Home Tag "Retro"

Boss Rush: Resident Evil

Hypochondriacs you should probably step out (and I should probably stop writing because my skin is beginning to crawl)! When you think zombies and video games chances are you’re going to think of the Resident Evil series from Capcom. The company not only put their mark on the genre, they revolutionised it in 1996 with their […]

Boss Rush – Parasite Eve (PS1)

Our third week edition of Boss Rush enters us into our month of Halloween specials. Its time to avert our prying eyes from cartoonish maliciousness and cast our gaze upon some of the most macabre of figures throughout gaming history. Gamers of the night hold your blanket tight! We’re delving into the era of “survival […]

Tetris… The Uh… Movie!

Yeah! You read that headline correctly, it’s not a spoof, logistically speaking there are people looking into a movie based on Tetris! The Wall Street Journal are reporting that Threshold Entertainment are teaming up with the Tetris Company to make a movie, a blockbuster movie, CEO Larry Kasanoff explained to the WSJ that the movie is […]

Forgotten Childhood – Dungeons And Dragons

There is no escape from the realm of Dungeons and Dragons! THE INITIAL RELEASE (1983) Dungeons and Dragons the animated television series first aired on CBS in the US in 1983, running hot on the tails of the controversial and ever-growing hobby of tabletop gaming, inspired by the game with the same name. The late 70’s […]

Boss Rush – Donkey Kong Country (SNES)

Welcome to Boss Rush!  Each week we analyse and explore different facets of the most memorable and interesting aspects of the world of video gaming villains. For our inaugural edition, I have picked out a true classic to focus on, the game in question is Donkey Kong Country for the SNES and the boss for […]

Banjo Guy Ollie – Double Dragon Level 1

80’s hair, a kick-ass soundtrack and a plot more convoluted than Dallas and The Young and the Restless (okay it’s not that bad), it means I could only be talking about Double Dragons and if I’m talking about an Arcade/Sega classic then you can bet that Banjo Guy Ollie is involved! Yup this week’s cover is […]

Banjo Guy Ollie – Space Harrier Theme

First released in 1985, Space Harrier was developed and published by Sega and originally released for arcade machines it’s popularity saw the game quickly ported to home systems with it’s first hone being the Sega Master System. Space Harrier is noted not only it’s popularity at the time but because it was one of the […]
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