Retro Spectives

In Space Channel 5, you take the role of space journalist Ulala as she uses interpretative dances to fight aliens, rescue hostages and defeat her fellow colleagues.  If that sounds absurd, that’s beca...

13 Sep 20211h 10min

When Panzer General first released in 1994, it revolutionised the war gaming genre.  It was more accessible, easier to understand and more cleanly illustrated than any other war game to come before it...

29 Aug 20211h 21min

We return once more to the strange and esoteric world of console RTS games with Pikmin!  First released for the Gamecube in 2001, it combines strategy, resource management and puzzle solving into a tr...

16 Aug 20211h 15min

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time took a beloved 2D platformer and transformed it into something spectacular.  Building on the Prince’s athletic jumps, the Prince could now wallrun, leap between rop...

2 Aug 20211h 33min

The Ace Attorney franchise adds a twist to visual novels that has rarely been replicated.  Instead of having you as a passive participant in the story, or making decisions through dialogue trees, you ...

19 Jul 20211h 43min

Megaman 2, first released way back in 1988, quickly became one of the series’ most beloved entries.  The game featured a radical new style of progression, letting you tackle any of its eight stages in...

5 Jul 20211h 30min

Ys: The Oath in Felghana is a remake of a beloved NES title - Ys III: Wanderers From Ys.  Oath takes the essential story beats of the original, but the gameplay has received a radical transformation, ...

28 Jun 20211h 33min

Doom II came hot on the coattails of Doom, releasing just 10 months after the first game took the world by storm.  Billed as a sequel, it resembled an expansion pack far more, introducing only a handf...

7 Jun 20211h 58min