This weekend millions of people around the world will watch The Grand National horse race at Aintree. In the UK even people who have no interest in horse racing will place bets and tune in to watch this famous race. This got me thinking about video games that let you ride horses and how great … Continue reading Top 10 retro video games featuring horses
Zen Studios has released the Bethesda pack of three pinball tables: Doom, Fallout and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim on Nintendo Switch Pinball FX3. The tables have previously been available for other systems such as PS4 and XBox One but didn’t come to the Nintendo Switch upon the game's release due to licensing issues. These … Continue reading Bethesda Pinball available now on Nintendo Switch Pinball FX3
Tengai, known as Sengoku Blade in Japan, is the 1996 sequel to Psikyo’s first arcade shoot-em-up, Samurai Aces. Samurai Aces is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up which stood out from the crowd in 1993 thanks to it’s lovely feudal Japanese steampunk design and eclectic bunch of pilot characters. Read my review of Samurai Aces for Nintendo … Continue reading Review: Tengai for Nintendo Switch
It’s Easter and it’s a bank holiday weekend! The Easter Bunny is symbolic of Easter so what better way to celebrate than to play some retro video games featuring bunny rabbits? Whilst it’s fair to say that games featuring rabbits haven’t been hugely popular over the years, there have been some decent attempts to incorporate … Continue reading Top 10 retro video games featuring bunny rabbits
Blazing Star is widely considered to be one of the best shoot-em-ups on Neo Geo. Released in 1998 by Aicom (later known as Yumekobo), it is the sequel to Pulstar, which is also a highly regarded Neo Geo shooter that looks and plays very much like R-Type. Debate rages between fans about which of the … Continue reading Review: ACA Neo Geo Blazing Star for Nintendo Switch
My Nintendo Switch recently developed a crack in the backplate. This looks like it is something that has affected quite a few Switch owners judging by comments online. The crack The crack seems to form at the top right-hand side near the power button. It looks like a design issue that has something to do … Continue reading Fixing a Nintendo Switch cracked backplate
Arcade-style gallery shooter Wild Guns Reloaded will be releasing on Nintendo Switch on 17 April 2018. The game is a remake of the SNES classic which is one of the finest Western-themed games ever made. Over the years the Wild West has been largely overlooked as a theme for video games and the few games … Continue reading Top 10 Western-themed retro video games featuring cowboys
Zen Studios are running a 25th Anniversary Jurassic Park Celebration Pinball Tournament for Pinball FX3 players who own the Jurassic World tables pack. The tournament is on now and runs until 23 March 2018 across all systems (PS4, XBox One, Nintendo Switch, PC). There are some great prizes to win including gift cards for the … Continue reading New Jurassic Park Pinball FX3 online tournament 16-23 March
News about retro game re-releases on Nintendo Switch has been coming in thick and fast lately. This is a round-up of the best retro games coming soon to Nintendo's console. Aero Fighters 3 The next ACA NeoGeo game heading to Nintendo Switch is the Video System shoot-em-up Aero Fighters 3. The game is due out this … Continue reading Round-up of latest retro games heading to Nintendo Switch
With a website called 8bit budgies, it will come as no surprise to you that I love video games featuring birds. Over the years there have been some absolute classics, starring a range of our feathered friends from ducks to ostriches (I don't recall any games about budgies). These are my top 10 retro video … Continue reading Top 10 retro video games featuring birds
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