Game & Watch “Ball”: A Handheld Gaming Icon
"Mr Game & Watch" juggling his balls. Back in the day, the Nintendo Game & Watch series was the ultimate portable gaming device. It was small enough to fit in your pocket,...
Review: “Terminator 2: Judgment Day” (ZX Spectrum)
DUN-DUN DUN DUN-DUN. DUN-DUN DUN DUN-DUN. Terminator 2: Judgment Day For anyone who has seen either of the first couple of Terminator films, you will be able to relate to the above,...
Donkey Kong: A Prelude To Super Mario Bros
Why are they acting like they’re playing a Super Mario Bros level at the same time..? Why is the cartridge not in the machine..? Why is the power button not pushed in??...
Psycho Pigs U.X.B. Review (ZX Spectrum / Arcade Conversion)
Quite a disturbing image... from “Your Sinclair” no. 300 (image via rockpapershotgun.com) Here’s a bold statement: Gaming nowadays is a serious life-drainer. How so? Fancy completing the latest GTA? Well how about...
Manic Miner: Matthew Smith, Mystery and Miner Willy
Manic Miner's hero: Miner Willy. No really that’s his name. In a nostalgic conversation about gaming it is unlikely that ZX Spectrum fans or even retro gaming fans in general, won’t mention...
“Super Star Wars” Review (Super Nintendo / SNES)
Developed by Lucasarts and Sculptured Software in 1992 as an 8 MEGA POWER cartridge, Super Star Wars combines a few different types of game play to craft an experience that still holds...
The Church of Software Piracy
Back before downloads and torrents and ridiculously large (let’s just say unlimited) capacity hard drives and USB sticks; the amount of storage for software piracy could be determined by the physical size...
Pyjamarama Review (ZX Spectrum)
Pyjamarama was the second release in the “Wally Week” series of games from publisher Mikro-Gen. You played the part of Wally, well his dream-self anyway, which may or may not make sense...
