Video Game Review: Wonder Boy Anniversary Collection (Switch)
Few video game characters have a history as confusing and convoluted as Wonder Boy; from games where he’s named in the title, to some in the series where he’s not […]
News: Evercade Game of the Month for September 2022: Eyra, The Crow Maiden
The Evercade VS is undoubtedly my favourite console at the moment. It’s an essential purchase for old school gamers – and it also won’t break the bank if you do […]
Video Game Review: Turrican Anthology Vol. II (Switch)
The first Turrican Anthology – as you can see from my review – was a compilation that I enjoyed enormously. Having fond memories of the original Turrican games on the […]
Video Game Review: Turrican Anthology Vol. I (Switch)
I have very fond memories of playing both Turrican and Turrican II on a friend’s Atari ST, way back in the early 90s. A few things that really stuck in […]
News: Turrican Anthology Vol I and Turrican Anthology Vol 2 Now Available for PS4 and Switch
When I think back to the Turrican games – classic 90s run and gun titles that first made an impact on home computers before making their presence felt on numerous […]
Review: Xeno Crisis/Tanglewood (Evercade Cartridge 11)
Up until this cartridge came out, almost all of the Evercade compilations have been collections of genuine 8-bit and 16-bit games from yesteryear, with the odd unreleased title also thrown […]
News: Lewis Hamilton – Champion F1 Driver and…Retro Gamer?
Gamers have always had to contend with non-gamers asking them why, if they want to play football or golf, why they don’t just do those things in real life instead […]
News: 90s 3D Platform Title ‘Jim Power’ Receiving Strictly Limited Editions – on New and Retro Formats!
It’s an exciting time to be a retro run-and-gun platform game fan, as cult classic Jim Power: The Lost Dimension is coming to PS4 and Switch, as well as re-releasing […]
News: Wonder Boy Collection Coming to Switch and PS4 on June 3rd
Anyone who knows me knows how important the Wonder Boy games are to me – and just how much of a part they played in my video game obsession from […]
News: 16-Bit FPS Zero Tolerance to receive limited physical release on PS4, Switch and Genesis!
Yep, you read that right – the incredibly ambitious Mega Drive/Genesis FPS – which was first released in 1994 – is receiving a limited physical release courtesy of Strictly Limited […]
Video Game News: Wonder Boy Collection – Strictly Limited Physical Edition(Switch/PS4)
Though ININ are handling a standard physical edition and BlissBrain are publishing a digital version of the Wonder Boy Collection, those compilations are being released with four (admittedly excellent!) games. […]
Video Game News: Wonder Boy Collection (Switch/PS4)
If, like me, you’re in your 40s and frequented arcades in the 80s, you can’t have failed to notice the various Wonder Boy coin-ops that were released during that golden […]
Review: Mega Cat Studios Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 08)
When the Evercade was first announced, it was assumed that we’d basically see old games being made available again – which is great, but it was a very pleasant surprise […]
Review: Interplay Collection 2 (Evercade Cartridge 07)
Though there’s a sense of repetition in the first half dozen or so Evercade cartridges, especially in terms of the companies featured, the game collections mostly featured enough games that […]
Review: Namco Museum Collection 2 (Evercade Cartridge 06)
In my review of the fifth cartridge in the Evercade’s growing library – the Atari Collection 2 – I lamented the fact that the very first compilation released for the […]
Review: Data East Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 03)
When I hear the Data East name, I tend to think of beat ’em ups like Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja (which, for the longest time, I thought was just called […]
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