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Trapped on Doomed Hardware: The Strange, Brilliant Legacy of Lucienne’s Quest

When you walked into a game store in the mid-90s looking for a legitimate, awesome Japanese RPG to play on whatever console you had, your options were surprisingly slim. The SNES was winding down its legendary run, the Sony PlayStation was still finding its footing...

Ultimate Lemmings: The Puzzle Classic for the Modern OS

Before they became Rockstars, DMA Design was an Amiga development house working primarily with Psygnosis. While it wasn't their first title (that would be the shooter Menace), arguably their most famous game and game series was the puzzler Lemmings. For the...

Testing the M64: Extreme-G: Turbo Fusion

  The original Extreme-G games for the Nintendo 64 are very much of their era. You drive very fast bikes around futuristic tracks while listening to trance music. Most racing games are aiming to get the player into a particular zone and in the case of these...
Ultima IV and Ultima V – by Jarrod Kailef

Ultima IV and Ultima V – by Jarrod Kailef

The Ultima series certainly  stands as one of the most influential and enduring computer role-playing game (CRPG) franchises of all time. However, Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar and Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny are considered by many CRPG aficionados, myself...

Lord British – by Jarrod Kailef

Lord British – by Jarrod Kailef

Richard Garriott, AKA Lord British, is one of the most well known names in computer gaming, both old school and modern. His influence is still clearly felt today by scores of developers that credit his games for much of their inspiration. He is the creator of...

This Day In Video Game History

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