Escape is a new game for the VIC-20. Yes, the Commodore VIC-20, a home computer released in 1981, and the precursor to the Commodore 64, but while the machine was discontinued in January 1985, there’s still a vibrant home market for this and other computers and consoles of the era. It’s a simple affair of […]
The C64 Mini is to the Commodore 64 home computer what devices like the Atari Flashback is to the Atari 2600 – a collection of games in one unit which make it easy to plug and play. Developed by Retro Games Ltd, what you’ll get is a 50% scale replica of the original C64, is […]
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Tags: C64 Basic, Commodore 64, The C64 Mini, TheC64 Mini 
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Play Expo 2017 saw another two full days of gaming and cosplay, plus some talks I wish I could’ve gone to, particularly the panel for Andy Remic’s Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict, but it clashed with the Cosplay Masquerade on the Sunday, and for me, that’s the pièce de résistance of the whole event and […]
Posted in Retro, Reviews Tags: Circus Charlie, Hyper Sentinel, Lethal Weapon 3, Play Expo 2017, Polybius, Queen's Castle, R2-D2, Rad Mobile, Smash Tanks, Spy Hunter, Tempest 4000, star wars 1 Comment »
Die Hard Trilogy: Welcome to the party pal! We are now in December and if you love it or hate it, Christmas is almost here. To some that means: family, gifts, a religious holiday or time for overeating to the point of throwing up; but to me it means it’s time to break out Die […]
Play Expo 2016 – another two days of gaming and cosplay, and so much fun that, once again, as the second day ended, I wanted to hide under a table and go where all the games go, as I like to imagine that there’s another location where the Manchester event continues for another five days… […]
Posted in Retro, Reviews Tags: After Burner, Battlezone VR, BlazBlue, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Brandub, Dirty Harry, Dragonball Xenoverse 2, Exorex, Gandorf, Guppy, Jeff Minter, Judgment Day, Jungle Hunt, MSX, Mao Mao, Ms Pac-Man, Outrun, Play Expo 2016, Polybius, Powerdrift, Project CARS, Red Bull, Road Fighter, Road Runner, Simon Marston, Snake Pass, Tekken 7, Terminator 2, The Addams Family, The Last Knight, Transformers, Videogame Carnival, WWE 2K17, atari vcs, pinball No Comments »
Final Fight One is developed and published by Capcom. I feel like I don’t need to introduce them to you all but I will say that they have made and still make big hits. However, I will say one title which has influenced many is that of Final Fight. Like so many early releases, this […]
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Darius II was developed by Taito who were pivotal in the early stages of video games releasing hits like Bubble Bobble and Space Invaders. The sequel to Darius, this was originally an arcade only game, but through popular demand found itself being ported to cater for the Eastern audiences. So, 7 years after its original […]
Posted in Retro, Reviews, Sega Saturn, Video games Tags: Darius 2, Darius II, Hidehiro Fujiwara No Comments »
Atari Vault brings together 100 of their own games from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, 82 on the Atari VCS 2600, and 18 in their original arcade form, including a few in both format. You can’t fault the value of this package – you get 100 games for a penny under 15 quid – that’s […]
Posted in PC, Retro, Reviews, Video games Tags: 3D Tic Tac Toe, A Game of Concentration, Air Sea Battle, Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Atari Vault, Atari Video Cube, Backgammon, Basic Math, Basketball, Black Widow, Blackjack, Bowling, Brain Games, Breakout, Canyon Bomber, Casino, Centipede, Championship Soccer, Circus Atari, Code Breaker, Combat Two, Crystal Castles, Demons to Diamonds, Desert Falcon, Dodge-Em 2600, Double Dunk, Fatal Run, Flag Capture, Golf, Gravitar, Hangman, Haunted House, Homerun, Human Cannonball, Liberator, Lunar Lander, Major Havoc, Maze Craze, Millipede, Miniature Golf, Night Driver, Off the Wall, Outlaw, Pele’s Soccer, Pong, Pong Sports, Quadrun, Race, Radar Lock, RealSports Baseball, RealSports Basketball, RealSports Boxing, RealSports Football, RealSports Soccer, RealSports Tennis, RealSports Volleyball, Red Baron, Return to Haunted House, Save Mary, Secret Quest, Sentinel, Sky Diver, Slot Machine, Slot Racers, Space Duel, Space War, Sprint 2, Sprint Master, Star Raiders, Starship, Steeplechase, Stellar Track, Street Racer, Stunt Cycle, Submarine Commander, Super Baseball, Super Breakout, Super Football, Surround, Sword Quest Earthworld, Sword Quest Fireworld, Sword Quest Waterworld, Tempest, Video Checkers, Video Chess, Video Pinball, Yars' Revenge, adventure, combat, football, missile command, warlords 3 Comments »
Play Expo 2015 entered the fourth year of this event, held at EventCity, next to the Trafford Centre (accessible via M60 J9 and J10), and this was the second time I had been, following Play Expo 2014, and I enjoyed it even more than the first time, so much so that when it the whole […]
Posted in Retro, Reviews Tags: A Pinbot Adventure, Berzerk, Bride Of Pinbot, City of the Shroud, Dark Souls 3, Dark Souls III, Dave Prowse, Giana Sisters Twisted Dreams, Jackbot, James Bond, Jockey Rush, Journey, Jump Stars, Mad Max, Mike Edmonds, Minecraft, Nautilus, Paperboy, Pinbot, Play Expo, Play Expo 2015, Play Expo 2016, Push For Emor, Q*bert, Raging Justice, Return Of The Jedi, Revenge From Mars in 3D, Space Invaders, Super Star Wars, TRON, The Empire Strikes Back, The Machine, Time Crisis 3, Warren Davis, Wulver Blade, colin baker No Comments »
Play Expo 2014 is now in its the third year of this event, which is held at EventCity, next to the Trafford Centre (M60 J9 and J10), but it was my first time, with my only previous gaming expo experience being in Wolverhampton at Revival 2013 and Revival 2014. Play Expo 2014 is a larger […]
Posted in Retro, Reviews Tags: A Pixel Story, AC/DC, Aerobatics, After Burner, Annie, Back To The Future, Battle Ace, Bender, Bubbles, Buttercup, CDF Ghostship, Carnival, Chompy Chomp Chomp, Chris Barrie, Colonial Defence Force, Dactyl Nightmare, Darth Maul, DeLorean, Deadpool, Demolition Man, Demon Attack, Donkey Kong, Dragon’s Lair, Fiddlesticks, Futurama, Gangnam Style, Genesis Gaming, Ghostbusters, Gizmo, Gremlins, Halo, Hang-On, Hot Rod, Imagic, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indianapolis 500, Knack, Knights Of The Old Republic, League Of Legends, Leda Arcade Collection, Lego, Link, MXGP, Manic Miner, Master Chief, MicroVAX 3100, New 'N' Tasty, Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift VR, Oddworld, Olli Olli 2, Out Run, PC Engine, PC Engine SuperGrafx, Pacland, Payday 2, Philips CD-I, Play Expo 2014, Psy, Red Dwarf, Retro Computer museum, Robotron 2084, SAM Coupé, Scream Park UK, Shoot Em Up Kit, Sith Lady Cailleach, Spiderman, Starters Orders, Starters Orders 6, Terra Tech, The Hobbit, The Legend of Zelda, The Official Motocross Game, The Old Republic, The Powerpuff Girls, Transformers, Umbrella Corporation, Video Game Carnival, Virtual Reality, Virtuality, Virtuality 1000CS, atari 5200, cosplay, doctor who, driveclub, first person shooter, giant joystick, iJoy Ride, star wars, tardis No Comments »
