Amiga games coming to Evercade Retro Systems in 2023 Liam Young No Comments Evercade have agreed a deal with multiple publishers to bring Commodore Amiga games to their retro systems. Blaze Entertainment who make the Evercade have already released over 380 titles on 30+ cartridges for their Evercade Handheld, Evercade XP and the up and coming Evercade EXP handheld systems. The Amiga collection(s) should be coming out in 2023, but no specific titles have been announced yet. As soon as we have more information on the Amiga games included, we will post it here at Pixel Games, so keep ..read more

Three Mega Drive/Genesis titles added to Switch Online Expansion Pack Liam Young No Comments Nintendo has added three new SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis titles to it’s Switch Online Expansion Pack, Alisia Dragoon, Beyond Oasis (The Story of Thor) and Earthworm Jim. Alisia Dragoon Released in 1992, Alisia Dragoon is a platform game developed by Game Arts, you control Alisia on a quest to avenge her father and save the world. The game was rated highly but was a commercial failure, but thankfully we can now appreciate this beautiful game. Beyond Oasis (The Story of Thor) Known in Eur ..read more

Evercade EXP Pre-orders open on 6th September Liam Young No Comments The Evercade EXP is the latest hardware offering from Blaze Entertainment HQ, it’s the follow up to the very successful Evercade Retro Handheld. This latest console will feature full support for all previous cartridge compilations, so you can use your existing library if you have them, with an existing library of over 380 games form the 8-bit to the 32-bit era of retro gaming. What are the features of the Evercade EXP? The Evercade EXP has a whole host of new features, one of the most impressive being the TATE ..read more

Sunsoft are back with reboots of Ikki, Mr Gimmick! and more Liam Young No Comments Sunsoft were one of the all-time great developers and publishers of games in the 8-bit and 16-bit era of gaming, and though you may not have heard muh from them for years, they are still around. On the 18th August, Sunsoft announced exciting plans to re-release and remaster it’s classic game catalogue. Famous for making games like Blaster Master, Aero the Acro-Bat, Super Spy Hunter and Batman, they are starting their classic reboot series with Ikki Unite, which is a vampire survivor game, they will ..read more

Cool Spot Game Comparison Released: 1993 |  Genre: Platformer |  Publisher: Virgin Games | Programmer: David Perry Platforms: SEGA Mega Drive, SNES, Master System, Game Gear, Game Boy, Amiga, MS-DOS Liam Young No Comments Cool Spot was a platform game from 1993, at a time in gaming where game mascots were all the rage for pushing brands, other games spring to mind are Global Gladiators (McDonalds), Push Over (Quavers), Zool (Chupa Chups), the list goes on! Back to Cool Spot, who in this game was a brand mascot for 7UP, even though Fido Dido was considered t ..read more

SEGA Announce the MegaDrive Mini 2 Liam Young No Comments In the last 3 years, SEGA have got on board the mini console craze in style with the SEGA MegaDrive Mini, in a surprising twist, they have just announced the SEGA MegaDrive Mini 2. This is the second curve ball SEGA have thrown at us, since we saw the release of the Game Gear Micro in 2020, but that was a Japan only release, this mini will see a worldwide release. I know many of you were hoping and expecting a SEGA Dreamcast, or even a SEGA Saturn Mini, which has developed a huge following since it’s disastrous release back ..read more

NBA Jam Game Comparison Released: 1993 |  Genre: Sports Simulation |  Publisher: Midway | Designer: Mark Turmell Platforms: Arcade, SEGA Game Gear, SEGA Mega Drive, SNES, Game Boy, SEGA CD Liam Young No Comments NBA Jam is the third basketball game developed and published by Midway, after TV Basketball (1974) and Arch Rivals (1989). This was the first game in the NBA Jam series of games, with development headed up by Mark Turmell, the game was based on the earlier Arch Rivals play style of 2 vs 2. This game was one of the first to feature official licensing from the ..read more

Chuck Rock Game Comparison Released: 1991 |  Genre: Platformer |  Publisher: Core Design, Virgin Games, Sony Imagesoft & Krisalis Software | Designer: Robert Churchill | Programmer: Chris Long | Artist: Lee Pullen Platforms: Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, C64, Amiga CD32, Acorn Archimedes, SEGA Mega Drive (Genesis), SEGA Master System, SEGA Game Gear, SNES, Game Boy & SEGA Mega-CD Liam Young No Comments Chuck Rock is a side-scrolling platformer, designed by Robert Churchill and first released in 1991 for the Commodore Amiga and Atari ST by the brilliant Core Desig ..read more

Jam.GG - Play Retro Games online with your mates Liam Young No Comments How do you fancy playing retro games wth your friends online in a browser with voice and video chat, oh did I mention it’s absolutely free? (for now) Jam.gg (previously known as PiePacker) bring social reteo gaming to more than 2 million users. All you have to do is log on with a social account to get started. Some of the games on offer on Jam.gg include: Alien Breed Tower Assault Asteroids Clay Fighter Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 King of Fighters ’98 Metal Slug Missile Command Real Bout Fatal Fury Samurai Shodo ..read more

Vigilante: The spiritual successor to Kung-Fu Master Liam Young No Comments Released: 1988 Developer: Irem Vigilante is an arcade game from 1988 and developed by Irem, considered to be the spiritual sequel to the 1984 classic fighter Kung-Fu Master. Irem had already developed a sequel to Kung-Fu Master with a game called ‘Beyond Kung-Fu: Return of the Master’. After testing the game in 1987, it underperformed and was scrapped, this would be the game that was then re-developed for a more western market with the release of Vigilante. Vigilante plot and gameplay The game is set in ..read more