Imagine being a Beatles fan and knowing you’d never listened to Polythene Pam. People have told you it’s not their best song – and they’re almost certainly right – but, as far as you’re concerned, it’s a main album song from your favourite band in their prime and therefore at some point in your life…Continue reading “Rad Mobile: How the Sega Astro City Mini revives a forgotten Sega Arcade racer”»
It’s pretty impossible for anyone under the age of 25 to understand exactly what made gaming so different in the 1980s and early 1990s compared with today. With modern consoles like PS5 and Xbox Series X offering something close to the highest-end PC gaming available, the games we’re playing are virtually identical across the three…Continue reading “When Sega ruled the racing world”»
There are some undisputed classics in the racing genre, yet you can’t play them all on a PS5 or Xbox Series X. You can play them on PC via emulation, of course, but even that can cause trouble for some of these titles and it’s legally dodgy too. So this article looks at 10 of…Continue reading “The best way to play 10 classic racing games”»
I reviewed Codemasters’ Dirt 2 for GamesRadar back in 2008 and awarded it 8/10. Looking at it now, even if you dislike the ‘Dudebro’ presentation, it’s a harsh mark for a game that deserves a 9 or even a 10 compared to today’s racers. But in this article, rather than focus on why the genre…Continue reading “What modern racing games should learn from Sega’s past”»
