In my first post on modifying my Rampage Arcade1Up machine I covered my plans and built the riser which is still going strong… and still upright! Now I’m on to the next part which is building out a new set of controls to replace the existing three player […]
It’s been a busy week here with not only the Anthem demo but also the arrival of Apex Legends and now finally the beta for The Division 2. The original game wasn’t perfect (certainly not at launch) but over time developed into something that really stands out as […]
Well… this was a bit of a surprise! With developer Respawn Entertainment working on a new Star Wars game and fan hopes of a Titanfall 3 in the future, seeing them come out with the announcement of Apex Legends, a Battle Royale game that’s free to play and […]
With the release date closing in for Anthem, players finally have a taste of what Bioware’s latest sci-fi epic has in store for them. The demo that went up recently lets you play the game from character levels 10-15 which hopefully means that the early story reveals won’t […]
The next month’s Xbox Games with Gold was announced by Major Nelson and it brings yet another original Xbox game into the mix too. The games incoming are: Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon (Feb 1-28, Xbox One) Super Bomberman R (Feb 16-Mar 15, Xbox One) Assassin’s Creed Rogue […]
Holidays and spending more time playing games than typing on my PC meant I kind of skipped going through the process of highlighting favourites from the last year. So now I’ve got a little time (oddly, work does that) it seems a good opportunity to do so. I […]
Making changes to my Rampage Arcade1Up was always going to be part of my plan. Much of this has been inspired by an amazing video by ETA Prime (see below) who breaks down exactly what’s needed to get a Street Fighter Arcade1Up working off a RetroPie. It’s a […]
With the game launching (!) I threw caution to the wind and picked up Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown for the Xbox One. With the series being more a PlayStation franchise (the exception being the sixth game for the Xbox 360) I really wasn’t familiar with it at […]
It’s been a while since I last played flight sims on my PC using a joystick. I had an old Saitek Cyborg 3D that was nigh on indestructible however the march of progress would eventually be it’s undoing as it required a game port connector (pre USB). Now […]
There’s plenty of gamers who have fond memories of going to arcades and standing in front of their favourites chewing through coins. Whether it be Street Fighter II, Golden Axe or Pac-Man a lot of good memories were thanks to those games and though modern consoles can easily […]