retrogames!now

I’ve been struggling with the iPad as a games console for a while now. Whilst is has had some great games built around the touch and tilt controls, it’s never…

  So many great games on the Sega Megadrive – the 16 bit wonder console The Sega Megadrive (Genesis in the US) created many a playground row, mainly with loyal…

It’s been a few months since my last upate, after picking up this project in November 2011. In the last update I was assessed the state of the machine components…

Anyone who has read my blog before knows I am a big fan of retro handheld games, and Grandstand made some of the best. Many of these games attempted to…

The Sega Megadrive was never short of great games, but developer Treasure managed to create a smash with Gunstar Heroes, it’s very first commercial release in 1993. Back then the…

My first introduction to Capcom’s Strider was not through the arcade cabinet, but the excellent Megadrive port, which was like nothing I had seen before, with it’s huge sprites and…

Battlezone was a truly unforgettable game from the early days of the arcades, that saw you in control of a tank in a 3D battle against enemy vehicles and space…

Every ZX Spectrum owner will have had their own personal favourites on Sinclair’s rubbery-keyed marvel, and I have drawn up a list of what I believe to be the best….

Like many sports games, definately a game “of it’s era”. Who over 35 could forget Daley Thompson’s cheeky performances in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics? He was a hero to…

Nintendo’s most famous (if not the first) arcade game needs very little introduction, but the origin of the Game & Watch is less well known. Gunpei Yokoi, the Japanese creator…