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Retro gaming best and worst lists (Page 4)

A collection of lists about the best and worst of retro gaming, games, hardware, and even music.

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Personal but fact: A PlayStation top 5 in art direction

2024-02-18
By: John Bowe
On: February 18, 2024
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

Art is so important in video games. See if you agree with this PlayStation top 5 of art direction examples… Style stands out. Sometimes embarrassingly so. See your teenage years. But get it right and you have aesthetic, design and sophistication. See no album cover, ever. Video games have itRead More →

woman wearing a lara croft inspired outfit

The final countdown: Top 5 video game mascots

2023-12-05
By: John Bowe
On: December 5, 2023
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

You either love video game mascots, or they pass you by. But if you’re a fan of these cultural cheerleaders, which one is best? We all like to gather around something. A lovely pub bar for instance, or row after row of classic cars in a field, or perhaps theRead More →

Lara Croft, the most recognizable Video game girl

Top 5 retro gaming aesthetics: A personal peepers retrospective

2023-11-08
By: John Bowe
On: November 8, 2023
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

Some games look better than others — it’s a fact. Retro gaming is often tarred with the 8-bit aesthetic, but really, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder, regardless of how many pixels you use. CyberPunk 2077 has its art direction sorted, so much so, that watching itRead More →

Top 5 PlayStation Horror Games for Halloween

2023-10-11
By: Anthony Yates
On: October 11, 2023
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

Here are the best PlayStation horror games to make this halloween suitably spooky, but in a retro gaming way. The original Sony PlayStation was a revolutionary system with a vast library covering almost every genre you can imagine. Halloween is right around the corner at the time of writing, andRead More →

Quite Literally the Top 5 GamesMaster Challenges

2023-09-21
By: John Bowe
On: September 21, 2023
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

GamesMaster, that most 90s of shows; The Word for people who were into Microsoft Word, presented by Dominik Diamond, a man who put the Gear into Game Gear. A show lost to time and perhaps, judging by recent efforts, recreation. Like many, I grew up on this show, loving theRead More →

Top Five 3D Fighting Games: A Personal Recollection

2023-06-07
By: John Bowe
On: June 7, 2023
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

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 →

vintage arcade game machines

Top 5 2-D fighting games – a personal recollection

2023-05-27
By: John Bowe
On: May 27, 2023
In: Retro games news, Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

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 →

Retro Hunter

The top 5 retro video game shops to visit in the UK

2023-05-14
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 14, 2023
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

Are you a fan of retro gaming? Do you want to relive the good old days with classic video games and consoles? The UK has some of the best retro gaming shops, offering a wide range of retro gaming consoles, games, and accessories that will take you back to theRead More →

Best retro handhelds

4 reasons to consider retro handheld consoles

2022-11-15
By: Zahir Hassan
On: November 15, 2022
In: Retro Consoles, Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gear

Have you ever wanted to play classic console or arcade games on the go? A few years ago, the concept would be ridiculed; today, retro handheld consoles are practically everywhere. There are many options to play retro games these days such as individual emulators, suites like RetroPie, etc., but theRead More →

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