Gaming & Software
So Pokemon Let’s go has been out for a while and its time for my review of it. A return to Kanto I must admit when this was announced I wanted it sadly I had not got a switch but I liked the idea of the Kanto return and the content. Cost, Availability & Download size Let’s go is pretty new still so getting it is not a problem you can download it from the…
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The Catz game line is pretty laid back compared to the likes of Virtual Towers Online or Swat. My friend Hannah has been really excited about this one as she played these games when she was a child. Requirements Min Requirements This title was designed for Windows 95 but it will work on any Windows 9X build. It will not work on windows 10 as that does not support 32bit applications. My PC is 64…
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Swat 4 is the successor to Swat 3 from the now defunct Sierra Software released in the mid 2000’s Swat 3 or Swat 4? Image from Img-flip / meme by Img-flip Originally I had planned to review Swat 3 instead of Swat 4 and it is possible to download this from GOG games and I have it. Swat 3 is pretty old and it struggles to work on modern systems. Of course I could go…
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Titanic Honor & Glory Demo III. This is the final demo for this upcoming title that has been in development for a few years. Getting it to run Like a lot of in development/Early access titles (not all) Titanic Honor & Glory does not have a setup program or anything like that. The application executable is easy enough to locate inside the folder you extract. Just booting into Titanic Honor & Glory game/simulation I don’t…
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So, a while ago I picked up the RetroFlag SuperPi case and it is just cool and there are no 2 words for it otherwise and the other day I got asked if I would do a tear down on the controller so I have done just that now so let’s take a look. Build quality The controller is built pretty solidly and is held together with 5 cross head screws, the nice thing here…
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So, I built a RetroPie machine in my last project and configured it to my tastes now I must admit I am missing having some Arcade games on it and Mame is just really confusing with different emulators needing different rom versions, different Bios files and it just ends up with you getting one huge So this is really were the RetroPie community is great as there is places to grab other people’s created RetroPie…
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Pre-wordFor this & Endless Ocean II: Flashback’s to have been made possible I thank my friend Zoe for lending me her GDR-8162 drive. The drive mentioned above is capable of reading official wii dvd software discs and therefore can be run with dolphin emulator. Info So lets get onto my flashback review. Endless ocean was announced in 2007 at E3 to a huge level of excitement in my view. It may not have had the…
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Info : Endless Ocean II Released in 2010 as Blue World in the US and Adventures of the Deep in Europe the game like Endless Ocean launched at E3 in 2009 with largely positive reviews. Availability Like Endless Ocean 1 this was also a Wii exclusive and again made use of the Wii-mote and this is long out of print. so its a case of following the same method I mentioned in the review for…
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I was not aware of this Alton Towers theme park project until a friend mentioned it to me as I am an avid Planet Coaster Player. I began to look into it and these are my thoughts so far. This is a pre-alpha release and an ongoing project so it’s nowhere near finished yet. Loading screen Loading screen The loading screen? what I can say Its Jurassic World Evolution beautiful and straight away the music is…
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You might remember I did the 001.03a version of Virtual Towers Online a while ago. I wanted to check out the earlier Virtual Towers Online HEX demo. This one probably wont be as long a piece as it is only a small demo. Menus All the menu’s are pretty basic and that’s fair enough. Not a big deal this was released before the more recent 001.03a release. Environment & External Graphics It’s easy to tell…
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Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow have been around many years now and I Time for a flashback. Availability Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow are long out of print and they were hard to find when released. Often selling out before you even got your hands on them. But they are easy to find now. Best places to track them down is at retro game shops and online. The cart prices are now starting to rise…
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Continuing my Amiga Game flashback’s which started with Lotus III. I am now going to flashback review Lotus Turbo Challenge II. Pre-word I get asked a lot what emulator/setup I use to create my Amiga content. Well I use Amiga Forever Plus. It’s pre-built Workbench 3.X base has everything I need for Whdload. Availability Like Lotus III this is getting hard to find now especially on the likes of the Amiga but the R.E.C.S version…
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Time to flashback But for now, I am going to flashback to a game from my childhood and one I remember well having it on the Amiga Lotus the ultimate challenge of course I also had a bootleg copy of lotus II – Turbo challenge (but disk copying back in the 90’s was pretty common). Availability Lotus III : the ultimate challenge is long out of print and boxed copies are hard to find now.Amiga…
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When I say the words Galaga, Space Invaders, Mule, Elite, Sonic the Hedgehog and Pac-Man to name a few, a lot of people will realise I am taking Retro Gaming again here but I wanted to add a mental health aspect to this piece.I am going to base this my own personal views etc. Why is Retro gaming growing and why is there a link to Mental Health? Well, there are so many reasons, but…
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Lego Harry potter is probably one of those games I remember fondly and so why not look back at this game but do I still have the love for the likes of this? Well very simply put of course I do So onto all things Lego. Availability Like most PC titles most have slowly made their way onto steam and some also have made it onto GOG. The GOG version is pretty expensive sitting at…
Read More »I get asked a ton how to edit slave files on retro pie for Amiberry for custom options now I don’t agree 100% with cheating in a game, but if you have completed it in the past then I don’t think there is any harm in it. So, I am going to cover it in this piece. Traditional editing on an Amiga I could show this on a real Amiga, unfortunately, I don’t have enough memory on my…
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