Retro Gaming

I love old video games, but there can be a stark inconsistency to the modern experience of playing them- they often don’t look like they used to. One might ask “wasn’t this better when I was a kid?” …

Results and highlights — (Update) The wonderful folks at Tampa Never Sleeps came through with the entire top 8 for the Primal Rage Tournament. So here it is! While I have to admit to not playing Primal Rage at all for quite a few years. I absolutely loved watching it being played on…

In this Challenge the assignment was to create a new enemy type with its own movement, a new weapon and it needs to fire at and damage the player I started by first deciding what type of enemy i wanted to introduce, as the first enemy is relatively slow i…

As an avid gamer with a passion for exploring the vast landscape of video games, I recently stumbled upon a hidden gem that has taken my gaming experience to new heights. Developed by Jorudan for the PlayStation One, “1 on 1” has captured my heart with its engrossing gameplay, remarkable…

I promised you 8-bit retro computing, so here’s a quick note about one of my machines, a Series 3 48k ZX Spectrum. Perhaps my mundane experience will help those of you with an easily repairable machine, like mine. My first home computer was a ZX Spectrum 16K, for Christmas in…

You don’t need to be a rocket scientist to understand that gaming in the 90s was a LOT different than it is today. We weren’t so needy back then, and any new innovations we saw were actual innovations, not features built up to create a huge social following. …

The Nintendo 64 was released in 1997 in Europe and by 2009 had sold almost 34 million units worldwide. It was considered revolutionary at the time for launching a game featuring a fully realized 3d world and one very iconic plumber! The push for 3d pulled the games industry forward…

Go download the demo… now. — Hold up! Don’t like reading? Watch instead… I saw this game pop up on my YouTube feed the other day. I’m a sucker for anything cyberpunk, Ghost In The Shell-esque, so I decided to give the demo a try. Usually, games of this indie level come across as shallow…

Revisiting the 16 Bit Trilogy… I recently decided to revisit these Super Nintendo Star Wars classics and see if the games held that level of hype for me, like they did when they were first released. In short, the answer is both yes and no… they still retained that same level of classic Nintendo platforming…