by Mike Mertes | Jan 31, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
You certainly can’t discount the amount of money Konami has and still is making worldwide with its musical games like Dance Dance Revolution, as it has been one of the hottest things to play for years wherever arcade cabinets can be found. Much like how Street...
by Brad Feingold | Jan 21, 2022 | Console/Handheld
Before the oversized hype of Guitar Hero and the sequels that were to follow, music games were not really a concept for the Playstation system. The only major outlet for music on a gaming system was within the game itself, such as a blockbuster game like Grand Theft...
by Kevin Butler | Jan 17, 2022 | 2000s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
First released in 2005, Guitar Hero was like the Konami arcade game Guitar Freaks in which you hit certain buttons as they appeared on the screen. Guitar Hero, though, took this approach to the next level. First, it used a guitar-shaped controller. This controller had...
by Indie Retro News | Dec 21, 2021 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
In the early 90’s I had the pleasure of playing the mind blowing platformer Sonic the Hedgehog on both the Sega Megadrive and Sega Master System. A game by Sega which featured a ring collecting blue hedgehog that could spin, run, jump and roll about at the...
by Jason Russell | Nov 17, 2021 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine Preview, Opinions
I Want My Switch TV I may be in a silent minority when it comes to these matters, but I’ve been waiting around for Nintendo to release a version of the Switch that, as much as it pains me to admit, doesn’t look like is going to happen. Worse still, it may never come...