Board Game Review: Centipede
Having owned an Atari 2600 as a kid – and playing it well into the late 80s, given that games could easily and regularly found for pennies at car boot […]
Review: Roll’d
Out: Now – Price: £1.79/$1.99 – Nintendo Switch A strange but oddly compelling little game, Roll’d dumps you into proceedings without telling you anything at all – your little character running along a pathway for…reasons. It takes a few seconds – and a few failures – to truly grasp what’s going on. You don’t control the character at all; in […]
Dreamcast 20th Anniversary: Memories
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Dreamcast’s launch in Europe – having launched in Japan in late ’98 and in the US on the 9th of September 1999. Being […]
Cyber Protocol – Switch
Nintendo Switch – Out Now ($9.99/£8.99) – By Red Deer Games I was born in ’77, so I grew up in the 1980s as cyberpunk was becoming an important, highly-regarded […]
The Ninja Saviors: Return of the Warriors – Switch
Out now (EU)/Release Date TBC (US), Version Played: Switch (£16.99) I pride myself on having a near-encyclopaedic knowledge of certain eras in gaming; having frequented arcades on such a regular […]
It Came From The Bargain Bin – 12: Jambo! Safari
Version Played: Wii Current CEX Price: £2 The late 90s/early 00s was a time when arcades still felt like they had new experiences to offer that you couldn’t replicate at home, or at least not to the same effect. Sega was releasing some absolutely wonderful games; though some received home conversions – and ports like Crazy Taxi for Dreamcast went […]
A Trip to the Arcade: Swanage
As my previous arcade article went down so well, I thought I’d follow it up with another – especially as I ventured further out than Bournemouth at the weekend, ending […]
A Trip to the Arcade: Bournemouth
This weekend, I made an effort to go and see an old friend. An old friend who, unfortunately, is a shadow of their former self. The arcade. I went to […]
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015 – PC
Prompted by a number of conversations on Twitter regarding all of the absolutely insane ‘Simulator’ games that are now available to play – and, um, ‘enjoy’ – I wanted to […]
Emergency Mayhem – Wii
My quest to uncover hidden gems – as cheaply as possible – in the Wii’s enormous library continues. Not to be confused with Emergency Heroes, Emergency Mayhem is a much more slapstick-style romp through an insanely dangerous and malfunctioning city, overrun with disasters, crime…and monkeys. Where Emergency Heroes took itself quite seriously, Emergency Mayhem definitely does not. At first glance, […]
Demolition Crew – Switch
Demolition Crew – Out Now on Nintendo Switch ($2.00/£2.00) – by xirBX Though the developer was aiming to evoke the NES with Demolition Crew, it has a bold and bright […]
Games of My Life: Creature from the Black Lagoon (Pinball)
I spent endless hot, summer days in darkness in the early 90s. Darkness lit with colourful neon and ultraviolet light. The soundtrack: worlds being defended, the roars of dinosaurs once more roaming the earth, feuds being settled or contests being won with kicks and punches. The smell of dry ice; the smog-like substance hanging thick in the air, lending everything […]
Games of My Life: Pac-Man – Arcade/Various
Pac-Man’s 39th birthday was yesterday, so I wanted to get some words out there about the enduring yellow legend. The cultural impact of Pac-Man can’t be overstated. Here was a […]
Games of My Life: Super Mario Bros 2 – NES
In a weird twist of fate, the very first Super Mario Bros game I ever played was series oddity Super Mario Bros 2. Unbeknownst to me at the time – […]
Games of My Life: Wonder Boy in Monster Land – Sega Master System
I spent the best part of 1989 and 1990 being absolutely obsessed with the second Wonder Boy game, Wonder Boy in Monster Land. I’d played it on one of my […]
