The basement and second floor of 6 Central Street, Manchester was the headquarters of Ocean Software, one of the most influential publishers of computer games in Europe during the 1980s. Founded by David Ward and Jon Woods, Ocean Software released titles on pretty much every platform you could buy. InRead More →
The Nintendo 3DS and WiiU eShop closure is just around the corner and many Pokémon titles and more are making it to the top of the weekly sales chart in North America. Pokémon Crystal is currently taking the lead, with other virtual console titles maintaining high ranks in the eShopRead More →
The Steam Spring Sale is underway, with an immense number of discounted games, from AAA legends to the latest indie classics. Among those titles are several classics, not least from Valve’s own pantheon. So, you’ve got Half-Life and its various spin-offs; the same with Half-Life 2. There’s also Portal andRead More →
Another week, another addition to Nintendo Switch Online’s retro gaming offering, including legendary shooter Xevious! Four new titles have arrived on the Nintendo Switch Online classic consoles, this time for NES, Game Boy, and SNES. Chronologically speaking, those games are: Let’s take a look at them in turn. NES portRead More →
If you fancy a bit of modernised Pac-man with a Colin Farrell twist (well, who the heck doesn’t?!) then the Banshees of Inisherin browser game might be what you need. We’re hedging our bets here, but bear with. Banshees: The Game takes place in a Pac-man like maze, challenging youRead More →
Jet Set Willy is the sequel to Manic Miner and was released on the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 in 1984. In Jet Set Willy, you play as Miner Willy from Manic Miner, and you have to clean up an enormous 60-room mansion before your housekeeper, Maria, will let youRead More →
Zerouno Games has announced the upcoming release of three classic ZX Spectrum games under the Retro Golden Age label this March. Goody, Operation Alexandra, and Livingstone, I Presume will form the Boomer Pack on this label, which aims to offer classic ZX Spectrum games to Steam for a new generationRead More →
The Japanese version of the Nintendo Switch Online app has been found to have screenshots from Metroid: Zero Mission. These images noticed by LuigiBlood on Twitter were hiding in the Metroid Fusion folder within the app. The posted images highlight the ‘link’ screen from Zero Mission, detailing instructions for linkingRead More →
Not everyone who loves retro gaming can make a list… Making lists. A lot gets made of them. In fact, if it is a list of to-dos, it has been my observation that the making of the list itself will be the most to-do thing of all. After that, theRead More →
