It‘s one thing to get new games for vintage systems, but another when they happen to have some old-school talent involved…
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…
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…
Time to check out a few milestones with a pair of shmups released on the Game Boy & Game Boy Color…
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…
The Mega Drive/Genesis was considered quite the platform for shmups, even if some of the more interesting ones only saw release in Japan…
The original Tyvarian was the first real Hidden Gem out of the early releases for the Spectrum Next…
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…
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…
When the first batch of SpecNexts reached their owners, one of the top launch games was Warhawk, which has quite a history…
When you think about the makers of 8-bit budget games, you typically don‘t think of studios like Sensible Software…
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…
Ever since it was announced, I‘ve been really looking forward to the next in Digital Eclipse‘s Gold Master Series of interactive documentaries…
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…
One of the more fun features with the Spectrum Next is being able to accelerate all those old classics…
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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