Valis! El Viento! Gaiares! Exile! Renovation was one of many publishers who made a tidy profit bringing Japanese games to Western shores (mainly Wolf Team and Telenet titles) and this Evercade collection pulls together a whopping 12 of the firm’s most notable Genesis / Mega Drive titles. We’re not talking AAA here – these are…
Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition came with its own starter set way back in 2014. In it, players could go through the start of the Lost Mines of Phandelver adventure—which began with a harsh goblin ambush that could cause character deaths, and even wipe out the party. Phandelver was free for a while, making it…
Tech Tales This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 388 in September 2023, as part of our Tech Tales series. Every month we talk about the ups and downs of PC hardware, with a look back on our own history with the hobby. There comes a time in everyone’s life when they look…
Pillow the belt. The Switch isn’t short of fighting games; if you want to duke it out as adorable animals, heroes in a half shell or beloved Nintendo characters, the console has got you covered. But what if you wanted something a little softer? Something that has all the hallmarks of your favourite fighting games,…
The Atari 2600+ builds on the legacy of the original machine with modern quality of life features such as HDMI output, USB power and multiple screen resolutions, and includes an exact replica of the original CX40+ Joystick. The cartridge slot is backwards compatible with hundreds of original Atari 2600 and 7800 games. The ‘10 Games…
Just don’t expect AAA power. AYANEO is famous for its line of well-built and powerful handheld PCs, but it has recently announced an initiative which expands its range into products such as desktop PCs, power banks and even Game Boy-style Android portables. The AYANEO Retro Mini PC AM01 is the first release in the company’s…
Take the high road AND the low road. Scotland. The final frontier. At least, as far as games go. Despite many games being made in and about the glorious north, very few actually represent its natural wonder without also featuring an embarrassing stereotype of haggis-eating, ginger-bearded, tartan-clad men, and/or clobbering the English (although we do…
Updated rosters! Gameplay tweaks! And graphical enhancements! EA Sports NHL ’94 is often considered to be one of the best hockey games of all time, so it should probably come as no surprise then, that there is still a tremendous community out there dedicated to updating the game, with new players, tweaks, and bug fixes…
Grand Theft Auto 6, the latest open-world crime simulator from Table Tennis studio Rockstar Games, got its first trailer yesterday. Perhaps you heard. So far as I can make out, the reaction so far has been a kind of obsessive euphoria, as literally millions of people around the world pore over 90 seconds of footage…
Join GenXGrownUp for 24 Days of Pac-Man all through the month of December! GenXGrownUp.com/PacMan24 Each day leading up to Christmas, GenXGrownUp is releasing a new short video featuring a different Pac-Man collectible. It may be modern or vintage – rare or common; you just won’t know until you click and watch! Join us in ringing…