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A review of Resident Evil from Boss Fight Books
Every Boss Fight book tends to have a novel approach depending on the author, and Phillip J Reed is no different with his Resident Evil volume. In fact, his approach is distinctly unusual, with the praise for the originator of survival horror from 1996 veiled...
The Weird, Wonderful Magic of the Speak & Spell
Some toys are fun. Some toys accidentally predict the future. The Texas Instruments Speak & Spell did both. To a kid in early middle school back in the late 70s / early 80s, it felt less like a spelling toy and more like a tiny robot computer from another planet....
IMPORTANT: change on Blog | Commodore
A new news item titled “C” You Soon – Commodore 64 Ultimate Line-Up Expands with C64C Edition Later this Year (dated April 28, 2026) was added to the What's New feed and includes a "News" link. https://commodore.net/news/ https://commodore.net/computer/...
Re-Introducing the C64C!
We knew from the start, it would be a race. From the moment the first Commodore 64 Ultimate arrived, the community was going to find a way to give their Ultimate the C64C 'Slimline' treatment. We knew you wanted it. We were hoping we could beat you to it. But it's...
Commando – This Hack/Mod of an 8bit classic looks rather super now on the ZX Spectrum
Saberman has contacted us to let us know that tiboh'24-26 has announced the release of a hack/mod of Commando for the ZX Spectrum. A new version of the game which not only overhauls the intro graphics, but it now features AY-Music which brings it more in line with...
The Ultima Series – by Jarrod Kailef
if you spent your entire lifetime doing so. From amazing modern masterpieces to the most primitive, barely playable first-generation games, it’s hard to determine what’s worth your time and what isn’t. But for old-school gamers like us, one of the best ways to...
Super Mario 64 – by Brett Weiss
It didn’t just revolutionize a franchise - it reshaped the entire video game industry, much like Super Mario Bros. had done more than a decade earlier. Just as the 1985 NES classic defined the blueprint for side-scrolling platformers, Super Mario 64 established the...
Xevious – by Jeremy Parish
Part of that discrepancy stems from the fact that the American console crash derailed Xevious’s journey. Atari Inc. manufactured and distributed the arcade machine here, but the company’s dissolution prevented the game from reaching eager audiences at home until well...
This Day In Video Game History
