Video Game Reviews, Articles
After Tetris came out, plenty of game companies wanted to add their own spin to the falling block puzzle sub-genre. SEGA’s answer was Columns, released in 1990 for the Mega Drive (or Genesis). The original idea was made by a…
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Full-motion video (FMV) was all the rage during the nineties. While games like Command & Conquer fed players lore and objectives with campy video sequences that were compressed and fitted onto CDs, some games were almost-entirely made up of live-action…
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Factfile Written By: Blake Harris Published by: Atlantic Books Released: 2014 Version: Audiobook Ruminations If the 2000’s have come to be dominated by the tussle between Sony and Microsoft for gaming supremacy, the battleground of the late 1980’s and…
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Decorating characters in video games can be a lot of fun. While armour and camouflage have their practical uses, it can be great fun to suit up a character or avatar in some sweet-looking gear to help them stand out…
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With the announcement of the PlayStation Classic, due to launch in December, Sony have formally entered the retrogaming scene. They join Nintendo, who, whilst far from the first (I had a plug and play of classic arcade games as far…
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Factfile Developed by: Big Evil Corporation Ltd Published by: Big Evil Corporation Ltd Released: 2018 Format played: Sega Megadrive / PC Ruminations When is a retro game not a retro game? When it’s released in 2018, I guess. Tanglewood is…
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Dynamite Dux Factfile Developed by: Sega AM2 Published by: Sega Released: 1988 Format played: Sega Master System Um…okay. Ostensibly Dynamite Dux us a side scrolling beat ’em up but frankly that hardly does justice to all the crazy going on…
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Sonic The Hedgehog Factfile Developed by: Sonic Team Published by: Sega Released: 1991 Format played: Megadrive Sonic The Hedgehog is rubbish. There, I said it. It’s not that it doesn’t have it’s good points. It certainly looks great. Sonic himself…
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Black Belt Factfile Developed by: Sega Published by: Sega Released: 1986 Format played: Master System Much like with the NES, I never owned a Master System as a kid. I grew up on a diet of Game & Watch, handhelds,…
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Gunstar Heroes Factfile Developed by: Treasure Published by: Sega Released: 1993 Format played: Megadrive Some games are great because they have a clever, intricate plot. Some games have multi-layered characters that go on an emotional journey. And some games just…
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30 Days, 30 Games I love videogames. I love writing. I love writing about videogames. The trouble is that with 3 kids, a job and all those boring responsibilities that come with being an adult, I don’t get to play…
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Fact File Developed by: Sega Released: 1988 Format played: Arcade What Is It? Oh, the crushing weight of reality that lays waste to the treasured memories of nostalgia. Developed by those arcade specialists at Sega and released to the baying…
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Factfile Developed by: Sega Released: 1990 Format played: Sega Megadrive Ruminations One of the joys of being a gaming parent is that moment when your kids are old enough to start enjoying games that you play too. And with videogame…
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Factfile Developed by: Sega Released: 1987 Format played: Arcade Ruminations There is always a risk with retrogaming that your mind is playing tricks on you. That title that you stored in your memory banks that brings back hazy memories…
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https://youtu.be/PvGqInnfP0U Today I am showing you some Crazy Taxi game play for the Sega Dreamcast. This game was suggested by https://www.youtube.com/user/TJSIMPSONZ please check out his channel. If you like the video please remember to give it a thumbs up and…
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