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. The stand-out action scene in the film is the battle on the ice planet Hoth, where the Imperial forces locate and launch an…
The Best Games for Sega’s Classic 16-Bit Console Introduction The Sega Mega Drive, also known as the Genesis in North America, holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers, and in this post I’m covering the best Megadrive games. Launched in 1988 in Japan and later in other regions, this 16-bit console was…
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. Gunstar Heroes uses the…
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…
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…
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. It was only natural that Atari’s #1 property was ported to their new home system, the VCS (later 2600). Featuring solid raster…
