The six-button controller was just sitting there on my mate Dave’s coffee table like it had fallen from another planet. 1993, this was, and I’d honestly never seen anything quite like it – three extra buttons casually lounging above the standard trio, waiting to completely change how we’d tackle Street Fighter II. Dave had somehow managed to convince his mum that his Mega Drive was educational equipment. I mean, fair enough, Ecco the Dolphin did…
Right, let me get something off my chest that’s been gnawing at me for decades. Everyone bangs on about the…
I’ve got this Genesis six-button controller sitting right here on my desk as I’m typing this, and honestly? The thing…
June 23rd, 1991. I remember the exact date because it was the Saturday after school let out for summer, and…
So there I was, around 2011 I think, standing in a used game store in Denver holding a Sega Genesis…
Found myself rummaging through the spare room last week, hunting for an old ethernet cable, when I stumbled across this…
First time I saw a remake done properly, I was queuing up in Game in Manchester city centre, holding a…
You know what’s funny about coming to gaming late in life? I never played the original Resident Evil 4 when…
That Game Boy saved my sanity during what might’ve been the longest car ride in human history. Summer of ’91,…
Right, here’s something that’s been bugging me for years – everyone bangs on about Crash Bandicoot being this massive PlayStation…
Look, I never thought I’d be the guy people call when they want to throw a good party. For most…
My game shelf tells two different stories. Left side’s got my video game collection – all neat and organized by…
I’ve got a graveyard of controllers that died honorable deaths. Well, maybe not honorable. There’s that Genesis controller I threw…
I can still feel that bloody great CRT monitor trying to slip out of my sweaty hands as I navigated…
The most terrifying boss I’ve ever faced wasn’t some eight-bit nightmare from my Amiga days or even that bastard difficult…
