The Sega CD is possibly the point where the mighty Sega started to get it wrong. The Sega CD was quite an extravagant purchase when first released. At $299 USD / £270 GBP, it was twice the cost of the Sega Genesis itself, but the Sega CD really looked like it might deliver the goods. … Read more
The Atari 2600 can be considered a true classic console in both age and innovation. Launching in 1977, the woodgrain console certainly looks like it belongs in this decade, but it really pushed what a home video game console was back then with interchangeable game cartridges as well as microprocessor-based hardware. At a period when … Read more
The 1980s saw the emergence of two dominant players in the home computer market – the Amiga and Atari ST. These two machines were in direct competition with each other, and each had its own set of strengths and weaknesses. However, one area where they shared a lot in common was their game library. As … Read more
Being a gamer in the 1980s was an exciting time, there were multiple systems you could own, each with its own unique looks, strengths, and weaknesses. It’s not like today where pretty much every system’s ports look the same, just with differences in frame rates, textures, and resolutions, back then, the same game by name, … Read more
If you have been anywhere near a Nintendo console since the early 90s, you will have almost certainly seen a game starring Kirby, the amazing character created by Nintendo first seen way back in 1992 in the original Game Boy title, Kirby’s Dream Land. Kirby is just so darn adorable, with a round pink body … Read more
