not just the arrival of a remastered title, but a big moment for fans of the original 4X strategy game. First launched inRead More →
The original PlayStation was released in 1994 and changed the gaming landscape forever. The console had a phenomenal impact on the video games industry, and there’s a reason the brand is still going strong to this day. So many blockbuster IPs had humble beginnings on Sony’s grey box. With suchRead More →
Video game archival site Games That Weren’t (GTW) has unearthed a near-complete version of Sensible Soccer for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), a find that’s been lost for 32 years! In fact, it is so near-complete, that it is now playable. If you’re like me and you lived and breathedRead More →
Amiga mini console producers Retro Games Ltd reveal litigation-linked delays to its next project, a full-size replica called the A1200. Retro Games Ltd’s “full size Amiga” has been promised for a long time, and already delayed in favour of The Spectrum, today the company informed its community that further delaysRead More →
You know what a PlayStation looks like, but did you know there is sought-after rare PlayStation gear? We all know the original PlayStation, the console that kicked off a series of the most powerful game consoles around. It came with a controller (later upgraded to the innovative DualShock controller), andRead More →
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