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A blog about all aspects of PC gaming: commercial, shareware and freeware. My tastes tend to veer towards adventure games and RPGs, but I'll give pretty much anything a go. New games or retro, they'll all get a mention. First impressions, mini-revie
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RetroAction Issue 3 now available for download
Just a quick note to all you retro gaming fans - RetroAction Issue 3 is now out - packed full of retro gaming news, interviews, reviews and features. 3 of the articles are written by myself (and hopefully pass muster alongside some of the excellent ...
New Retro Gaming & Emulation Blog Launched!
I've been blogging about quite a bit of retro gaming and emulation stuff over here, but since this is a PC Gaming Blog, I don't want that side of things to take over. To this end I've launched a Retro Gaming and Emulation Blog to deal with all my 8,...
The STEEM Engine
As Dave Lister would say, "mega-ecstasy-bliss". Since I was writing an article for RetroAction about the STEEM emulator, I decided that I needed to... er... research the subject some more by playing some of my favourite Atari ST games on it. This br...
Retro Computer Museum Day 2009
For anyone interested in retro computing / gaming and living near enough to the Leicester area (UK in case you didn't realise), this is something of interest - a retro day with lots of old (working) systems on display, games to play, reliving your ch...
Highlights of RetroAction Issue 2
Perhaps it's because I once owned a Speccy (the Spectrum +2 to be exact), but the two standout articles in the second issue of RetroAction were: Retro Joy: The Spectrum +3 (page 5) and Twilight of the Spectrum, Part 1 (pages 23-26) - the latter of wh...
RetroAction Issue 2 is out!
Here are some of the things you can look forward to in this issue:Building ClassicsWe take a look at one of the most successful game engines ever, including the many games developed for it.The Retr0brite ProjectAre your old computers and consoles loo...
Bubble Bobble / Rainbow Islands Budget Release on the Xplosiv Label
Anyone who remembers the coin-ops of the 80’s / early 90’s will remember the classic Taito games Bubble Bobble and its sequel, Rainbow Islands. They both feature the characters Bub and Bob, who have to travel through monster-inhabited levels to f...
