The Last Of Us (LOU) was definitely the game of 2013. With its scarily ‘could happen’ psuedo-science and dystopian broken society 20 years in the future, ravaged by the infected. You see, on the surface – LOU looks like any … Continue reading
Category Archives: Retro Gaming
The Call Of Duty series currently lurchs from one over the top game – to another. 6 years ago, before the series became just another cash cow, what of the pinnacle of the series – Call Of Duty 4? It … Continue reading
The pinnacle of the Resi series before the long slow decline. And bar a small peak with Resi 4 in 2004 the series would take on the appearance of a shambling undead corpse with Part 5 & 6. Nevertheless, it … Continue reading
The renowned Astronomer Patrick Moore has died, aged 89. Moore will always be known as the host of the long running BBC Science programme : Sky At Night. Remarkable due to having presented it for the last 55 years (in … Continue reading
Road Rash was on of those one off games which took a classic motorcycle simulation such as Super Hang-On or Pole Position and then added a twist to it : the ability to remove your opponents from the track with … Continue reading
It is rare for a game to be a classic hit – twice, encompassing the 1996 original and the 2002 remake. Resi managed it though, a flagship game on the Gamecube, for a seriously underrated machine which never quite hit … Continue reading
Spaceman Central celebrates its first birthday today, having been one year exactly since it was born. In the year since the website started, Jim Templeton the man who took the famous Solway Firth / Cumberland Spaceman photo, died aged 91 … Continue reading
Its been a while since my last postings, so I thought I would explode back on the scene with a new Classic Retro Gaming review on one of my all time favourite strategy games : Dune. 20 years old this … Continue reading
Ok, I have finally gotten round to writing a nostalgic blast on possibly my favourite games of all time; Monkey Island 1 & 2 – by Lucas Arts. These two games were spectacular when they came out and more importantly, … Continue reading
Another new entry to the Classic Retro Gaming Section, the Amstrad game : Oh Mummy. This game was a highlight of my youth on the Amstrad Home Computer in the mid 80’s. I would have all but forgotten about this … Continue reading