Somehow this Japanese cult classic brings intense arcade action to… train driving simulators?

Pasokon Retro is our regular look back at the early years of Japanese PC gaming, encompassing everything from specialist ’80s computers to the happy days of Windows XP. Developer: Taito, Unbalance Released: 2000, 2002 Platforms: Arcade, PC (Image credit: Taito, Unbalance) Train driving games, especially on PC, the home of multi-monitor displays and eye wateringly-priced…

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Indiana Jones and the Great Circle has a face-melting 4 hours of cutscenes: ‘This is the biggest and longest game that Machine Games have ever done’

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle launches in just under two weeks, bringing a heaping helping of puzzle pondering and Nazi hurting—a helping so heaping, in fact, that Machine Games says it’s the longest game the studio’s ever made. Amidst a flurry of 141 questions in a quick format interview with MinnMax, Machine Games creative…

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Valve was going to ship The Orange Box in a white box before staff ‘destroyed’ the idea, and yes they saw you all doubting Portal before release: ‘You guys are gonna eat those words’

On October 10 2007 Valve released what is perhaps the greatest deal in gaming history: The Orange Box, a compendium of Half-Life 2 with both episodes, the long-awaited Team Fortress 2, and the unknown quantity Portal. OK, Half-Life 2 was a few years old by this point (Episode 2 was new), but every single game…

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