Turok Remastered review – a welcome return from way back when

The N64 game, despite its crude polygons, holds up surprisingly well in this Switch port from Nightdive Studios.

How do the 20 PlayStation Classic games measure up?

Hmmm, interesting list.

The games that should be on the PlayStation Classic

What games would you feature on the newly announced PlayStation Classic? I’ve picked out 15 PS1 games that I’d revive in a heartbeat.

The bizarre story of the Casio Loopy console

I wrote a feature for Eurogamer on the Casio Loopy – a console for girls with a built-in sticker printer.

The BattleTech arcade machines that were years ahead of their time

In the early 1990s, BattleTech Centers – later redubbed Virtual Worlds – featured fully enclosed mech cockpits that put pilots into 3D deathmatches against players across the world.

Retro Review: Rambo (NES)

A bizarre action-adventure title from the ancient past, with a surprisingly small amount of shooting and an even more surprising amount of lite-RPG elements

You like Castlevania, don’t you? Part IV

Symphony of the Night is not just hands-down the greatest Castlevania game of all time, but I also consider it one … More

Review: Night Trap 25th Anniversary Edition (PS4)

I have a confession to make. I’ve never played Night Trap before! It sure seems like something I’d have played, … More

Super Play is back and more beautiful than ever

Well this is a lovely thing. Bundled with the latest issue of Retro Gamer is a 52-page, one-off issue of … More

Review: Sonic Mania (PS4)

If you’re anything like me and haven’t touched a Sonic game since the Sega Genesis days, then Sonic Mania and its … More

Review: Monster Bash

Monster Bash was one of those early 90’s games by Apogee, former king of weird PC platformers and shoot-em-ups. I think this … More

You like Castlevania, don’t you? Part III

Super Castlevania IV finally brought Castlevania to the 16-bit world and did quite a fine job of it. Konami really went all out with this … More

I forgot all about Skyblazer

At the end of the DF Retro video about the upcoming SNES mini, they discuss some of the games that … More

You like Castlevania, don’t you? Part II

We return to the wild world of Castlevania with The Castlevania Adventure and its sequel Belmont’s Revenge, both for the Game Boy. The … More

Review: Blood 2 – The Chosen

For some reason I never got around to Blood 2 back in the day, or any day since. Perhaps its bad … More

Review: Blood

Speaking of nineties shooters, how about Blood? Published by 3D Realms and developed by gaming legends Monolith Productions, Blood answers the question that no one … More