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Nintendo have some old rope they’d like to sell you…

Yesterday/today, the internet (or, more specifically, the part of the internet in love with retro videogames) imploded. Nintendo announced what we’d all known was coming: a follow-up to their unbelievably …

Geek / Movies / Random / Retro

The toys, ephemera and detritus of one’s youth

*WARNING* There follows an entirely self-indulgent post, where I basically whoop and holler about some old toys you probably won’t be interested in. You’ve been warned. “You dad’s been cleaning …

Turrican Amiga loading screen
Opinion / Retro / Videogames

Turrican – the best videogame you haven’t played

There are moments that mark an epoch in your life as a gaming hobbyist. Experiences that define your tastes and attitudes towards videogames forever. These moments are rare – maybe happening …

Syndicate World Map
Opinion / Retro / Videogames

Syndicate: fabulous sounds, topped with a beret

It’s uncommonly rare for a game to embed itself in my poor, addled old brain. It’s even rarer for it to do so merely by dint of its sound effects. …

Opinion / Retro / Videogames

SWIV – KING OF CHEEKY 90s RIP-OFFS

For many developers back in the early years of home gaming, conversions were the bread and butter that kept them in business. In more recent years, conversions from one home …

Simulcra loading screen - Amiga
Retro / Videogames

Simulcra: 16-bit Amiga awesomeness you’ve never heard of…

I can imagine the puzzled frowns already. “Simul… what now”? Simulcra. It’s a fantastic 16-bit action title, that was criminally ignored at the time and is now, inexcusably, almost completely forgotten. …

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