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You can move your ship??? I know it’s only almost Asteroids, but I was so good at the similar Omega Race on the VIC-20 that I did exactly that for more challenge - didn’t have many games to choose from in those days! Anyway, the additional bases have been a real revelation in my enjoyment of Missile...

Finished Mega Man X on SNES Classic Mini. Mega Man has never felt better to play than here, and it still looks and sounds stunning. And the final, final boss is still an absolute bugger! Having a really nice time with all sorts of other stuff before I start another big game: The Ninja Saviors and Yo...

I don’t remember ever seeing this in any arcades at the time, which might explain why that despite playing many home versions over the decades, I had no idea you could shoot from three places until I accidentally pressed the wrong button on the PS4 Atari Flashback Collection (around two weeks ago)! ...

I played the original Tetris to death on the Game Boy, leading to extensive personal experience of the Tetris Effect phenomenon, which is why my complete aversion to this game continues to disappoint me every time I periodically convince myself I must still be missing something! I want to love this ...

I played this almost immediately after finishing the original Resident Evil Remaster on PS4 - a game I bought day one decades ago on the original Playstation but barely ever scratched the surface of. Its old-school stylings had definitely outstayed their welcome by the end, but only heightened my ap...

Thanks to Alex79uk’s recent post about Mega Man X, I’ve been playing Mega Man X again on the SNES Classic Mini. I do love it! And thanks to that, I’ve also started Super Castlevania IV again on there. Neither of which was planned, but both are very welcome as always! After many months of sporadic pl...

Alex79uk wrote: ↑

January 12th, 2020, 8:12 pm

I've been playing Mega Man X, the SNES game, on my Switch.

I've got a two word review: It's bollocks.

Everything you say applies to some of the later X games, but for this one I concur... just try a different level and come back to that one!

A wonderful YouTube wormhole led me to Super Hang On for the Spectrum which led me to the same game on sale at £1.10 for PS3, and I can’t stop playing it! Still a great looking thrill ride but much harder than I remember when I used to hammer the Atari ST version! Also continuing with the first Spyr...

Finished Untitled Goose Game on Xbox Game Pass. I was happy enough seeing out its short duration but it didn’t really do half as much for me as it seems to most other people. Demon’s Tilt, on the other hand, is my absolute joy right now! So much going on and the more you play the more it reveals its...

Darksiders, Darksiders II and Steep now all free on Epic Games until 9th January.

Illness slowed me down a bit this month, but I did manage to get my physical PS4 backlog out of the way and sold on eBay, which helped pay for F-Zero GX and Wind Waker, which I finally got for a decent price, transferring my backlog to GameCube for the start of 2020! 1 Jan: Lego Marvel Super Heroes ...

Geez, hope you recover full and well, Steve. Thanks Michiel! Finished Starlink on Switch and thoroughly enjoyed it. There is a little bit of repetitive grind towards the end of the main campaign, but generally there’s some stunning worlds to explore, nice space fighting and a lot more Starfox than ...

Thanks everyone. Yes, out of nowhere. Sat down at a football match feeling fine, ten minutes later was a complete mess! Anyway, hopefully on the mend. Wish you all a fantastic Christmas.

I’ll never look at Soboteur in the same way again...

Virtua Racing and Out Run on Switch are without doubt the gaming highlights of my year, closely followed by some stellar Arcade Archives ports of Elevator Action, Bombjack, etc. - my 1980’s self would never have believed it possible! From games properly released this year (mostly, kind of), I was ho...

Love a list! Did a quick check on the release dates and I think I’m about right... 2010 - Red Dead Redemption 2011 - Batman: Arkham City 2012 - Journey 2013 - Resogun 2014 - Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor 2015 - Rocket League 2016 - Stardew Valley 2017 - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2018 ...

Always preferred RE3 over 2, so I’m really looking forward to that too based on the job they’ve done here. Definitely one of the highlights of the year. Which can’t be said about my kidneys deciding to shut down ten days ago, and after emergency surgery I’m now back home, a bit more with it, and the...

I’m utterly hooked on Graveyard Keeper, which I picked up for a fiver in the PS4 Christmas sale (with Fire Pro Wrestling which was £13). Knew I would be when it was first announced for PC, then somehow missed it when it launched on consoles earlier this year. If I could get someone to make a game ju...

Arcade Archives Frogger on Thursday!!! Not sure I can face more Shovel Knight after it made me break my Joy-Cons last time around... What did it do to you?! I just went beyond normal angry over what I felt was overly cruel checkpointing about two levels from the end and chucked them at a wall! Once...

Arcade Archives Frogger on Thursday!!!

Not sure I can face more Shovel Knight after it made me break my Joy-Cons last time around...

Finished Arkham City on PS4, mopped up the major side quests and Harley Quinn’s Revenge DLC, which was my first time playing and I liked a lot. Brilliant as ever being Batman, but not as brilliant as in Asylum. Still playing Crash Bandicoot on PS1. Some of the cruel level designs and not great platf...