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Crash Bandicoot: a PS1 classic revisited

2025-01-09
By: Anthony Yates
On: January 9, 2025
In: Retro games and gear reviewed

A retro review of the original Crash Bandicoot on the PS1Read More →

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The final countdown: Top 5 video game mascots

2023-12-05
By: John Bowe
On: December 5, 2023
In: Retro gaming best and worst lists, Retro gaming features

You either love video game mascots, or they pass you by. But if you’re a fan of these cultural cheerleaders, which one is best? We all like to gather around something. A lovely pub bar for instance, or row after row of classic cars in a field, or perhaps theRead More →

Mascot Family: The Adopted Children of PlayStation

2023-02-12
By: John Bowe
On: February 12, 2023
In: Retro games news, Retro gaming features

Did Sony really need a PlayStation mascot? Where did all the mascots go? Like the sight of badgers along a verge, you see a lot less of them these days. In fact you might be left thinking that there are no more left, that they had long scattered since theRead More →

Drool over these retro game cocktails at NQ64

2022-05-12
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 12, 2022
In: Retro arcades, Retro bars and arcades

Retro arcade bar chain NQ64 cocktails designed by employees and inspired by games have been announced. Designed following a staff competition across NQ64 bars, the new cocktail menu is inspired by Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mario Kart, and Crash Bandicoot. Staff in the seven NQ64 barsRead More →

Over 750 PS2 Prototypes and Demos Uploaded to Internet Archive

2021-03-28
By: Christian Cawley
On: March 28, 2021
In: Retro games news

An exciting development for fans of PlayStation 2 retro gamers: over 750 demos and prototypes have been uploaded to the Internet Archive. Described by archivers Hidden Palace as “a project so massive it practically eclipses everything that we’ve tackled up until this point” the Project Deluge collection is made upRead More →

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