
Review: Jaleco Collection 1 (Evercade Cartridge 15)
The 16-bit era – and the SNES in particular – is my favourite in gaming history. I have enormous fondness not just for the heavy hitters and iconic titles in […]
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The 16-bit era – and the SNES in particular – is my favourite in gaming history. I have enormous fondness not just for the heavy hitters and iconic titles in […]
I delved into the circumstances around the relative failure of the Lynx back in my review of the Atari Lynx Collection 1 Evercade cartridge – but what’s clear from these […]
It’s unlucky for some as we reach cartridge 13 in the Evercade library! Atari’s Lynx seemed to have everything going for it on paper. Even in action next to its […]
A hybrid of top-down racer and mechanic simulator, Mechanic Battle is an unusual proposition. Mostly, it’s a top down racer with a few annoying quirks – it’s far too easy […]
With all profits from the sale of this cartridge going to The National Videogame Museum – which is a worthy and excellent recipient, given its focus on game preservation – […]
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 […]
One of the best things about the Evercade is that the collections – even when they’re from companies who have constantly re-released their back catalogue games over the years – […]
Slipstream is an excellent homage to a bygone era.
Available now on PS4, PS5 Switch and Xbox consoles I hadn’t heard of the original Moto Roader MC (or indeed, any of the other games in the Moto Roader series), […]
The latest cartridges for Blaze’s superb Evercade console have been announced. First up, we have a second collection of Intellivision titles, following the relatively recent release of Intellivision Collection 1, […]
Just as recently I ranked the Best Castlevania Games for Retro Dodo – and actually had a real blast revisiting the series again, so much so that I’m currently playing […]
This was genuinely exciting news to wake up to; the latest Evercade compilation is a collection of games from Gremlin, a sadly defunct publisher. Beginning in 1984 as Gremlin Graphics […]
Have you ever seen the Monster Jam trucks in action? Whether it’s racing, smashing the crap out of stuff in an enormous arena or showing off genuinely impressive stunts, seeing […]
Despite a positive collection of reviews on Steam, Electro Ride: The Neon Racing doesn’t seem to have received great care and attention in being ported to Switch. Similarly, the smooth, […]
The original Battletoads – which was released on Nintendo’s 8-bit console the NES back in 1991 – is infamously challenging, with a number of levels that are so tough that they can feel incredibly unfair at times – it’s a game that’s often fondly remembered until you try it again, at which point you realise how frustratingly difficult it is […]
VR Kart racing/combat game Dash Dash World is a title that I’ve taken a look at a few times before – and as release nears, it’s looking like it’ll provide an awful lot of fast paced, cartoony fun. The game now has a release date; it’ll be launching on the Oculus Store on the 8th of October for both Quest […]