Event Overview The Black Country Games Fair returns on Sunday 26 October 2025 at The Robin in Wolverhampton. Doors open at 10:00 AM, and the event runs until mid-afternoon. Location & Venue Tickets & Entry Get your early bird tickets here What to Expect This retro gaming fair promises: WhyContinue Reading
Commodore fans and lovers of retro computing in general, thanks to My Retro Computer, the brand could well be back – at least in name. Because in this particular Kickstarter, you are pledging for what is variations of a modern PC within a C64 style case plus the added kudosContinue Reading
Legendary developers behind Xeno Crisis and Battle Axe turn their hand to an iconic arcade genre. Final Vendetta, the latest game from Bitmap Bureau, is coming to PC and consoles in May 2022. Final Vendetta is a side-scrolling beat ‘em up, paying homage to the iconic arcade titles of theContinue Reading
Words by Barry Morse of ‘The Retro Shed’ “Extra Life” we have all seen those words many times as gamers and got excited at the prospect of spending a few more minutes in the world of the game we spent our parents hard earned coins in. It’s only when we’veContinue Reading
A brand new bricks-and-mortar store full of retro games, toys and associated merchandise has opened to the public in Brierley Hill, West Midlands. I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of this treasure trove of pop-culture memorabilia and interview the owner (and good friend) Dana Meddings about hisContinue Reading
My own personal feelings on Sir Clive Sinclair and his influence on my life. It has taken me a few days to process my feelings about the passing of Sir Clive Sinclair, I knew it wouldn’t be an easy task and I needed a bit of time to do myContinue Reading
Having just seen Manic Miner 3D shared on a ZX Spectrum Facebook group and now badly wanting to play it for real, I thought I would share it with the wider world in the hope that it’s popularity may result in a future release. Images taken from Blake’s blog pageContinue Reading
As we reported in our last article, the Crash Annual 2018 Kickstarter campaign got off to an astonishing start – reaching its £12,000 goal within 9 hours. That was just the beginning of the story though and currently – with 18 days to go (at time of writing) the campaignContinue Reading
The legendary Crash magazine is set to return next year with issue 99 being produced by Fusion Retro books after successfully funding their Kickstarter campaign in around 9 hours. Along with original Newsfield Owner/Editor Roger Kean and original artist Oliver Frey, Chris Wilkins is bringing the publication back in theContinue Reading
It seems that retro gaming themed events are growing in number, and take all shapes and formats – which can only be a good thing for the community going forward. This latest event – Retro Station – which we are extremely proud to be sponsoring, is due to take placeContinue Reading