The Empire Strikes Back is regularly quoted by fans as their favourite Star Wars film, focused on Luke's development as a Jedi knight, and his relationship with his evil nemesis Darth Vader.
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An All-Time Top 10 List of Games for the Sega Megadrive - 10 is not enough!
The Sega Megadrive (Genesis in the US) created many a playground row, mainly with loyal Super Nintendo owners who insisted that their machine was superior. In reality both were great machines, capable of producing arcade quality graphics, and each with … Continue Reading ››
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 name Treasure was relatively unknown, well before they received worldwide acclaim for games such as Bangai-O, Sin & Punishment and Ikaruga.
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Moon Patrol was a classic 2600 conversion of the arcade game of the same name. Developed by Irem and launched by Williams, this side scrolling driving game was the first of its kind. The arcade version also featured parallax scrolling, a simple optical illusion where different background graphics move at different speeds to give the … Continue Reading ››
Frogger is one of those classic video games, up there with space invaders and pac-man having broken out of the arcade entered popular culture. The premise is simple - get your frog across the busy road, over the crocodile infested river, and home to his lily pad. The gamaplay was all about timing, when to … Continue Reading ››
Atari released Asteroids in the arcades in 1979 and it became their biggest selling game of all time, up there with Space Invaders as one of the most recognised video games in history.
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Retro games reviewed, including 80's arcade machines, classic consoles and early home computers