Category: Retro Games
Championship Manager in the 90s: Peak Football Era on Amiga & PC
Introduction If you experienced football from the mid-80s to the mid-00s, you already know the truth: the 90s were arguably the sport’s highest peak.…
The WonderSwan, the song of a creative genius
The great Gunpei Yokoi, Gunpei-sensei. We talked about him in the article (and video) about the Game Boy, as he was the co-creator of…
Hail to the King. Game Boy part II: Games & Super Game Boy
Step back into the pixelated glory of the Nintendo Game Boy, this time, it’s all about the games. In Part II (read part I…
Hail to the King. Why the Game Boy is the most important handheld ever
I had this grey brick of a console as a kid, it was my first handheld console (while my first console, was the Sega…
The Sega Master System, the saga of Sega’s 8‑bit underdog
The Sega Master System was my first console ever when I was around 8. It has a special place in my video gaming memories.…
PC Engine, childhood dreams in HuCard form
Introduction The PC Engine, known in North America as the TurboGrafx-16, was a groundbreaking 4th-generation console developed by Hudson Soft and released by NEC…
Tiger Electronics, childhood dreams on a glorified calculator
For a generation of gamers who grew up in the 80s and 90s, the word “portable” brought up two realities. The first was the…
Halloween special: 30 retro horror games to play
Introduction For this Halloween, I’ve assembled a collection of vintage horror-themed games, many of them from Japan, covering everything from 8-bit ghost stories to…
Neo Geo Pocket Color: SNK’s mini-arcade handheld
Introduction Released in October 1998 in Japan (27 years ago!), the SNK’s Neo Geo Pocket and Neo Geo Pocket Color (released less than one…
The Atari Lynx is 36! A retrospective
Introduction In September 1989 (36 years ago, help!), Atari Corporation released the Lynx, the world’s first handheld game console with a colour LCD screen.…