On the 1st of April 2001, Sega officially stopped production of the Dreamcast. Despite an enourmous outpouring of creativity and future-thinking, gaming’s great stalwart cut off its home console lifeline in light of the commercial failure of the fight-or-flight console. Kat Bailey put together a fantastic retrospective featuring some interesting insider info from one of […]
Easter traditions are usually about catching up with family, celebrating the religious side of the holiday if that’s your thing, having a long weekend off work, eating chocolate and, my favourite, scoffing down stacks of hot cross buns. For a number of years now, I’ve made it a habit to do something a little unusual […]
The Famicom Disk System is an interesting beast. As it was never released outside of Japan it’s had an air of intrigue around it, but from a practical perspective it’s not the most convenient way to play console games since it eschews the benefits of ROM-based carts. On the other hand, they were super cheap […]
Everyone’s favourite console video modder, Tim Worthington, has announced an RGB mod is forthcoming for the Atari 2600. For those playing at home, Tim’s also the genius behind the Game Gear to TV adapter, created an after-market FM synth board for the PAL and US Master System to replicate the same functionality in the official […]
Sega Saturn classic 2D brawler Asuka 120% Burning Fest. Limited was the last official game released for the series by the original team at Fill In Cafe. I snapped the game up after reading positive reviews about it on Dave’s Sega Saturn Page back in Christmas of 1997 and it served as part of my first […]