Tiny Football from MicroProse is out now, with early access on Steam affording a 30% discount! Once upon a time there was MicroProse Soccer (a game that you can incredibly still play on PC), top-down football game developed by Sensible Software. For years, MicroProse Soccer was the best arcade footballRead More →
There’s always one little element of a game or a mini-game that you could spend hours playing on its own. From shooting pumpkins in Skyward Sword to the toy car game in Professor Layton, sometimes you can never get bored of the smaller bitesize challenges. But what if that elementRead More →
As of yesterday, the famed Assassin’s Creed series turned 15 years old, with their first game in the series, Assassin’s Creed, releasing on 13th November 2007. Ubisoft has taken pride in this series’ continuation with its latest release Assassin’s Creed Valhalla still a huge success. A new game, Assassin’s CreedRead More →
Iconic gaming brand Atari has launched a celebratory new title commemorating it 50th anniversary. Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration is available now on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Series X|S, PlayStation 4|5, and Windows PC, and even Atari VCS Atari 50 is an interactive trek through Atari’s historic past, featuringRead More →
Released earlier this month, THEC64 Collection 1 features 14 Commodore 64 games on one Evercade cartridge. I’m currently playing through it on the original Evercade, so was unaware of any problems. However, it seems that some issues have affected THEC64 Collection 1 on Evercade VS systems. Quick reminder: to updateRead More →
The news that at least one Evercade Amiga cartridge is in development has got me very excited. Of course, the A500 Mini is marvellous, but a physical collection of Amiga games on Evercade is its own marvel. Cracking open the case, sniffing the plastic, admiring the artwork, browwsing the instructionRead More →
Neo Geo. Two strong words, like double scotch. Made by SNK, they were available to purchase but were exotic to find; known but enigmatic. Neo Geo had romance like an old Alpha Romeo. Or old scotch. Timeless. Now you wouldn’t want to own a Neo Geo per se, but youRead More →
Regular readers will know that Turrican is one of my all-time favourite games, so I was intrigued to see tech demo of the gaame for the MSX. Microsoft and ASCII Corporation’s 1983 Z80-based home computer was unsurprisingly overlooked by Manfred Trenz and the team at Factor 5 back in 1990,Read More →
It turns out this VIC-20 computer port of DOOM has been around a few years, but even so: wow! Essentially a cut-down port of DOOM, it features various enemy types, weapons, exploding barrels and even – as you can hear in the video – conversions of the original DOOM MIDIRead More →
