SEGA’s decision to drop the Saturn more than a year before the UK launch of the Dreamcast – giving them little to no presence within Europe during that time – could be seen as a mercy killing. The much-maligned 32-bit system scraped...
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Cheese, biscuits, mulled wine, turkey and board games. All things that come to mind when you think of Christmas. But like nan drinking too much mulled wine, or cheese-based trumps, board games can go terribly wrong. Make a poor choice and you...
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When perusing the list of games this accursed year has given us, contenders for overlooked titles were bountiful. However, and regrettably, haven’t played many for ourselves – if we were to cover them here, we’d simply be paraphrasing. So, let us give...
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Final Fantasy VII was nothing short of ground-breaking. Japanese role-playing games had only enjoyed limited success in the west before its arrival, often perceived as being as a bit, well, nerdy. They were renown for being slow-paced, text-heavy, and needlessly complicated –...
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Why is the Dreamcast still held in such high regard? That’s one of the questions that SEGA Dreamcast: Collected Works attempts to answer, through a mixture of editorial, contributions from key personalities – including Yu Suzuki, Tetsuya Mizuguchi and Peter Moore, among...
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Back in March we put one of EasySMX’s budget gaming headsets through its paces and were impressed with the result. Their £15-£20 ‘Cool 2000’ model offered sound and build quality that far exceeded expectation, retailing for less than the basic official Xbox...
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Peripheral manufacturer EasySMX prides themselves on producing high-quality products at low prices, with most of their multi-format gaming headsets and PC USB joypads retailing for less than £20. We recently received the 2019 model of their popular EasySMX ‘Cool 2000’ gaming headset...
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The mid-‘90s were a rough time for Marvel. Losing money hand over fist, the comic giant filed for bankruptcy before laying off one-third of their staff. This is the reason why dozens of Marvel games launched during this time. Desperate to stay...
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