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Retro gaming best and worst lists (Page 5)

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

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 →

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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 →

The Best Retro Gaming Devices in Alternative UK Console Top Ten Lists

2022-04-21
By: Christian Cawley
On: April 21, 2022
In: Retro games news, Retro gaming best and worst lists

Want to start retro gaming but don’t know what the best retro gaming system is? GfK has compiled a list of the most popular UK alternative consoles, and provided data on the fastest selling micro, retro, and TV console systems. The data compiled relies on figures from traditional retailers (e.g.Read More →

UK’s Top 30 Best-selling Computer Game Brands Since 1995 Revealed

2022-03-31
By: Christian Cawley
On: March 31, 2022
In: Retro games news, Retro gaming best and worst lists

What do you think the best-selling computer game is in the UK? Would you expect a current title, or a retro game? Well, it’s difficult to get this exactly right, but you’ll get a good idea of things thanks to this new list from GfK. Their brand analysis of 27Read More →

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