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Changeable Guardian Estique

It‘s one thing to get new games for vintage systems, but another when they happen to have some old-school talent involved…

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Cool Mecha Games

Inspired by a little holiday gaming, Beyond The Scanlines is back checking out some Mecha games and seeing just what makes for a cool one…

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Ace Combat 04: Shattered Skies/Distant Thunder

Namco‘s Ace Combat series is one I‘ve been growing a big fondness too over 2024 and a lot of that comes down to the fourth game…

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Lunar Lancer & Dangan GB2: Modern Game Boy Shmups

Time to check out a few milestones with a pair of shmups released on the Game Boy & Game Boy Color…

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Stargate (Unreleased C64 Conversion)

As much as the 8-bit era was defined by creative freedom, the earliest days were very much inspired by the arcade - whether officially or unofficially…

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Advanced Busterhawk Gley Lancer (2023 Retro-Bit Release)

The Mega Drive/Genesis was considered quite the platform for shmups, even if some of the more interesting ones only saw release in Japan…

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Tyvarian: To the Victor the Spoils

The original Tyvarian was the first real Hidden Gem out of the early releases for the Spectrum Next…

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Shovel Adventue: The Next Quest

Sometimes you‘ll run into a game which you write off from first impressions. But a poke, or a nudge might just get you to give it a second chance…

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A Pair of Lesser Known Super Sprint Conversions

With the impending release of Neosprint, I had the itch to want to revisits its 1986 predecessor Super Sprint, specifically a pair of lesser known conversions…

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Warhawk

When the first batch of SpecNexts reached their owners, one of the top launch games was Warhawk, which has quite a history…

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Oh No!

When you think about the makers of 8-bit budget games, you typically don‘t think of studios like Sensible Software…

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Neat Atari 8-Bit Computer Games

I didn‘t grow up with Atari‘s 8-bit home micros, but they‘ve been one of those platforms that I‘ve really grown in love with…

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Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story

Ever since it was announced, I‘ve been really looking forward to the next in Digital Eclipse‘s Gold Master Series of interactive documentaries…

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Deadly Skies/Airforce Delta Storm

It should not be a surprise to say I like and am intrigued by air combat games - whether in simulated form, or more action-focused fare…

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Turbo Boosting Spectrum Games on a Spectrum Next

One of the more fun features with the Spectrum Next is being able to accelerate all those old classics…

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Star Control

It‘s time to go all out with a big 4-way look at Star Control, the game which asks what happens when you take a sci-fi wargame, and mix it up with a little Spacewar…

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