Final Fantasy Marathon: The Slumbering Prince
Our Final Fantasy I adventure continues as the Warriors of Light cross the ocean to Elfheim and discover their prince is having a bit of a sleep problem. Never ones to shy away from an apparently...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Around the Network
Happy Sunday everyone! Apologies for the quietness of the weekend just passed (including a lack of an Atari A to Z Flashback video) — I spent yesterday at Digitiser Live in London, so didn’t have much...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Why Collect?
Collecting games is a major hobby for many people — whether they’re into modern titles or retro stuff. Thankfully, although certain portions of the industry are trying desperately to push us towards an...
View ArticleAtari A to Z: Wavy Navy
I’ve always kind of been fascinated by games that get “bad” reviews. And my gaming experience over the last few years has demonstrated that it’s always best to make up your own mind about things rather...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crawlco Block Knockers: A Game That Indeed Contains Both Blocks and Knockers
If you were to tell me a couple of weeks ago that one of the most addictive, satisfying games of the summer would be a peculiar combination of venerable (but largely forgotten) Sega arcade title Pengo...
View ArticleWarriors Wednesday: Heavy Weapon
In today’s episode, Cao Pi, Xu Zhu and Xu Huang hit the jungle in an attempt to convince their ally Zhang He that Orochi is a cause worth fighting for. Of course, with Cao Pi being Cao Pi, he’s up to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Waifu Wednesday: The Hundred Honeys Project Neo
It’s been a good while since I’ve done one of these, and I’ve been meaning to have a proper full-on play with Honey Select Unlimited Extend’s Studio Neo for a while. No time like the present, eh? For...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sunshine Blogger Award
A big thank you to Megan of A Geeky Gal for nominating me for the Sunshine Blogger Award. For the unfamiliar, these “awards” are an occasional community affair that give all of us writing for our own...
View ArticleAtari ST A to Z: Quest for Galaxia
The 16-bit home microcomputer era was a bit of a golden age for public domain software and shareware — even long before the advent of the Internet made distributing such things child’s play. A key...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Expression: Amrilato – Nova Vivo de Rin
A lot of Japanese popular media tends to place adolescent characters in leading roles. There’s a very good reason for this: adolescence is a point in your life where your understanding of the world and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Doom: Now Available On the Go. Kind Of.
The sudden, surprise news that id Software’s venerable first-person shooter Doom was coming to Nintendo Switch (and PS4) was initially very exciting indeed. In celebration of Doom’s 25th anniversary,...
View ArticleAtari A to Z Flashback: Super Bug
While a bit different from what we know today as the “arcade racer”, Atari’s early attempts in this regard were all rather enjoyable. Of the three included in the Atari Flashback Classics collection,...
View ArticleFinal Fantasy Marathon: TPKO #1
Oh dear. It had to happen sooner or later, didn’t it? And Final Fantasy veterans will be unsurprised to hear that it happened in the Marsh Cave. The Marsh Cave is probably the first “real” dungeon that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Around the Network
Hello everyone! I’d say it’s been nice to relax for a weekend after last week’s Digitiser Live funtimes, but I’ve been recording and editing a new episode of The MoeGamer Podcast, so I’ve been busy...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The MoeGamer Podcast: Episode 26 – Vanishing Point
Humblest greetings to you, Internet denizen, and a hearty welcome to another episode of The MoeGamer Podcast, featuring my good self and a spicy pepper-chomping Mr Chris Caskie of MrGilderPixels. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lapis x Labyrinth: Dango, Dango, Dango, Dango, Dango Daikazoku
Genre blends can make for some interesting experiences, and over the years developers have tried all sorts of things. We’ve had racing games with RPG elements, dating sims with strategy games attached,...
View ArticleAtari A to Z: X:8
It’s really cool that enthusiasts are still developing new games for old platforms such as the Atari 8-bit. Today’s game is one such example; it won a competition hosted by German user group ABBUC back...
View ArticleWarriors Wednesday: Chasing the Sun
Cao Pi is definitely up to something… and he’s starting to get bolder. In today’s mission, the Wei leader and his friends are tasked with putting down a rebellion by Sun Ce — the same rebellion, you...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Custom Order Maid 3D 2: First Day at the Empire Club
Something a little different for today’s Waifu Wednesday! With the long-awaited English language release of KISS’ Custom Order Maid 3D 2 on both Steam and Nutaku, I wanted to give this game some...
View ArticleAtari ST A to Z: Revenge II
When is a Jeff Minter game not a Jeff Minter game? When it’s ported to Atari ST by a different team. Such is the case with Revenge II, also known as Revenge of the Mutant Camels II or Return of the...
View Article