I am just a little too young to remember the initial arcade boom days of the late 70s and early 80s. Fortunately, however, courtesy of my oldest brothers Atari ST, I did gain ...
September 8, 2019 at 8:38 am by Mike Sanders
There are few products more iconic for Sony than their ‘Walkman‘. Released in 1979, the cassette player (if you don’t know what a cassette is, ask your ...
September 7, 2019 at 10:08 am by Mike Sanders
If you’ve ever worked at a store that deals almost exclusively in 2nd-hand games, you know that the vast majority of the time when people walk through the door with a ...
August 8, 2019 at 10:20 am by Mike Sanders
Despite the colossal flop seen in the PlayStation classic, mini-retro consoles are clearly still a very popular product with consumers. The sales figures for both the NES and ...
July 12, 2019 at 11:25 am by Mike Sanders
PlayStation Classic Despite not even being released for a year yet, it’s pretty clear that the PlayStation Classic is turning into a lemon of a system. In fairness, a ...
July 5, 2019 at 8:55 am by Mike Sanders
What is wrong with modern fighting games? I’m not entirely sure, but somewhere in the last few years, they’ve turned me off of the genre entirely. Well, that was ...
July 1, 2019 at 10:12 am by Peter Donnell
Broken Games People complain about patches and updates, but are they really that bad? Well, sometimes yes they are. I’ll admit, I love the idea of having my games fixed ...
June 29, 2019 at 10:28 am by Peter Donnell
The PS1 will always be my favourite console. Sure, the hardware wasn’t that powerful, and some of the game’s graphics have aged pretty damn poorly. However, that ...
June 28, 2019 at 11:14 am by Peter Donnell
Commodore 64 Looking back today, it’s difficult to appreciate just what a powerhouse Commodore was. While the Atari 2600 was carving a name for itself in America, the ...
June 26, 2019 at 7:47 am by Mike Sanders
Konami Some of the announcements at E3 have completely blindsided me. We all know the big hitters we wanted to see, such as the stuff from EA, Square Enix, CD Projekt RED, ...
June 12, 2019 at 8:39 am by Peter Donnell
Neo Geo While growing up a kid in the early 90s, the Neo Geo represented one of those mythical consoles that was much talked about but never seen. With it’s near arcade ...
May 13, 2019 at 11:39 am by Mike Sanders
Amazingly Old-School Tetris Forget your Minecraft, Fortnite and Super Mario Bros. If you’re looking for a game that practically everyone has played and loved, then ...
May 11, 2019 at 12:54 pm by Mike Sanders
Super Mario Bros For many people, the Commodore 64 represented their first gateway into home gaming. Admittedly, for me, it came a little earlier with the release of the Acorn ...
April 20, 2019 at 10:48 am by Mike Sanders
Mortal Kombat It’s been over 26 years since the original Mortal Kombat arrived in arcades and it’s pretty safe to say that in terms of beat-em-ups, it was a game ...
April 3, 2019 at 10:15 am by Mike Sanders
I remember my youth, sitting with my Sega Megadrive (Genesis to you American folks), and mashing my way through Streets of Rage games with a few friends. Those we’re ...
March 27, 2019 at 9:53 am by Peter Donnell
