Article by Matt S. There’s no point in reviewing Capcom Arcade Stadium, since you can download it for free for yourself, and it comes with a free game. Play that, and if you like the quality of the emulation and the features (you should, they’re excellent) you can subsequently buy…
Read MoreNews by Matt S.“Fans” are never going to be happy with Nintendo’s approach to retro games and the Nintendo Switch. It’s still locked at the NES and SNES, and we’re only getting a couple of new titles every other month or so. With that being said, the four games in…
Read MoreRetro by Matt S. It started early in the pandemic. Lockdowns left me stuck at home, and the fact I couldn’t go out meant that I had a bit of extra cash to splash around. On a complete whim, I bought my first emulation handheld console, amazingly enough, because I…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Having never owned a Neo Geo Pocket Color, I have really appreciated SNK’s efforts to emulate a range of the classics and bring them to the Nintendo Switch. Fatal Fury: First Contact is the fifth in the series, following SNK Gals’ Fighters, Samurai Shodown! 2, King…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’ve been playing a lot of retro and retro-styled games recently, and it has reminded me that in a lot of ways pixel art is the perfect aesthetic for video games. The way it inspires the imagination is like a good book, and adds to the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Square Enix was quite strategic about the release timing of Collection of SaGa Final Fantasy Legend. The company released this late into the year so they can pick up some easy cash from the nostalgic with what is a very cheap retro collection, without too much…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Last week Nintendo localised the original Fire Emblem into English for the first time, to celebrate the series’ 30th anniversary. Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon first released in Japan-only way back in 1990, and playing it in 2020 has been some real nostalgic joy. A lot of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A hobby that I have picked up this year has been to import emulation consoles from China. They run on Android or Linux operating systems, have emulators loaded in for all the old consoles, and allow you to play all your favourite old games on the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Fire Emblem got a slow start in the western world. It seems hard to believe given how much weight Nintendo puts on it now, but it wasn’t until the Game Boy Advance that we got our first localised Fire Emblem title. There were all these other…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. On the one hand, the Super Mario 3D All-Stars collection brings three of the greatest examples of the 3D platformer to the Nintendo Switch. Mario 64, alone, is such a monstrously influential, powerful, important game that it will be found in the art galleries of the…
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