After successfully bringing back the Atari 2600, Atari 7800 and the Intellivision, Plaion are now turning their attention to SNK’s NeoGeo AES. The NeoGeo AES+ isn’t a mini console but rather a 1:1 recreation that can play existing and new cartridges, with ten games lined up for the 12th November launch. Neither is it merely …
Considering its relative obscurity, Jaleco’s Goal! series has quite a confusing history. Different regions gained versions under different branding, with examples including Super Goal! rebranded as Super Cup Soccer for the Japanese market, and the Famicom sequel ditching the ‘2’ in the title – making it appear the same as the US original. Then there’s the …
There was a time in the early noughties when few publishers were willing to take a chance on something new and innovative, sticking to following trends and only shipping software that appealed to the widest audience possible. One genre remained untouched from this stubbornness, however – the humble puzzle game. It was perhaps believed that …
Batter up! Rock It Games has expanded its assortment of retro re-releases with two new Jaleco sports collections. You may recall that we reviewed Jaleco Sports: Goal! a few months ago, finding it to be a reasonable package that was also reasonably priced. Out now on PS5 and Switch are Bases Loaded II: Second Season and Goal! …
True to its name, new retro-inspired survival horror Ground Zero entails exploring a site of devastation. In this case, a meteor impact site. So devastating was the impact that much of South Korea – the game’s setting – has been wiped out. In typical sci-fi fashion, the meteor has spawned all manner of abnormalities, including …
From fixed camera horror games to retro-style first-person shooters, indie developers have successfully brought back numerous previously defunct genres over the years, all of which were once deemed no longer profitable or popular by the biggest publishers out there. One genre indie studios don’t get much credit for reviving is the humble single-screen platformer. There …
Blaze has lifted the lid on the Evercade Nexus – the latest in their line of retro-dedicated handhelds. We also know that a Banjo-Kazooie double-pack cartridge will launch alongside it, featuring the two N64 classics enhanced with widescreen support, new unlockable extras and an analogue camera. Yes – the Nexus has two built-in analogue sticks. …
Do you know why so many Marvel video games were released during the ‘90s? The answer is…video games. Rather than buying comic books, American youths started spending their precious quarters playing the likes of Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter II in the arcade, while buying mags such as EGM, GamePro and Nintendo Power to keep …
After smashing its crowdfunding goals and storming onto the Mega Drive/Genesis, the modern retro shooter ZPF – from the creators of Tanzer – is coming to the Xbox Series, Xbox One, Switch and Steam on 16th April. This digital release will include two new screen borders that maintain the original screen size. The team also …
Even as a console owner in the ‘80s and early ‘90s, I knew that the Last Ninja trilogy was held in high regard amongst owners of the C64 and ZX Spectrum. It was often championed in the multiformat magazines of the era and could be seen riding the UK sales charts high. Even when the …
Commercial software for the Amiga 500 was slow to surface when the home computer entered the market 1986. Then came along Defender of the Crown, which showed off what the Amiga was capable of. So impressive was this strategy experience that it remained a benchmark for years, while also making Cinemaware a studio to keep an …
As the first console to reach 100m sales, the PS1 had a long life, with new games appearing as late as 2005 – at which point the PS2 was well established. Even the UK Official PlayStation Magazine, known for running far past the console’s prime, no longer existed by then. Many late PS1 games were …
We last crossed paths with Kain and Raziel in 2024’s robust and lengthy Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered double-pack. This brought together the technically accomplished 1999 original, which pushed the ageing PS1 hard, and the slightly disappointing combat focused sequel from 2001 – a relatively early release for PS2. Defiance is often heralded as a …
Picture the scene. It’s 1998, and you’ve just installed the first-person shooter SiN onto your 166mhz Pentium processor packing PC. It’s sure to give your 4MB 3dfx Voodoo graphics card a good workout. Which it does – SiN had all the hallmarks of classic, poised to rub shoulders against the likes of Half-Life, Quake II, andUnreal. …
The Acclaim published Basketball Classics has been bouncing around on PC for a while, gaining ‘very positive’ reviews on Steam thanks to its old skool sensibilities. While it’s tempting to call it a spiritual successor to NBA Jam, it closer resembles the 8-bit era and offers 5-on-5 matches rather than 3-on-3. A new version has …