Review: Out of the Park Baseball 17
It has now been a few months since Out of the Park Baseball 17 was released and l have been holding back on publishing my review of it. Like a fine wine it gets better with age, thanks to the in-depth gameplay that keeps bringing up new surprises the more you play it and the constant support […]
Review: Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens
It occurred to me whilst playing Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens that, incredibly, I’ve been playing Lego video games for 11 years! My first experience of a movie licensed Lego game was on the PlayStation 2 with Lego Star Wars. I instantly fell in love with the simple yet addictive gameplay but most of all […]
Retro Review: Green Beret
Green Beret Released: 1986 Platform: ZX Spectrum Publisher: Imagine Developer: Konami When I was a kid I spent many a Saturday afternoon perusing the shelves of my local computer game shop. I’d spend hours looking at the wonderful covers of all the games, studying each as if they were a beautiful piece of art hung in […]
Retro Review: Paperboy
Paperboy Released: 1984 Platform: Arcade Publisher: Atari Systems Developer: Atari Systems I have a theory that you can create a video game out of any job and make it fun. Games like Euro Truck Simulator, Farming Simulator and even Advanced Lawnmower Simulator prove my theory that no matter how mundane the task, there is a […]
Retro Review: Night Trap
Night Trap Released: 1993 Platform: Sega Mega CD Publisher: Sega Developer: Digital Pictures There are a lot of words that could be used to describe Night Trap; camp, boring, cheesy, hilarious, or just plain crap, but words like shameful, ultra violent, sick and disgusting simply don’t fit the profile of this game. Yet, these were […]
Retro Review: Apidya
Apidya Released: 1992 Platform: Amiga Publisher: Play Byte Developer: Kaiko There are lots of reasons why I love writing retro reviews for 60 Minutes With. One of them is that it gives me a reason to go back and play games that I loved when I was growing up. Another reason is because sometimes I […]
Retro Review: Beach Head
Beach Head Released: 1984 Platform: ZX Spectrum Publisher: U.S. Gold Developer: Access Software Beach Head was one of the first ever computer games I played! Let’s just think about that for a moment. I’m 40 years old in July and I’ve been playing video games for most of my life. It amazes me how much of […]
Retro Review: Shinobi
Shinobi Released: 1987 Platform: Arcade Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega I think by now people know about my love for all things Ninja related when I was growing up. However, if you’re still a little bit unsure how I felt about these acrobatic assassins then please check out my review for the movie Pray For Death here. […]
Retro Review: Batman
Batman Released: 1986 Platform: ZX Spectrum Publisher: Ocean Developer: Ocean There have been some amazing Batman games over the years! A few of my personal favourites are Batman Returns on the SNES, Batman on the Megadrive, and of course one of the best games ever made Batman: Arkham Asylum. I loved everything to do with […]
Retro Review: Rocky
Rocky Released: 1987 Platform: Sega Master System Publisher: Sega Developer: Sega Sylvester Stallone recently said at the 2016 Golden Globes, “I want to thank my imaginary friend Rocky Balboa for being the best friend I ever have”. He said this as he collected his award for best supporting actor for his amazing performance in the […]