On March 2nd 1999 Sony went ahead and took the attention of everyone everywhere with the first public display of its PlayStation 2 console. Looking like a hi-fi module, it was powered by something that Sony called The Emotion Engine. Or was it called An Emotion Engine? That Emotion Engine?Read More →
The developers reckon Super Mario Bros. Remastered is for life, as Nintendo are unlikely to take it down thanks to the way it is built… The Super Mario Bros. Remastered project has been underway for some months, developed using the Godot game engine. Intended for Windows and Linux PCs, theRead More →
Since the release of the original Mario Bros. game in 1983, the lovable plumber has been elevated to a cultural icon. His adventures, whether in game or movie form, have captivated children and adults alike. If you prefer a game controller to the popcorn, you’ll probably know that with theRead More →
Whether you owned a C64 or ZX Spectrum, you claimed you had the best 8-bit computer. But which one had the best graphics? Forget Stallone vs. Schwarzenegger, Betamax vs. VHS, and Liverpool vs. Everton, throughout the 1980s, there was only one real rivalry: Commodore 64 vs. ZX Spectrum. It’s oneRead More →
Fighting games are a genre that’s near and dear to me. I’ve competed in Tekken tournaments and have followed the scene for decades. My love of fighting games started on the PlayStation, where there are so many titles in the genre it’s hard to keep up. I played some weird stuff whenRead More →
Almost any Android phone, tablet, or TV can play DOOM. Here’s how to do it. Playing DOOM on Android might seem like something that shouldn’t work, but it does. After all, the 1993 classic from id Software has been proven to work on anything from a fridge to a LegoRead More →
John Bowe decides to ask editor Christian Cawley why he still loves those old video games like Turrican. A couple of years ago I sat down with my brother to play a round of Pro Evo on his PlayStation 4. A simple enough task; we’d been playing Pro Evo togetherRead More →
You might remember the first time you played Pac-Man, but you almost certainly won’t remember the last time. The ghost-eating, pill munching yellow pizza thing is celebrating his 45th birthday this year, and if you haven’t noticed, Namco’s classic (known originally as “Puck Man” in Japan) is popping up everywhere.Read More →
The best-selling British computer of the 8-bit era, a huge library of ZX Spectrum games remains available to play. Think Manic Minor, Horace Goes Skiing, Ant Attack, and many others. Like most other games of the time, these were distributed as cassettes, and required a temperamental cassette player to loadRead More →
