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GamesLifer Podcast episode 2 – Guy Cocker
For the second episode of the GamesLifer Podcast, host Rik Henderson caught up with an old colleague and long term friend, Guy Cocker.Having been...
GamesLifer Podcast episode 1 – Alex Verrey (Big Boy Barry)
For the inaugural episode of the GamesLifer Podcast, Rik invited fellow Videator from the 1990s Sky TV show Games World, Alex Verrey, to talk...
Why is this affordable handheld getting so much attention? The Lenovo G02 holds a surprising secret
A couple of weeks ago, several retro gaming community members stumbled across something of an oddity on AliExpress. A new, budget retro gaming handheld...
5 best C64 games and how to play them now
Considering how many games were released for the Commodore 64 in its lifetime, coming up with just five of the best is a tricky...
5 best games TV ads of the 80s and 90s
While its commonplace to see an advert for Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 5 on TV today, it was far less commonplace to catch a...
Antstream Arcade: cost, games, platforms and how it works
Antstream Arcade has been around for a fair while, although it might not have registered much with those outside of its hardcore PC, Mac...
5 best ZX Spectrum games and how to play them now
Ask anybody of a certain age what their first games machine was and they'll likely say the ZX Spectrum. First released in the UK...
5 retro games to avoid at all costs
With over 50 years of video gaming behind us, we have have been treated to countless games - many of them great, even more...
5 best Atari ST games and how to play them now
It might come as a surprise to learn that, after owning a ZX Spectrum and then a Commodore 64, I actually progressed onto an...
5 best Atari 2600 games and how to play them now
For many 1970s kids, the Atari 2600 was their first real taste of video games at home. It was hugely expensive at the time...