by Brendan Meharry | Oct 18, 2017 | 2010s
Remember the Mini Nt? If your memory is a bit foggy (happens to all of us as we age, don’t worry) the Nt was an aftermarket NES manufactured by Analogue, Inc. It wasn’t just any run of the mill NOAC console, though, as it ran on FPGA hardware, was fabricated from a...
by Brendan Meharry | Oct 16, 2017 | 1980s
The Vectrex was the first and only console for the home market that used vectors instead of raster graphics. It was also the first to support a peripheral for 3D (several years before the SMS’s 3-D Glasses). For all its merits, though (including the fact it had...
by Brendan Meharry | Oct 12, 2017 | 1990s
Armed, also referred to as Aftermath, was to be a game released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation towards the end of 1996. Developed by Point of View and originally to be published by Interplay, Armed had you playing as a special agent named Vic as he blasted robots...
by Brendan Meharry | Oct 9, 2017 | Console/Handheld
After covering Nintendo’s Satellaview and the SEGA Channel, we’re taking a look at the actual first instance of video game ‘streaming’ on demand – The PlayCable. Using a cable TV connection (much like the SEGA Channel) but instead all the...
by Brendan Meharry | Oct 4, 2017 | 1990s, 2010s
Hot on the re-emergence of the SNES in the public eye thanks to the Mini, SNES fever is rampant. That might be the reason the website, Old Skool Games (in partnership with the distributor, Video Game Advantage) have announced pre-orders for a new console called the...