We’ve got something new for you this evening. It’s a review of XIII, the amnesiac spy shooter from 2003. That’s right, I said 2003. That’s five years ago. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. Next week – a review of Zork. And Pacman.

Spending hour after hour on a game that never ends just to achieve a high score isn’t something I’ve ever been particularly interested in, but it has to be said that my recent dabble with pinball reminded me that occasionally such an obsession has taken a hold. Some time ago I spent a not-unreasonable amount […]

A friend of mine sent a link to this: GOG.com. It’s an online distribution service, focussing on older games – the front page has stuff like Fallout 2 and Sacrifice. Ever since Steam came along I’ve been hoping for more oldies on online services like this. There’s certainly some demand out there for the classics, […]

Hello. No summer holidays for us, we’re staying inside with the curtains drawn, all in the name of retro-gaming. We’ve added one new review – of Codemasters’ Psycho Pinball.

Not an update as such, but I’ve spent a bit of time updating my brief histories. The racing one’s been done for a little while now, and the football and adventure histories have now been brought up to speed. There are new screenshots, games that we’ve covered are now linked to the review pages, and […]

Well, I finally got around to getting a new PC. As regular visitors to FFG may know, I’ve been making do with an old AMD Duron 900 for the past six years or so, and despite several makeshift upgrades, there comes a point when you have to accept that brand new technology is the only […]