Category: History of Retro
This Zombies Ate My Neighbours DOOM Mod Is Perfect
Zac CockenMar 03, 2020
A creator by the name of Dude 27th is constantly working on mods for DOOM, and we’ve just discovered our favourite piece of work from him. It’s a Zombies...
Streets of Rage 4 Is Coming To Switch Early 2020
Zac CockenDec 11, 2019
Streets of Rage 4 is coming to the Nintendo Switch in early 2020, we found out last night in the Nintendo Indie World showcase. The game is said to build upon the...
How PlayStation’s Graphics Have Changed Over 25 Years
Zac CockenDec 06, 2019
As Sony’s PlayStation is celebrating it’s 25th birthday this week, we thought we’d take a look at how some of the characters that have appeared on the...
Star Fox 2, Super Punch-Out!! and More To Be Added To Switch NES and SNES
Zac CockenDec 05, 2019
The ever growing library of Switch NES and SNES games continues to make additions! The pick of the bunch for sure would be the elusive Star Fox 2 and Super Punch-Out!!,...
Tesla’s New Cybertruck Fits Perfectly into Goldeneye on the N64
Zac CockenDec 04, 2019
The infamous new Cybertruck from Elon Musk and Tesla looks like something straight out of an N64 game, with it’s almost low-poly design. It fits so well in fact,...
A Brief History of: Gran Turismo
Jonny LuptonSep 13, 2019
Simulation games are often niche titles at best with very few of them reaching critical success on a massive scale. Think titles like Microsoft’s Flight Simulator or...
The Top 10 Games of 1999
Jonny LuptonAug 24, 2019
1999 was one heck of a year and not just because of the impending Y2K apocalypse on the horizon. The year that served as the transition point between the PlayStation and...
A Brief History Of: The Commodore Amiga
Jonny LuptonAug 21, 2019
Some consoles had a much larger impact on the course of video games than many of us realise… …one of those is the Commodore Amiga! Commodore’s attempt at...
A Brief History of: Amstrad CPC 464
Jonny LuptonJul 04, 2019
When we consider media for computers, one format that was in widespread use in the early years of personal computing but which fell out of favour entirely is the...
5 Ridiculous Multiplayer Maps
Jake 'The Voice' ParrApr 04, 2019
Sure, you COULD fight other players online in warzones and space stations…but why bother with such samey, cookie-cutter locations when you can spar outside of...
DOOM & The D!ZONE Series – Biggest Video Game Scam Ever?
Jake 'The Voice' ParrApr 03, 2019
First-person shooters owe a lot to DOOM, but you probably don’t need another lecture on how it revolutionized gaming, entertained millions of players around the world,...
Shadow Warrior Review – You Didn’t Buy It?
Jake 'The Voice' ParrFeb 12, 2019
To say that video games have become much more politically correct over the years is no bold claim. One inappropriate joke or passing comment could result in unwanted...
Final Fight (Arcade) – CO-OP Classics
Jonny LuptonFeb 05, 2019
A staple of the 1990s arcade scene, side-scrolling beat ‘em ups are simple enough in nature for anyone to grasp and compelling such that anyone can enjoy them. Though...
Balls of Steel – You Didn’t Buy It?
Jake 'The Voice' ParrJan 30, 2019
No matter how advanced video games have become over the years, pinball has never really been forgotten about in its entirety. In fact, there have been countless digital...
A Brief History of: Namco
Jonny LuptonJan 23, 2019
The golden age of Japanese arcades wouldn’t be the same without one big name: Namco. Specifically, it wouldn’t be the same without an IP dreamt up by Namco’s...
Arcade Hall of Fame: Taiko no Tatsujin
Jonny LuptonJan 22, 2019
Though the rhythm genre has fallen somewhat from its peak in the mid-2000s in the West, it has never died back in its home country of Japan where it enjoys a robust life...
Unreal Tournament – Think You Can Beat It?
Jake 'The Voice' ParrJan 21, 2019
Epic Games may be known as the team behind the kiddie-centric battle royale shooter Fortnite, but history will forever know them as the creators of one of the greatest...
A Brief History of: Capcom
Jonny LuptonJan 11, 2019
The house that brought us Mega Man, Street Fighter, and Resident Evil, among others, Capcom is a relatively young company in the grand scheme of things but has had an...