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Sonic Collection finally on display
My poor Sonic collection has been hidden from the public for about five years. It was stacked up in my bedroom and only the odd photo for social media allowed it to see the light of day. But now it has a space in my office! I made a special video to celebrate my Sonic…
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Xenocider – Dreamcast review
It seems we cannot go a month without news reaching my office of a new Dreamcast game. That is no bad thing as Xenocider, the new shooter from Retro Sumus, blasts onto Sega’s enduring white box. Before we jump into the review a huge shout out to Retro Sumus for sending a review copy my…
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DRAGONBORNE – GAME BOY and STEAM review
Guest review from Chris McAuley Originally released for the king of handheld’s, Dragonborne debuted on the Gameboy in 2020. Its publisher Spacebot Interactive has since released it on Steam. It is the Steam release which I will focus my attention on here. Although I played this game on the PC, Dragonborne is a Gameboy RPG…
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INDIE SHMUPS – A DREAMCAST STORY
The Dreamcast is known for providing players with arcade ports and classic action games. Most of its titles are short games that require some skill to beat. This tradition has continued long after Sega stopped supporting it’s final console. The Dreamcast still has a strong homebrew community and new titles are being produced each year.…
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Super JetPak DX – Game Boy Color Review
It’s not everyday we get to play a brand new Game Boy title. But the brilliant QuangDX has brought us his take on the Ultimate classic, JetPac. Starting life in 1999, Super JetPak DX takes everything about its source material and throws new ideas into the mix. Jump forward 21 years and a beefed up…
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Brand New Retro Magazine – Smashes Kickstarter
With the lack of physical magazines out there it is great to see a brand new Kickstarter that aims to bring you all the latest news, reviews and interviews for all things FPS. It also covers retrospectives of classic FPS titles from days gone by. So what can we expect from E1M1 magazine? Retro Faith…
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Zeno Death – Steam review
Everyone knows I love a good shmup, so when Team Grybanser Fox sent their latest creation over for review I was excited. Zeno Death is the fourth title in a series that has been boiling under the surface but has gone from strength to strength. The first four entries all fared well with critics so…
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€4,000 Game Gear TITLE sold in Facebook auction
Who would have thought in 2020 that a Game Gear game could cost in excess of €4,000. Yes, you read that right. On Thursday, Hendrik Stabler, from Germany, purchased a complete in box Power Drive for Sega’s first handheld console. The purchase came after a frantic auction on a Facebook group for the Game Gear.…
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Jay and Silent Bob: Mall BRAWL – review
If someone had told me back in the mid 90’s that an 8-bit game featuring Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes’ alter egos would be released I would have told you to go smoke a bowel. But here we are in 2020 with a brand new NES game from developers Interbang Entertainment and Spoony Bard Productions.…
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Johannes Graf – The Brain BEHIND Sturmwind
Back in 2013 Dreamcast fans were treated to a shoot-’em up that would set a new standard for homebrew and indie titles for Sega’s mighty console. Strurmwind from Duranik had a potted history of development but the results could not have been better. Johannes Graf, the principle developer for the game, gives us some fascinating…
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