RVG Interviews: Karen Davies Downey
RVG is back with its ever-popular RVG Interviews series, this time we interview Karen Davies Downey, Karen has worked on many classic…
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Retro Tea Breaks Vol1 – Smashes KS Fund Target.
Retro Tea Breaks Vol.1 is a collection of interviews with pioneers who have helped shape the computer, console and video game industry.…
My Perfect Videogames #1 of 4 – Super Breakout (Atari 2600)
To claim that a videogame is perfect is quite bold. But I’m going to name four that I consider to be so…
Solar Jet Man: NES Review
In the same genre as Atari’s vastly underrated arcade game Gravitar and the popular home game Thrust which was a C64 game…
Micro Machines ’96 Turbo Tournament – Megadrive/Genesis Review
Micro Machines was a gaming phenomenon in the UK – it is an old school racer in the same stable as classics…
Ms Pacman Megadrive/Genesis Review
Tengen’s Ms. Pacman on the Megadrive gives us a port of the famous arcade game with a host of variations and new…
Toki – Going Ape Spit – Megadrive/Genesis
Toki (aka Ju Ju) is very much a game of its time; the late 80s/early 90s were a time when the platformer…
Solar Storm – 2600 review
The 2600 library is awash with 2D shooters; some great, most pretty generic. Indeed , the glut of so many poorly implemented…
Wolfenstein 3D – 3DO Review
Wolfenstein 3D is rightly seen as the granddaddy of first person shooters. A 1992 PC shareware release, it not only popularised the…
Bomb Jack – a Powerfully Addictive Classic on your Spectrum!
It’s always puzzled me as to who or what kind of a person of being Bomb Jack actually is. A masked crusader…
Space Shuttle : A Journey into Space – 2600 Review
This ambitious title is a simulation of a complete space shuttle mission developed by Activision’s Steve Kitchen who had access to the…
Starblade – 3DO Review
For home computers and consoles in the 1980’s and ‘90’s, it was considered essential to have conversions of popular arcade games. Sometimes,…
RVG Feature: Capcom Final Fight Arcade Cabinet Restoration
Metro City is restored again! Follow along this photojournalistic story as Capcom’s Final Fight Arcade cabinet returns to the streets. Portions covered…
The Perfect General – 3DO Review
All things being equal, you should be reading a review of Flying Nightmares for the 3DO. The reason you’re not is that…
Psychic World – Master System
When a lab in the middle of nowhere blows up and unleashes a whole plethora of weird creatures, it’s up to Lucia…
Advanced Pinball Simulator – C64
The Oliver Twins are without a doubt, in my mind, the most prolific and diverse game developers of the ‘retro’ era. Besides…
Game Pack 4 in 1 – Reviewed
When I first got my greedy little paws onto a GameGear courtesy of my sister in the glorious Christmas of 1994, this…
F-15 Strike Eagle 2 – Megadrive/Genesis Review
For those of you of a certain vintage and into flight sims, you may feel a little sorry for the F-15E Strike…
Duke Nukem – A Platforming Classic
When we talk of Duke Nukem, we think of the tough-talking, beer-swilling, gun-totting macho hero from his 3D outing. However, what you…
Star Wars – The Force is Strong on the Game Boy!
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away there was a Star Wars game which was a high-quality title for…
The Plague – Commodore Amiga Review
When Innerprise Software and Critical Design’s The Plague released on the Commodore Amiga in 1990, the scowling barbarian that adorned the front…
Donkey Kong – A Game Boy Review
When I first played this title, I believed that it was a form of a remake. Also known as Donkey Kong ’94,…
Tetris: The Ultimate Gameboy Game?
Tetris enjoys a long and complicated inception, its creation from behind the iron curtain and emerging to be the flagship title for…
RVG Interviews: Carleton Handley
Here we interview another industry veteran, Carleton Handley. Carleton has created games for the C64, Amiga and Atari ST game right up…