Japan loves its transforming robots, and I’ve been a fan since I saw my first Transformer in 1984. There’s something deeply satisfying about the ability to switch forms on the fly — adapting to the situation, trading brute force for speed, or vice versa — and it’s a design ideaRead More →
For all the talk of point-and-click adventures being a relic of the past, the genre has really seen a resurgence in the past few years. Thanks largely to the success of ScummVM, vast swathes of classic adventures remain playable today — and just as importantly, influential. You can see thatRead More →
Bomberman has always been one of those series that quietly defined multiplayer in the 16-bit era. Long before online lobbies, battle passes, or even analogue sticks, it was Bomberman that taught us the joy of local chaos: four players, one screen, and friendships tested by a single misplaced bomb. SoRead More →
If you told my 25-year-old self that Doom would one day show up on a little cartridge you slot into a handheld, I would have laughed myself hoarse. But here we are: Blaze Entertainment and Bethesda have dropped a teaser confirming that Doom is officially heading to Evercade hardware laterRead More →
Has MicroProse revived the days of proper flight sim fun? There was a time when flight sims shipped in a big box with a detailed manual to read, preferably before you played the game. Back in the 16-bit and early PC era, games like F-117A Nighthawk (or its C64 predecessor,Read More →
If your Commodore 64 memories include a spinning tower and green creature trying to reach the top, you’ll know exactly what Nebulus is. Incredibly, the game is getting a brand-new physical release on Game Boy Advance, courtesy of RetroRoomGames! Originally released in 1987 for the Commodore 64 and a hostRead More →
Ziggurat has quietly built one of the more interesting retro catalogues in modern publishing, and a new newsletter is doing a decent job of reminding everyone just how deep that well goes — with a Humble Bundle sale currently putting a chunk of it back in the spotlight. The publisherRead More →
Rebellion is marking 20 years of Sniper Elite with a limited edition medal and pin badge set — and yes, it’s exactly the sort of thing long-time fans will immediately start justifying shelf space for. The Oxford-based studio (currently preparing the new version of Speedball) has announced a run ofRead More →
Retro Games Limited has promised 25 preloaded titles on the A1200, but a handful of them already tell you a lot about the machine’s ambition. Here’s a closer look at the games confirmed so far… Beneath a Steel Sky A 1994 cyberpunk point-and-click adventure from Revolution Software and designed byRead More →
