For many of us Atari's Combat was the first introduction to a cartridge-based console game, and for that reason has a special place in many people's retro memories.
As one of the launch … Continue Reading ››
Burger Time was launched by Data East in 1982 to an arcade public previously starved of fast-food based gaming action.
Long before Gordon Ramsey and other so-called "celebrity" chefs, the hero of this game was burger tosser … Continue Reading ››
Although most people will remember the various home ports for Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and BBC Micro, Hunchback was originally released by Century Electronics in 1983 as an arcade machine. The game itself was a relatively simple "pitfall" style platformer, with multiple left to right flip screens, each one featuring … Continue Reading ››
JetPac was one of the first of the games released for the early 16k Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer, and developer Ultimate managed to fit a lot into the tiny memory. This game didn't fit into any easily definable retro gaming genre, as it had a number of elements, … Continue Reading ››
Mr Ee! came from a time when copyright law didn't seem to apply to video games, otherwise this game would never have existed. Imagine taking the latest Super Mario game on the wii, copying it, calling it Super Dave and releasing it on the XBOX. That's what Micro Power did with Mr Ee on the … Continue Reading ››
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 of the Game & Watch series, as well as the Gameboy, got his inspiration whilst riding a commuter train, and watching a fellow passenger playing … Continue Reading ››
Retro games reviewed, including 80's arcade machines, classic consoles and early home computers