10 Arcade Ports – “As Good As They Could Get?”
To quote Mel Croucher in the “From Bedrooms To Billions” (2014) documentary: “By 1984, certainly ’85, the parasites had moved in… Yeah? The managers, the...
January MMXX: ZX Spectrum Reviews
We’re kicking off the 20s with what basically is a whole month of ZX Spectrum reviews – Every day that isn’t a Saturday or Sunday...
Our Most Anticipated Games For 2020
In my opinion, we’re headed towards pretty bad times for video games overall. I’m not a fan of always-on services, VR, cloud gaming, loot boxes...
Amiga Games – Part V: “Innocent Pleasures”
We all have a couple
of those precious ones in the constantly bursting closet – The games
that didn’t get the same love from magazines or other...
Amiga Games – Part IV: Cult Classics
And now for some classic amiga games that had and have their ardent fans. Maybe even in a fanatic sense. Some of these games appeared...
Amiga Games – Part III: “Head Turners”
As we all know by “now”, the games that flash the brightest aren’t always the finest ones that one can dig up. And sometimes, a...
Amiga Games – Part II: Exclusives
Every platforms needs a bunch of those – The more the better. And to be absolutely clear here: We’re talking strictly exclusive software now –...
Amiga Games – Part I: Hits
The dragging of the
waters begins with a sort of “40 Hits & Top Games” in
no other order than the alphabetical one. Picking out the absolute
Best...
Video Game Chronicles: Hola de nuevo, Amigas!
A long time ago, I
discussed everything but mostly nothing with “members” of
the older generation who adamantly claimed that “music turned to
shit in the 70s”… Of...
Our Most Anticipated Games For 2019
2018 has had its fair share of great games, but there have been many rough spots too; with outright scandals such as Fallout 76 fresh...
The Best Shmups on Super NES
Nintendo’s 16-bit console is mostly known for its many great adventure and roleplaying games, but what about its shooting games? Unfortunately for us in Europe,...
A Rant About Mechanical Keyboards
You’ve heard it a thousand times; “mechanical keyboards are much more durable than membrane keyboards”. Everyone and their dog repeats the same mantra. In these...
The Best Shmups on Steam
Super tight controls, fantastic music that makes you happy and an addictive, hardcore challenge – these are all hallmarks of a great shoot ’em up.
Do...
Our Most Anticipated Games For 2018
It feels like a 2017 has been a rough year for video games considering the shameless scams known as loot boxes, shovelware flooding all the...
Our Most Anticipated Games For 2017
2016 has seen a fair share of quality game releases. Here are the games scheduled for 2017 that we are more than excited for… (In no particular...
Gems On The Commodore 64 – A To Z
“We are looking at an 8-bit machine, at 0.7 Mhz and 64K of RAM. And we made that thing sing. And dance… Doing stuff that...
Do NOT let your GPU droop or sag!
Recently my gaming PC started acting really strange, with random black screens, BSODs, crashes and the rest of it.
To cut a long story of troubleshooting and...
50 Essential Commodore 64 Games [Part 2]
This article is a continuation of 50 Essential Commodore 64 Games [Part 1].
26. Last Ninja 2...
50 Essential Commodore 64 Games [Part 1]
Too late to the Commodore 64-craze? No fear – It’s one craze that you never can be too late to…!
If you grew up in Western...
Fallout 4: What happened?
I didn’t exactly grow up playing the Fallout series, but the games did play an enormous part in my early PC gaming days, namely Fallout...