This is the first of a new series where we take it upon ourselves to go back in time and re-review retro gaming items from history. First up is the Marjac RomScanner Command Center, a fairly uncommon add-on for the Atari 2600 which when released in 1981 was the mostContinue Reading
The first in my new series of face-offs between classic games on rival consoles. The aim of Head2Head is not to say which console I think is the greatest (all consoles have their own particular strengths and weaknesses), but rather to examine the same game released for rival consoles andContinue Reading
For the purposes of this review I have used the iPad version of this book, but it needs to be noted that there are also Kindle and printed versions to be purchased, although the iPad version has the added benefit of gameplay videos which we will come to shortly. TheContinue Reading
A little background info… This is the latest English language translation of a release from Pix’N Love Publishing, an independent French based company who specialise in gaming related publications. Luckily for us, with their British branch now in place they have taken to translating some of the 25 French languageContinue Reading
I’ve been waiting for a while now to review this app on my iPad, waiting because I dearly wanted to review it on my iCade and sadly, it wasn’t compatible. Lo and behold a few days ago I got the news that with the latest update they had added iCadeContinue Reading
Background The brains behind this release from the newly formed Purple Unicorn Software is Steve ‘JammaJup’ Dixon also the man behind the excellent www.jammajup.co.uk and arcade game enthusiast. When I first downloaded Pip the Pipistrelle and noticed that it had been based upon the Jet Set Willy engine using JSWed,Continue Reading
A bit of history… Way back in 1981 Microsoft founder Bill Gates co-wrote a top down scrolling (of sorts) game with Neil Konzen called DONKEY.BAS. It was written partly to show off the power of the new PC-DOS operating system Microsoft had been contracted to develop for the new IBMContinue Reading
I have been waiting until I received my pre-ordered iCade from Firebox before writing this review for one good reason. Atari’s Greatest Hits app does not play well with the on-screen controls. In fact I don’t think I’ve played any retro game app on my iPad that has had on-screenContinue Reading
OK, this review is probably a little too late in coming, but having just purchased a GP2X Wiz handheld and knowing how many of you out there are wondering just how good this fabled machine really is at emulating your favourite retro consoles, I felt I had to let youContinue Reading