Review: The Adventures of Elena Temple – Definitive Edition
Version Played: Xbox One – Developed and Published by: GrimTalin SRL I reviewed the original edition of The Adventures of Elena Temple on Switch last year. I found it to […]
My First Console: A Christmas Story
Though my parents had owned consoles – mostly Pong clone machines and, in the late 80s, an Atari 2600 – I’d never had one that I could truly call my […]
Book Review: Florin’s ZX Spectrum Haul of Games
Much like Paul Davies, the author of Florin’s ZX Spectrum Haul of Games, I grew up in the 80s. Also like Paul Davies, I have limited recollection of ‘important’ experiences […]
Review: Biolab Wars (Switch)
Out Now – Price £1.79/$1.99 – Developed by: Kolibri Games Studio – Published by: Forever Entertainment Nintendo’s Switch has, perhaps unexpectedly, proven to be a wonderful console for an enormous […]
Sensible World of Soccer – Android
Do you remember Sensible World of Soccer? Surely gamers of a certain age – definitely UK-based gamers of a certain age – all remember it. Even if we didn’t own […]
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 […]
It Came From The Bargain Bin: 21 – Mindjack
Version Played: Xbox 360 Current CEX Price: 50p Very early on in Mindjack, there’s a nicely choreographed fight in a cutscene, ending with what feels like a pretty unnecessary neck […]
It Came From The Bargain Bin: 19 – Legendary
Version Played: Xbox 360 Current CEX Price: £2 I’ve always had quite a substantial interest in Greek mythology, which was sparked – somewhat narcissistically – by the realisation that my […]
Blazing Chrome
Version Played: Xbox One, via Game Pass (Also available on PS4, Switch and PC) The Contra series was absolutely huge in the 80s and 90s. Across arcade as well as […]
Dreamcast 20th Anniversary – Three Stories
I’m a little late to the party on this one, considering it was the Dreamcast’s 20th birthday yesterday. Many people took the time yesterday to share memories of their favourite […]
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 – 10: Bomberman: Act Zero
Version Played: Xbox 360Current CEX Price: £2.50 Note: This, my tenth ‘It Came From The Bargain Bin’ article, is a special one. I’m not sure I’ve suffered for my art […]
Games Of My Life: Jurassic Park – SNES
It’s hard to articulate the effect that Jurassic Park – the film – had on cinema when it arrived in 1993. Though CGI special effects had been utilised in a number of prior films – most notably in The Abyss, with its amazing sentient water ‘creature’ in 1989, then another James Cameron film in 1991: Terminator 2, with what were, […]
The Game Party Series: A Retrospective
Minigame collections were a staple on Nintendo’s Wii; following the enormous success of Wii Sports in bringing families together and shifting consoles themselves, given that it was included with the hardware, publishers fell over themselves to sell the huge Wii audience another set of games. Not many met with much success, however – for every well made collection, it felt […]
Emergency Heroes – Wii
In my quest for super cheap, hidden gems for the Wii, I came across Emergency Heroes, which I’d never heard of before. For the princely sum of £1, why not give it a go? Early signs are promising. There’s some great anime-inspired character, vehicle and city design; the visuals are bold, bright and colourful too. The city and vehicles have […]
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 […]
