That Time Batman Returns on Mega Drive Made Me Remember Why Sega Did Movie Games Better
Proper embarrassing moment last Saturday – I’m round at my mate Dave’s house helping him clear out his loft when I spot this cardboard box...
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Two N64 Adventures That Showed Me What Games Could Really Do
That haunting whistle of wind through stone corridors, followed by the gentle pluck of harp strings—that’s the sound that changed everything for me back in...
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That Time I Convinced Myself the 32X Was Worth It (Spoiler: It Wasn’t)
You know what’s sitting in my game room right now, looking like some kind of digital growth? My Sega 32X, still plugged into my Model...
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That Chunky Black Box That Defined My Gaming DNA
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...
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Why the NES Never Made It to My House (And Why That Still Bothers Me)
Right, let me get something off my chest that’s been gnawing at me for decades. Everyone bangs on about the NES being this generation-defining console,...
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That Genesis Six-Button Controller Made Street Fighter II Feel Like Pure Magic
I’ve got this Genesis six-button controller sitting right here on my desk as I’m typing this, and honestly? The thing still gives me goosebumps. The...
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The Day Sonic Proved Genesis Does What Nintendon’t
June 23rd, 1991. I remember the exact date because it was the Saturday after school let out for summer, and I’d been counting down to...
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The Genesis Games That Made Me Rethink Everything I Thought I Knew About Gaming
So there I was, around 2011 I think, standing in a used game store in Denver holding a Sega Genesis cartridge and feeling like an...
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Why 90s PC Gaming Was Proper Mental (And Why I Miss Every Frustrating Minute)
Found myself rummaging through the spare room last week, hunting for an old ethernet cable, when I stumbled across this battered cardboard box wedged behind...
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Why Most Game Remakes Miss the Point (And the Few That Don’t)
First time I saw a remake done properly, I was queuing up in Game in Manchester city centre, holding a copy of Resident Evil for...
