Tag: Review
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Yie Ar Kung Fu for the ZX Spectrum
Konami’s Arcade fighter conversion for the Spectrum Yie Ar Kung Fu started life as an arcade game released by Konami in 1985, having features that were seen for the first time in a fighting game, including multiple opponents, a health bar and multiple special moves. This really was the birth of a genre which has…
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Grandstand Scramble 80’s Retro Handheld Game
The Scramble handheld game by Grandstand was based on the early 80’s arcade game of the same name, and featured brightly coloured VFD graphics.
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Gunstar Heroes for the Sega Megadrive
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…
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Battlezone retro arcade game review
Battlezone: The Original Tank Game 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 ships, set in a dali-esque landscape of cubes and pyramids. Battlezone used wireframe vector graphics technology, the same technology that…
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Gyruss arcade retro review
I found this game on holiday in Spain, around the same time that I discovered another Konami classic, Track & Field. This was in the early 80’s, a time when games arcades were massively popular and new games were launched seemingly on a weekly basis. Gyruss was a memorable arcade shooter for 2 main reasons,…
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Moon Patrol for the Atari 2600
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…
