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
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
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
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
If you’re looking for a good fighting game for Nintendo Switch then Hamster’s ACA Neo Geo games offer plenty of choice. The SNK Neo Geo brand is known for its incredible range of fighters and they’re currently the best fighting experience on Nintendo’s console (although that may soon change with the release of Capcom’s Street Fighter … Continue reading Beginners’ guide to The King of Fighters ’98 on Nintendo Switch
This week sees the release of quirky but fun Neo Geo beat ‘em up Sengoku 2 on the Nintendo Switch. The game will be the 57th Neo Geo game released on Nintendo’s console since its launch in March 2017. The publisher Hamster recently announced that collective sales of its ACA Neo Geo games had reached … Continue reading Top 5 Neo Geo games available on Nintendo Switch
As a child of the 1980s it’s great to see music, game and film icons from my youth having such a strong influence on today’s pop-culture. One example is the excellent Netflix TV series, Stranger Things. I loved the Stranger Things soundtrack and, thanks to Spotify, I started to explore a whole genre of music: … Continue reading Ten synthwave tunes to take you back to the 1980s
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