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Review: Screamer 2

Happy Friday everyone, hope you’re all doing well. Today’s review is the 1996 racing sequel Screamer 2.

Review: F.E.A.R.

Hi all, hope you are doing ok. For this review I decided to replicate the mid-2000s PC gaming experience. Eschewing digital distribution, I installed from a DVD. Then I googled, downloaded and manually applied a patch (how quaint). I even ran it in 4:3. All a very authentic reproduction of how it used to be […]

Review: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords

Hello. As regular readers (if they, indeed, exist) will know, when we review a game here at FFG, we make damned sure that we get straight on with reviewing the sequel. Covering a series of games in a timely fashion, and in the correct order, is our top priority, and we will not compromise that […]

Review: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

Hi there. I’ve been RPG-ing (and Star-Wars-ing) again. With possibly too many references to Mass Effect and an unwitting segue into the merits or otherwise of recent Star Wars films, here’s a look at Knights of the Old Republic.

Review: Road Hog!

Hi all. Not that I usually pay attention to such things anymore, but if our records are correct, then this is my 250th review on FFG. And upon which legendary title do I bestow this lofty honour? Why, a daft shareware racer from the mid-90s, of course! Here’s a review of a game called Road […]

Inside The Big Cardboard Box: Sealed and Sent

Inside The Big Cardboard Box is where we delve into the history of the largely defunct world of boxed PC games, with a particular emphasis on all the ones I used to own, but later gave away or sold. This series seems to have encapsulated a descent into middle age, in that where my preparation for […]

No more devices

Recently our good friend the J-Man posted something on twitter that echoed a very familiar sentiment for me: I’m sure a fourth device is just what I need to get me into playing retro console games regularly 👍🏼 — Johnny Bomb Squad (@BurningStickMan) December 31, 2021 We retro gamers often find we’re not spending as […]

Review: Crusader: No Remorse

Hi there. Today we have a review of an old PC game. I know, I know: stop it with all the crazy new ideas. The title in question is Crusader: No Remorse.

Inside The Big Cardboard Box: (Mostly) Xplosiv

Inside The Big Cardboard Box is where we delve into the history of the largely defunct world of boxed PC games, with a particular emphasis on all the ones I used to own, but later gave away or sold. I don’t know why, but Empire’s Xplosiv range is the one that I most associate with […]

Review: Realms of Chaos

Hello everyone, hope you’re doing well. It’s been another year without much input from me so far, but I’ve finally gotten myself organised and made time to write a review. So today we’re looking at another platform game from shareware giants Apogee Software: Realms of Chaos.