Why Xevious Still Pleases

Why Xevious Still Pleases

Originally released in 1982, Xevious is one of the first vertical shooters in video game history. Released on a plethora of consoles over the past 40 years like Nintendo, Game Boy Advance and Sony PlayStation and even X-Box Live Arcade, Xevious is a title that every hardcore shooter fan or retro-game enthusiast should give a…

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Arcade to Console – by Eugenio Anguiera

This article is a follow-up to my Donkey Kong on Atari article published in Issue 31 of this magazine. That article was limited to home versions of Donkey Kong released for Atari systems during the commercial life of the systems, so no homebrew versions or versions for other consoles were covered. This article will explore…

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Logitech announces a solar keyboard powered by ‘any light source’—yes, even your dingily lit gamer den

Previously, I’ve looked on in befuddlement at Lenovo’s many bizarre experiments. From pivoting laptop screens to long, long OLED concept machines, they’re not necessarily practical, but they are different, I suppose. Credit where credit is due to the Hong Kong-based company, though, its solar-powered laptop that can turn 20 minutes of sunlight into an hour…

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