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Preserving Gamings Past
Graeme Mason
Oct 31, 20185 min read
7 Alternative Creepy Retro Games for Halloween
Since 3D games took over in the mid-Nineties, it has become easier for developers to scare your average video game player. With improved...
Graeme Mason
Oct 26, 20186 min read
Run The Series: Defender
The late Seventies/early Eighties period is often referred to as The Golden Age Of Arcade Games, and looking at the games released during...
Graeme Mason
Oct 19, 20186 min read
The Secret History of Smash TV with Eugene Jarvis
It’s Showtime! If you’re of a certain age then the mid-late Eighties period of cinema will bring back some fond memories of action...
Graeme Mason
Oct 5, 20184 min read
King of the Fighters
While it has always proved to be a popular genre, the one-on-one beat-‘em-up received a substantial power boost in 1991 with the release...
Graeme Mason
Sep 28, 20183 min read
We Love Spin Master!
Considering it is essentially two discs connected by a spindle, together with a looped piece of string, the yo-yo has been one of the...
Graeme Mason
Sep 21, 20185 min read
Blood Brothers: The Brutal History of Double Dragon
Forget Final Fight and Golden Axe and Streets of Rage. When it comes to beat-’em-ups Technos’ Double Dragon is the original heavyweight...
Will Freeman
Sep 10, 20186 min read
The DNA of... Marvel Spider-Man
Welcome, true believers! The latest Marvel Spider-Man game is currently going down very well with critics. But while they see a great...
Graeme Mason
Sep 7, 20185 min read
Left in the Arcade: 10 Unconverted Classics
The 80s were a fertile time for arcade gaming, and home conversions followed for most of the popular arcade games. But from time to time,...
Graeme Mason
Aug 31, 20184 min read
Boring Video Game Jobs
It’s not all space rangers and super soldiers when it comes to video game heroes. Sometimes it’s about the ordinary guy, doing their job...
Graeme Mason
Aug 24, 20185 min read
The Secret History of Zool
Antstream chats to one of the key developers behind this manic and colourful platformer from the UK software house Gremlin. If you enjoy...
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