In the early 1980s, the personal computer market was becoming a race of standards, speed and…
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Sega’s Ghostbusters is getting a new lease on life with a massive mod
The 1990 Ghostbusters game for the Sega Mega Drive and Genesis has always occupied a curious…
Dave Jones and DMA Design: the Amiga story behind Menace, Blood Money and Lemmings
Before Grand Theft Auto became one of the biggest names in entertainment, Dave Jones and a…
Gemini X brings boss-driven run-and-gun action to the PC metroidvania scene
A new indie action game is aiming straight at players who still have a soft spot…
Bubble Duck brings underwater shooter action to the Commodore 64
A small yellow duck in a bubble might not sound like the natural star of a…
The Lost Vikings Amiga retrospective: three Vikings, one brilliant puzzle game
The Lost Vikings is one of those Amiga games that looks simple until it quietly proves…
Minecraft has finally reached the PlayStation 2 through homebrew
More than two decades after the PlayStation 2 became the centrepiece of living-room gaming, one of…
The Japanese computer that beat IBM at home: inside the NEC PC-98
Computer history is usually told from a Western desk. The machines in that story are familiar:…
How Roger Wilco became the Amiga’s most accidental space hero
In computer games, heroes usually arrive with a sword, a laser rifle, a prophecy, or at…
Xemu Xbox emulator update improves display scaling and CPU support
Xemu has received a new update that improves how the original Xbox emulator behaves on modern…
Crazy Taxi: World Tour preview – why SEGA’s AI backlash misses the point
Crazy Taxi: World Tour should have been an easy win. SEGA brings back one of its…
THEA1200 reveal gives first real look at the long-awaited Amiga 1200 remake
The full-size THEA1200 has finally been shown in working prototype, giving Amiga fans their best look…
SuperStation One beta update brings a cleaner, smarter retro gaming experience
The SuperStation One is about to take one of its most important steps yet. The FPGA-based…
New Spyro game announced as beloved dragon returns in 2027
Spyro is back, and not merely for another polished nostalgia tour. After years of rumours, wish…
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…