A number of legendary arcade classics from Taito have been reissued over the past few years by the Arcade Archives. This is the third collection of those games, with 10 titles bursting to get out. As you may know, Arcade Archives releases include enhancements, such as visual tweaks for aRead More →
Some years ago, I spent way too much time on a very simple game on the Windows Store. Toy Story: Smash It! is a 3D physics game in which Buzz Lightyear throws balls at aliens. Will you help Buzz smash the aliens? I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone whoRead More →
Driver is a beloved driving game on the PlayStation with one of the most infamous tutorial levels on the platform. You can’t have a conversation about Driver without someone mentioning they never escaped the intro garage, but was it really that bad? I’ll explore that notorious section and the restRead More →
Sonic the Hedgehog needs no introduction, and is one of the most iconic video game protagonists of all time. I have fond memories of this game as a kid, and in this review, I’m going to see if it’s still good 30+ years later. Sonic games are known to haveRead More →
Before Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon, there was the board game known simply as 1830. The full title – 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons – was a 1986 railroad building board game by Avalon Hill that, along with their earlier release, Rail Baron inspired Sid Meier to design Railroad Tycoon. Buoyed byRead More →
I once believed you can never have enough Turrican. To challenge this, developer Factor 5 teamed up with ININ to issue a two-volume Turrican Anthology collection, gathering all the Amiga, SNES, and Mega Drive releases from the Turrican series. But how does this differ from 2021’s Turrican Flashback? Well, theRead More →
Turrican Flashback is finally here, bundling four classic Turrican versions into one for PS4 and Nintendo Switch. I could literally write all day about Turrican. Discovering its astounding graphics in Zzap!64 back in 1990, I resolved to buy it as soon as possible. It’s hard to underline this 30 plusRead More →
Published by Microsoft and released March 2003, Freelancer takes the player on an epic voyage through space combat, trading, age old secrets and revenge. Capturing the magic of classic space trading game elite, Freelancer brings an entire universe of money, trade and combat to the comfort of the desktop PC.Read More →
I hate the circus. So when I heard that Sunsoft’s Aero the Acro-Bat was making a return, I was pretty nonplussed. The 1990s SNES and SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis platformer is out no on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Xbox One & Series X/S and Nintendo Switch. But what is it actuallyRead More →
