The Atari 2600 was the first real experience of video gaming for many of retro gaming fans, and if you were born in the 70's then its likely you will have owned or played one of these classic machines (you can see my article on renovating an old … Continue Reading ››
Die Hard was one of those 80's films that defined the era, a story of greed, corporate excess and heroism, where one lone cop can bring an army of Armani suited terrorists to justice. Bruce Willis made his name as an action hero in this 1998 film, and set the tone for a career playing tough … Continue Reading ››
Chase HQ was an arcade racer that was very much of it’s era, so 80’s in its style that it could have been directed by Jerry Bruckheimer, starred Eddie Murphy, and had a soundtrack by Harold Faltermeyer. Playing like cross between Sega’s classic OutRun and the film Beverly Hills Cop, your role is to chase the … Continue Reading ››
In this series of blogs I'm highlighting the best of physical game media of all time - the next generation of games could be download only, so enjoy these fantastic objects while you can, they won't be making any more of them.
The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) had the biggest of all the physical video game … Continue Reading ››
Stop the Express was a game for the 48k ZX Spectrum, created by Hudson Soft, who are best known for their work on the PC-Engine console, and also some great console games such as the Bomberman series. The game was published by Sinclair Research in 1983 as part of a series of games promoted by … Continue Reading ››
Space Panic is an early arcade game from Universal, released in 1980 and believed to be the first ever platform game, predating Donkey Kong by a full year. This was also the first successful game by arcade developer Universal, who later created the classic Mr Do!.