Read a PDF like it’s 1994 with a 3DO mag, a fan produced PDF running to 30 pages that celebrates the mostly forgotten CD-based console. I like to think I have a pretty good memory when it comes to retro stuff, but if there’s one thing that passed me by,Read More →
Remember Firebird? An upcoming book delves into the history of one of Britain’s early software houses. Launched in 1984, Firebird was owned by British Telecom, a recently privatised entity that is now more comonly referred to as BT. it managed to issue a succession of well-received games in the UKRead More →
The new issue of the classic computing magazine Pixel Addict explores the world of 8-bit games testing. I was a big fan of the Firebird range back in the 8-bit days, a now-forgotten software house that was responsible for a collection of well known titles. Along with its sister companyRead More →
Launching soon as a Kickstarter, the Time Crisis AI lightgun is one of several similar devices that are promising to revolutionize FPS games. Like many people my age, I had a job when I was younger. Post college, I worked in a few local pubs, and had a misguided fancyRead More →
Hold up, did you just read “card game” and think you were in the wrong place? Think again! Because Console Wars: The Card Game has just dropped, and trust us, this isn’t your average deck of playing cards. Forget your polite rounds of Go Fish – this is a no-holds-barredRead More →
If you owned a Nintendo Entertainment System console in the 1980s or early 90s, The NES-ential Celebration might be the tribute book for you. Here’s a fact that regularly baffles Americans: hardly anyone in the UK owned a console until the SEGA Mega Drive came out. While a few outliersRead More →
Now, I don’t know about you, but I find organizing retro game boxes to be one of the toughest aesthetic tasks going. It’s all very well having the right shelves, but how do you make the games look good on them? This isn’t wholly about alphabetical order or grouping byRead More →
Bitmap Books’ amazing library of retro gaming-themed titles are stunning to behold. Thick, beautifully produced volumes with full colour spreads, often running over 500 pages, they are the sort of book you can enjoy looking at as well as reading. From time to time, Bitmap Books reprints older titles, perhapsRead More →
It isn’t often I hear of a new zine that I think will resonate, but BreakSpace certainly fits the bill. This new ZX Spectrum mag features a ridiculous 34 reviews in its first issue, but the thing I really like is how old-school it is. Well, that and the factRead More →
