InRetroSpect Reviews: Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger

This month Xero reviews Wing Commander III. Not just one of the first games to use FMV, but one of the first mediums to use full CGI backgrounds. It cast  a full cast of professional characters (although it was not the first game to do so) including Mark Hamill, Malcom Mcdowell, John-Rys-Davies, and Tom Wilson …

InRetroSpect Reviews: Stunt Race FX

A true 3D racer on the Super Nintendo? It can’t be done surely? It certainly can, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s good… Xero investigates this classic, but largely forgotten racer from 1994.

InRetroSpect Reviews: Final Fantasy 6

Final Fantasy 6 is one of those rare games that we hold up as a paragon of design, a title that we reminisce about fondly with friends. A perfect game then to take apart piece by piece to analyse whether it is still a classic RPG tale, or if its quality is now just a …

InRetroSpect Reviews: Micro Machines 2 Turbo Tournament

Micro Machines was developed by Codemasters. Codemasters were most famous at the time for the Dizzy games, now they are more likely to be associated with racing games such as the Colin McRae franchise. Micro Machines 2 Turbo Tournament was released 3 years after the original. It added hover boats and helicopters to franchise as …

InRetroSpect Reviews: King of Fighters 94

Sorry about the delay in service but here it is! King of Fighters, an SNK classic that was originally released on the Neo Geo arcade and home console, bringing together charactors from Fatal Fury and Art of Fighting, as well as revised versions of characters from Ikari Warriors and Psycho Soldier, and original characters created …