Chris

I enjoy side-scrolling shoot ’em ups, or shmups as they are often referred to, as they remind me of a more innocent time when I played a lot of them in arcades or on my home computer.  I’ve reviewed a few of my favourites including U.N. Squadron and Apidya to name a couple.If you’ve played […]

Even if you’re a casual gamer, chances are you’ve played a game developed or published by Taito. The quality and depth of their catalogue is extremely impressive featuring titles such as Space Invaders, Arkanoid, Bubble Bobble, Renegade, Double Dragon, Operation Wolf, Rainbow Islands, Chase H.Q, and The New Zealand Story to name a few. With […]

In my recent review of Gynoug I said despite playing many videogames over the past 40 years, I haven’t played everything that has ever been released. So, I look forward to playing something retro that I’ve never played before. So, like buses, along come Cotton 100% and Panorama Cotton for me to check out.Before I […]

As many of our listeners/readers will know, videogames have been part of my life for around 40 years. As I’m sure you can imagine I’ve played my fair share in that time, but I always look forward to trying something “retro” which I haven’t played before. This brings me onto Gynoug (AKA Wings of Wor) […]

Earlier this year I had a chance to play Formula Retro Racing at EGX. As you can read from the preview, my eyes were instantly drawn to the graphical style which closely resembled Sega’s Virtua Racing. As the game has just been released on PlayStation, I now have a chance to take a longer look […]

I wrote a preview to Super Arcade Football all the way back in 2016, when I managed to play it at EGX. I said, “the beauty of the game is that it is simple to pick up and play!” Now I have the chance to play the game on Nintendo Switch, which leads me to […]

The Atari Collection 1 was my first foray into the marvellous world of the Evercade. Although I found it to be a mixed bag, I’ll always appreciate it because you never forget your first! Anyway, I can’t say I was brimming with excitement to review this collection, but did it exceed my expectations? Let’s find […]

The Namco Collection 1 featured some classic games and was generally a strong showing for the Evercade. Can the Namco Collection 2 top it? Let’s find out.Galaga – 1985I said in my Galaxian review that I get these two games mixed up. Now I’ve been able to play both, I still think they are very […]

Wings by Cinemaware is one of my favourite games on the Commodore Amiga. It captured the Tally-Ho spirit of World War 1, as it put you behind the controls of a plane engaging in deadly dog fights. With that in mind, I was really looking forward to checking out Red Wings: Aces of the Sky […]