Let's Replay: X2
Release Date 1996 Platforms Playstation 1 Genre Side-scrolling Shooter Modes Single Player Multiplayer Developer Team 17 Publisher Ocean Back in 1996, British developers Team 17 were still riding high off…
Retro
Sonic 3 & Knuckles' Anniversary Celebrated With Remastered Teaser
With today (October 18) marking the 20th anniversary of Sega's Sonic 3 & Knuckles for the Mega Drive, fans of the seminal platform series have been treated to a special…
The Top 10 Most Overlooked Mega Drive Games
When reflecting on what was arguably Sega's greatest console, there are a handful of titles that always spring to mind. Games such as Sonic The Hedgehog, Golden Axe and Streets…
The Most Memorable N64 Games: Part 2
In part one of this article, Power Up Gaming's Owen Atkinson recalled some of his favourite Nintendo 64 memories and the games that brought them into being. Today, it's the…
The Most Memorable N64 Games: Part 1
What do you remember about the Nintendo 64? Ask any gamer who was alive through the ‘90s this question and the answer is likely to be along the lines of…
Gaming Rewind: 1999
With today marking 15 years since the Sega Dreamcast launched in North America, we thought it was fitting to dedicate this edition of Gaming Rewind to the year of 1999.…
The Top Ten PlayStation Platformers
With hardware sales of 100 million units and an extensive back catalogue of over 1,000 games, Sony's PlayStation console revolutionised gaming as we know it today. With Nintendo and Sega…
Sheffield Comic-Con Coverage: Retro Renaissance
Fashion is a funny old thing, especially at the moment now that old things are incredibly fashionable. Second hand clothing is now deemed “vintage”, and the resale of old, retreated…
Let's Replay: Rollcage
Release Date 24 March, 1999 Platforms Playstation 1, PC Genre Racing Modes Single Player Multiplayer Developer Attention To Detail Publisher Psygnosis To us primitive creatures of the 21st century, the…
Let's Replay: Gynoug / Wings of Wor
Release Date 1991 Platforms Mega Drive/Genesis Genre Scrolling Shooter Modes Single Player Developer Masaya Publisher Sega, Dreamworks, NCS Corporation In the golden era of shoot ‘em ups, there are several…
Let's Replay: Revolution X
Release Date 16 June, 1994 Platforms Arcade PC SNES Mega Drive Saturn PS1 Genre Rail Shooter Modes Single player Multiplayer Developer Midway, Rage Software Publisher Midway, Acclaim Steve Tyler will…
The Sega 32X: Where did it all go wrong?
Introduction These days, the Sega Mega Drive 32X is synonymous with failure in the video gaming industry. Many would argue its legacy - with a universally-panned games library, rushed development…
The History of Mortal Kombat, 1992-2014
The Mortal Kombat series first hit arcades in 1992 and, if the hype coming out of E3 surrounding the Mortal Kombat X announcement is anything to go by, the franchise…
Let’s Replay: Tomba!
With the advent of the Playstation 1 and Nintendo 64 came 3-dimensional graphics and a whole new world of possibilities in gaming. Titles like "Spyro" "Banjo-Kazooie" and "Crash Bandicoot" soared…
Let’s Replay: The Settlers III
1999 was a good year for RTS fans: Tiberian Sun was released by Westwood Studios as a sequel to the hugely successful Command & Conquer and Ensemble Studios released award…
Multi-format retro console to debut at E3
A retro console with a difference is set to be launched next month. While "clone" systems are nothing new, they're generally of questionable quality with support limited to only one…
Let’s Replay: Toy Story
Not only a great movie tie-in, Toy Story is right up there as one of the first games that comes to mind when asked about our favourite platformers. It may…
Top 10 Mega Drive Platformers
Honourable mentions go to: Ecco the Dolphin, ToeJam & Earl in Panic on Funkotron, Earthworm Jim, Kid Chameleon, Aladdin, Boogerman, James Pond (series), and QuackShot Starring Donald Duck. 10. Mickey…
The Lion King Review
The Lion King is another one of those games I owned when I was very young and have very fond memories of. I remember the bright colours, the great animations…
Top 10 Bonus Stages
The concept of the bonus stage may seem like an antiquated one; modern titles seldom include such distractions. However, back in the days when the name of most games was…
