The arcade business of the 80s and 90s was a decidedly daunting one. While some games achieved immortality by being ported to every home platform under the sun, less popular titles died an anonymous death, living on today only through obscure ROM dumps found Read More …
Players: 1 If there was one thing the fledgling GX4000 needed, it was an unquestionably epic (and preferably exclusive) action title. In Fire & Forget II it almost had one. Though the original Fire and Forget appeared on everything from the Amiga down to the Read More …
So after a tremendous amount of build up, Sonic Mania has finally been released. The first “proper” Sonic game in over 20 years, this should naturally be right up every aged Sonic fan’s alley. I can’t say I’m quite as enamoured as everyone else Read More …
Generally I try and keep things positive on Review a Bad Game Day. After all, while a game can be bad overall, it can still have individual elements that are fun or noteworthy or just generally interesting. It’s very rare to find a game with Read More …
Normally I would say a shooter that pits the player against an armour-plated hot air balloon would instantly earn its place among the greats, but the Master System version of G-LOC was probably a disaster waiting to happen for a couple of reasons. Read More …
Although my heart is generally in the old and peculiar stuff, I’m not entirely detached from modern gaming. Consequently, when i saw that Mirror’s Edge: Catalyst was in the Origin new year sale I pounced on it like, well, a great big pouncy thing. I’m not Read More …
Today we’re going to look at an unusual one: The Saturn Shinobi. Hang on for a second, oh mighty internet pedants. I know tha’ts not its real name. The problem, however, is just what name do we use to address the Saturn’s Shinobi title? In Read More …
For review a bad game day this year I’ve decided to look at a Play Station 2 title. I know some people view the PS2 as being too new to truly count as a retro console and, considering its’ abilities to deliver fully textured worlds Read More …
So yesterday I attended the Play Margate gaming exhibition, held in the..err…lovely Kentish coastal town of Margate. Sun, sea and old video games – What could possibly be better? Before I begin, I’d like to note that i was only present for a couple of hours Read More …
If you’ve read any of my posts around here, you probably know that, if there’s one thing I love, it’s a good Sega arcade game. Consequently, I was VERY excited to recently discover one that I’d never played before: A.B. Cop. Never heard of A.B. Read More …
Players: 1 If there’s one lazy generalisation people make about old videogames, it’s that games based on films were generally quite bad. Though this wasn’t necessarily the case, there do inevitably have to be some stinkers in the cinematic videogame pile. Sadly, the interactive adaption of Read More …
Oh look, It’s another April 8th so it’s time to look at another great game! This year I’ve opted to look at a title that just about crosses the precipice into greatness: How to Be a Complete Bastard on the Zx Spectrum. As games go, Read More …
A rose, as some talentless hack once put it, may well smell as sweet by some other name…but there’s no denying that certain titles come with some pretty unavoidable connotations. Take the name ‘Crazy Cars’ for example. I don’t know about you, but I can’t Read More …
When you look at the title of our next GX4000 game, Copter 271, it looks like something’s missing…a ‘Heli,’ perhaps? Either way, it turns out that the title’s pretty apt. Turn the power on, and you’ll find out that there’s something missing throughout your gaming Read More …
Blimey! Three reviews in and we’ve finally stumbled upon a GX4000 exclusive…and pretty much the most important exclusive at that! Developed by Ocean specifically for Amstrad, Burnin’ Rubber was the title that every GX4000 and CPC+ owner found sunggly packed into their new console’s polystyrene Read More …
Players: 1 Genre: Action We live in strange times. On the one hand we have a bizarre cultural fetish for 8-bit video game aesthetics, while on the other we often deride the actual 8-bit titles themselves (unless they are one of the safe, untouchable few.) Read More …
After a week of cryptic shenanigans, The Oliver Twins have announced the discovery of a new Dizzy game! Hurrah! (As a side note, it’s Dizzy. Not Dizzy the Egg. Saying Dizzy the Egg is like saying Thomas a Becket. Just stop it.) Developed for Read More …
Genre: Adventure Players: 1 Its always best to start how you mean to go on isn’t it? How fitting, then, that the first GX4000 game we examine is one of the old CPC ports that dominated the GX4000’s library. Originally Released in 1988, Barbarian Read More …
The 10th of October 2004 was a Wednesday. As it was a Wednesday, I wouldn’t have been in university. Instead, I should have been at home working on my research. As it was November 2004, I wasn’t working on my research. I was playing Outrun Read More …
What’s this? Someone made a Godzilla game for the Speccy? Why haven’t i heard of this before? Is this the title to put an end to the Big Gs run of largely terrible games? Let’s fire it up! Please don’t be rubbish. . . Please Read More …