The 80s were an interesting time to be alive. They gave us Nintendo, sleazy businessmen and a host of incredibly terrifying and creepy films. This is especially true following the release of Halloween. Some of those films have become cult classics, while others appear to…
I’ve enjoyed reading/listening to other people’s posts/podcasts about their gaming history so I thought I would write mine. Particularly after just attending Revival Events this past weekend where it really struck me how different everyone’s gaming backgrounds were. It just highlights how rich the world…
I’d been to a few smaller retrogaming events in recent years, including a small one on Canvey Island by The Retro Lords, two small ones (Retromania) in Essex and London by Retro Asylum, and also Play Margate, but I hadn’t been to one of the…
I saw a MAME cabinet on eBay a few months and I very nearly bought it. I could have saved myself a lot of time and effort there, instead of attempting to build one myself. But it was still quite expensive and I wouldn’t have…
One of the coolest things about gaming in the 21st century—or really, even just in the 2010s (which I think is what we’re calling this decade)—is that new branches of the video game industry are helping old games to be revived for new audiences. Largely…
I just spent one of the best 30 minutes of my life. Kung Fury is brilliant. Right, let’s back up a little bit here. Back in early 2014, David Sandberg from Sweden launched a Kickstarter campaign to make an 80s parody short film. The initial…
Name: Mean Machines Publisher: EMAP Year: 1990 Country of origin: UK Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: computer magazines Notes: Mean Machines was a short-lived multi-format video game magazine in the UK which was published between 1990 and 1992. The magazine actually started as a section…
Name: Game Zone Publisher: Dennis Publishing Year: 1991 Country of origin: UK Category: Books, Comics, Mags Tags: computer magazines Notes: I can’t find too much information about this mag online but I still have at least 6 issues myself from back in the day. I’m…
Name: Tetris Made by: Nintendo Year: 1989 (Game Boy) Country of origin: Russia Category: Video Games Tags: Nintendo Notes: The game that everybody had for the Game Boy. Mainly because it came bundled with most boxes of the handheld device! But this really was the…
Fantastic hand-held game. One of the first Mario games.