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 …
As anyone who has tried raising a child in a British flat will probably attest to, space generally comes at a bit of a premium in these parts. Consequently, I recently took the decision to downsize from my (already pretty dinky) Maudio Oxygen 25 to 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 …
If you’ve found your way to this article, I probably don’t need to tell you that online gaming discussion gets a bit of a bad press. From the constant harassment of developers over minor gameplay tweaks through to the vitriol aimed at women, there’s a Read More …
Has that January spark long since faded? In need of a little extra support and will power? Why not try a bit of ZX Spectrum-based Self help! Built around a punchy Megadrive style bass and ethereal strings and brass, this track allows the sound of 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 …
Like everyone else, i was a bit wary of Tidal’s music streaming service when it was announced, but now my music has finally had a fair number of plays it’s hard to argue with the figures. In the image below, the line contained in the Read More …
Crikey! It’s already been a year since i bought my first Everdrive. Lets have a look at it, shall we? For those not in the know, an Everdrive is an ingenious invention. While your average cartridge game contains a simple PCB containing a read-only ROM, 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 …
24 years ago, my brother and I stumbled towards the end of classic intergalactic Megadrive adventure Toejam & Earl. Though we’d previously borrowed it from a friend, this was the first time we were playing through on our own chunky cartridge – and we were Read More …
The poor Sega Saturn. He definitely hasn’t had much love around here has he? That’s definitely not to say he’s a bad little machine though…so lets change things up by looking at a couple of Sega Saturn titles that didn’t make it out of Japan: Read More …
Blimey! it’s been two years since I, err, celebrated the Megadrive’s quarter century by destroying a cartridge. Weirdly, however, the Megadrive’s 25 again today. How can that be? Well, two flippin years was the amount of time it took for the Megadrive to leave Japan 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 …
I think I might have a new favourite Megadrive game – and an almost topical one too, considering how excited everyone was getting about Mad Max recently. Released in 1992, Outlander is, quite literally, Road Warrior: the video game. It has Mad Max in it, Read More …
I’ve been thinking of writing something on the whole music streaming world for a while now. Thankfully, Jasper Hamill over at The Mirror has given me an excuse with his vaguely partisan article on Apple Music. As both an artist and a keen listener, I’ll Read More …
The folks over at 1Morecastle have shut up shop, meaning there’s no one to administer Review a Bad Game day this year. Ooh eck! But while there are still bad games that need reviewing, we might as well continue to review them, yes? Let’s take 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 …