The problem with Gatekeepers The retrogaming community is for the most part a wonderful, open, welcoming place. You see people from vastly different backgrounds mixing together, enjoying their shared love for old video games and hardware. Sadly, there is a negative element to the community. I’m talking about the self appointed guardians of retrogaming: Gatekeepers. […]
Enter the 3DO Way back in the early 1990s, the Sega Megadrive (or Genesis for my North American readers) and SNES were the kings. They brought unprecedented power into the homes of gamers, unless you were rich enough to own a Neo Geo. But there were rumours of a new kid on the block. Headed […]
The early 1990s was an amazing time to be a gamer. Nintendo and Sega were going head-to-head with their 16bit consoles, in a “war” for the hearts and minds of teenage boys. Nintendo had their reputation for “reliability” and high production values, but Sega were “edgy” and “cool”. Sega dove headlong into new technologies, with […]
In a change to my usual approach, I’ve done a 2 part video looking at the Data East All-Star Collection. This is a new, officially licensed cartridge for the NES. It features 5 games, and is presented with some nice extras in the box. You can watch the videos below. Part 1 https://youtu.be/HJohvk6pamU Part 2 […]
Ah, Tetris. Quite possibly the most perfect videogame yet devised. Tetris is easy to pick up and learn, yet difficult to master. Tetris is a game that can be enjoyed by everyone. In this video, I look at the iconic Nintendo Game Boy version. I also examine the version released for the Game Boy Color. […]
GPUs are probably the single most debated part of any gamers PC set up. Many gamers today don’t remember a time before 3D acceleration was around, and a powerful GPU became required for gaming. Hell, even Quake, the daddy of all modern 3D Polygonal FPS games initially shipped with only software rendering as part of […]
Let’s get this out of the way early on: Master of Darkness is possibly the most blatant clone of the Castlevania series you are ever likely to come across. It is shameless in just how much it imitates the mechanics of the first Castlevania game for the NES, and being honest, as a Master System […]
So, I’ve been tinkering about with this Night Trap video for ages, and I have finally finished it! It took a while to get the footage, assemble it, and make the video look like I wanted. Yes, there is an issue with the 32x footage, which I couldn’t solve, but overall, I’m pretty pleased with […]
So, thanks to the ongoing legal disputes over the rights to the “Friday The 13th” franchise, development has finally ceased on the official F13 videogame. Now, the game has come in for a lot of criticism during the year or so since it was first released, but is it really as bad as some folks […]
So, 8/16/32bit now has it’s own blog page! You will find all the old content from my old Blogger site below. Check back often for written reviews, interesting bits of news, and links to our latest Youtube content.
