Spyro is back, and not merely for another polished nostalgia tour. After years of rumours, wish…
Year: 2026
OctaMED vs ProTracker: two classic Amiga music trackers compared
Long before bedroom producers had unlimited audio tracks, polished plug-ins and gigabytes of sample libraries, Amiga…
Amiga classic Defender of the Crown returns with august 2026 release date
The crown finally has a date. Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns will launch on…
The Road of Dust and Sorrow preview: old-school horror, pixel art and a desperate fight to survive
A ruined world, a desperate mother, a child who must survive and a crop that was…
Amiga hardware is thriving, but the platform needs new software to survive
The Amiga still refuses to become merely history. Against all commercial logic, dedicated people continue to…
Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse: Konami’s gothic action series returns to PC
Castlevania is preparing to return to PC with the kind of gothic confidence that makes ancient…
The Dutch PC pioneer: how Tulip Computers challenged IBM’s standard
In the early 1980s, the personal computer market was still raw, restless and open to challenge.…
Harald Speyer: the forgotten executive behind Commodore Europe
In the history of Commodore, the brightest spotlight usually falls on the American names: Jack Tramiel,…
How a Commodore mistake helped Peter Molyneux build a video game empire
Before Populous, Theme Park, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and Fable, Peter Molyneux was not a…
Foundation Gold Amiga retrospective: building an empire in the later Amiga years
By the year 2000, the Amiga games market was no longer the crowded battlefield it had…
Monster Bash retrospective: how Apogee turned pet rescue into MSDOS horror fun
Some computer games begin with a grand prophecy. Some begin with an intergalactic war. Monster Bash…
Breakdown: Silent Riot demo preview – a brutal pixel art brawler with a dark edge
There is a particular joy in a good beat ’em up. It is simple, primal and…
ShapeShifter explained: the Amiga emulator that brought Macintosh to Commodore
There are moments in computer history when a piece of software does more than perform a…
Godzilla’s cult arena brawler is back as Atari prepares a modern remaster
There is a special kind of noise that only a good monster game can make. Not…
Phoenix BIOS: the company that made PC compatibility legal
The history of the personal computer is usually told through machines you could see and touch:…
A-10 Tank Killer retrospective: why Dynamix’s Warthog sim still matters
Some flight simulators arrive wearing mirrored sunglasses, polished medals and a Top Gun grin. A-10 Tank…
Vengeance Hunters Neo Geo review: classic arcade spirit, modern brawler energy
There is something beautifully unreasonable about releasing a brand-new game on Neo Geo hardware in the…
Sega made a pink Master System for Brazil, and it’s now a retro gaming treasure
The Sega Master System is usually remembered as an 8-bit rival to the Nintendo Entertainment System,…
Jon Hare: The British game designer who made the Commodore Amiga unforgettable
Before football games became glossy television simulations, before war games turned into cinematic blockbusters, and before…
How field-sequential colour could have changed the Apple II and 8-Bit computing
The history of the personal computer is usually told through processors, memory chips, keyboards and software.…
Dungeon Lurker revives 90s PC gaming with a dark roguelike twist
Some games chase nostalgia with a few pixels, a synthesiser soundtrack and a splash of artificial…
Silent Service on Amiga: Sid Meier’s submarine simulation classic revisited
There are action games that shout at you from the first second, all explosions, flashing sprites…
Blackthorne retrospective: why Blizzard’s 1994 DOS platformer still matters
Blackthorne for DOS is one of those classic PC games that proves Blizzard had style long…
IDT WinChip: the forgotten low-power x86 CPU that was ahead of its time
In the crowded PC market of the late 1990s, the processor business was a noisy contest…
Fallout 2 on AmigaOS enters beta, and it is wonderfully absurd
Some games get remasters. Some get re-releases. Some get lovingly preserved by fans with the sort…
Resident Evil Veronica Remake brings Claire Redfield back into the dark
For years, Resident Evil – Code: Veronica has been the remake fans would not stop asking…
Nova Swarm game preview: ships, bosses and score-chasing arcade action
Some games want 80 hours of your life, three spreadsheets and a full emotional support plan.…