Category: Retro Gaming News
Eternal Champions (Sega Mega Drive) – You didn’t buy it?!
Jonny LuptonJan 24, 2018
Street Fighter II and, later, Mortal Kombat, kicked off a craze that was perhaps the swansong of the arcade industry in many parts of the world. The arcade fighting game...
Mister Mosquito – WTF Wednesday
Jonny LuptonJan 24, 2018
Some games make you sit back and think: Ok, that’s kind of a good idea for a game but it’s also so WTF that I don’t know how to function. Games that make you...
Awesome Jumanji Fan Art inspired by Capcom Arcade Brawlers
Jonny LuptonJan 23, 2018
Endorsed by Dwayne Johnson (The Rock) Himself! This is Pixel Art at it's best.
The 10 Biggest Gaming Releases in 1991
Jonny LuptonJan 23, 2018
1991 - a year of groundbreaking titles that changed the industry forever. Featuring Street Fighter, Sonic, Zelda & More!
Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures – Metacritic, you got it wrong!
Jonny LuptonJan 22, 2018
Ed, Edd n Eddy: The Mis-Edventures looks like your typical platformer at heart but expands upon that concept in so many ways
Super Nintendo Saturday – Big Sky Trooper
Carl HoughtonJan 20, 2018
Now here’s a game that felt different at the time of its release. Developed by Lucasarts and released in 1995, Big Sky Trooper was a game that had Lucasarts...
Clash at Demonhead (NES) – You didn’t buy it?!
Jonny LuptonJan 19, 2018
A challenging action-adventure platformer with enough charm to win your heart and addictive gameplay that will bring you back for more.
Throwback Thursday – Ant Attack
Carl HoughtonJan 18, 2018
Time to dust off the ol' 2 button joystick and get cracking some ant skulls; it's the Commodore 64 hit Ant Attack!
The Top 10 Biggest Gaming Releases in the year 2000
Jonny LuptonJan 17, 2018
With some of the most influential hardware and games ever released coming out in 2000, it was hard to select just 10!
Mid-Week Mega Drive Madness – Haunting starring Polterguy
Carl HoughtonJan 17, 2018
Getting haunted by that bastion of booginess himself, Polterguy!... who?
The Top 10 Game Boy Colour Games of all time
Jonny LuptonJan 17, 2018
The games on offer are easily some of the best to grace a Nintendo system, representing one of the most diverse mixes of games in any top 10 list
Sneak’N’Peak (Atari) – WTF Wednesday
Jonny LuptonJan 17, 2018
Take all the joy out of your favourite childhood pastime, put it into Atari’s almost modernist leaning graphical representation and you've got Sneak'N'Peak
Sexy Accessory – Visual Memory Unit
Carl HoughtonJan 16, 2018
What an ugly sounding gaming peripheral. Visual. Memory. Unit. Or VMU as we very quickly grew to know it as. The VMU was Sega’s answer to Sony’s Memory Card...
Retro Games Show Their Incredible Staying Power
Jonny LuptonJan 16, 2018
Have you ever wondered how many of the wider gaming community are into retro games? Recent research by Currys PC World might just have the answer.
Shadow of Destiny (PSP) – Metacritic, you got it wrong!
Jonny LuptonJan 15, 2018
While not the most visually stunning title, Shadow of Destiny nonetheless capitalizes on Konami’s penchant for the eerie and weird.
R-CADE Video Game Arcade – An Interview With
Jonny LuptonJan 12, 2018
We speak to Androo - the man behind an exciting new retro video game arcade & ramen bar in Glasgow!
Brilliant New Goldeneye 007 Mod Replaces James Bond with Mario
Jonny LuptonJan 12, 2018
What's the best thing you can do with Mario? Answer: turn him into James Bond.
Friday’s Forgotten Few – Chakan: The Forever Man
Carl HoughtonJan 12, 2018
Taking a quick look back at the man who has all the time in the world, our friend, Chakan the Forever Man!