Retro Archive
22 November 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Horizons
Zero yawn.
Digital FoundryDigital Foundry's Black Friday 2019 tech deals
The biggest shopping holiday of the year is almost here.
15 November 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Zip wires
It's all downhill from here.
13 November 2019
12 November 2019
Noted Mario 64 ROM hacker releases massive 32-level mod, Super Mario 64 Land
Eight new bosses! 75 music tracks! Mario's cat suit!
Digital FoundryCapcom Home Arcade review: the DF Retro verdict
Arcade perfect?
9 November 2019
8 November 2019
FeatureThe Double-A Team: Ghostbusters: The Video Game makes me feel good
I'd call that a big yes.
6 November 2019
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Misperception
Acting the goat?
1 November 2019
FeatureFive of the best: paintings and photographs
Easelly done.
31 October 2019
30 October 2019
Competition: Win a Switch Lite Pokémon Edition with Sword & Shield
Where did you begin your first Pokémon adventure?
29 October 2019
25 October 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Lighthouses
I love lamp.
23 October 2019
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Set theory
Game, match.
21 October 2019
FeatureMonaco is on Switch, which is great because Monaco is great
Steal of approval.
20 October 2019
EGXOutRun is still the pinnacle of driving games
Taikan master.
18 October 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Bags
Totes amaze.
17 October 2019
Jelly DealsYou can save Ł40 off the Capcom Home Arcade
No quarters required.
14 October 2019
Jelly DealsGet 20% off a Switch Lite, Mega Drive Mini, Pokémon, COD and loads more at The Game Collection
This one should be popular!
FeatureI wish they made one of those classic mini consoles stuffed with games that aren't classics
And a bit about Die Hard.
13 October 2019
11 October 2019
Jelly DealsRounding up the retro mini console deals
What next-gen?
FeatureI never got to play that game Sega made out of sand
Been there, dune that.
9 October 2019
FeatureBonanza Bros and the 16-bit difference
Crims and whims.
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Seven Force
(Okay, another game...)
8 October 2019
7 October 2019
FeatureWhat do I really love about Jet Set Radio Future?
Hitting the Rokkaku-dai Heights.
5 October 2019
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2 for N64 is not in development
But if it were, it might look something like this.
John Kirby, the ex-Nintendo lawyer Kirby was named after, dies aged 79
Due to complications with cancer.
FeatureGames can be our time machines
Talking about games, and talking through games.
4 October 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Mountains
Everest and read this.
3 October 2019
Digital FoundryLG B9 OLED discounted to Ł1299 with five year guarantee from John Lewis
The 65-inch model has also been reduced substantially, to Ł1799.
FeatureThe Legend of Zelda is teeming with Celtic mythology
And Epona's the key to all of it.
2 October 2019
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Stanley Kubrick's archives
To Hal and back.
1 October 2019
Jelly DealsSave 10% off Borderlands 3, Control and the Mega Drive Mini
Mini console, mini prices.
29 September 2019
Get a look at this incredibly rare N64 controller prototype
That's one big joystick.
FeatureThe making of Discworld Noir
We'll always have Ankh-Morpork.
28 September 2019
27 September 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Crowds
Throng song.
25 September 2019
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: Birmingham New Street Station
Platform exclusive.
22 September 2019
21 September 2019
20 September 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Hubs
Addicted to base.
19 September 2019
Digital FoundryZelda: Link's Awakening tech analysis: a simply stunning Switch remake
Performance drops are noticeable - but the overall experience is unmissable.
18 September 2019
FeatureSomeone should make a game about: The Palomar Observatory Sky Survey
The POSSibilities are endless.
17 September 2019
Pokémon Gold and Silver's Celebi shrine mystery was an accident, GameFreak admits
20 years past its Celebi date.
Digital FoundryWe played modern games on a CRT monitor - and the results are phenomenal
Better than any LCD, if you ask us.
16 September 2019
Feature20 years later, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is still a frightening prophecy
Should the good guys always win?
15 September 2019
Digital FoundrySega Mega Drive Mini review: the best retro console yet?
Celebrating one of the most entertaining eras in gaming history.
FeatureArcade perfect: charting the often tortured journey of old school ports
From Pac-Man on Atari 2600 to Mortal Kombat on Mega Drive.
13 September 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Maps
Never eat shredded wheat.
FeatureThe Double-A Team: Fracture wanted to make the earth move for you
Here comes rubble.
12 September 2019
9 September 2019
FeatureDreamcast: A Forensic Retrospective
Twenty years on, it still rocks.
7 September 2019
FeatureWhat's the game equivalent of the cut?
Come, friendly bones.
6 September 2019
EG20Watch us play 21 games from the last 20 years
Late to the (birthday) Party.
FeatureFive of the Best: Health pick-ups
HP source.
FeatureThe Double-A Team: The glorious messiness of Shadowrun
A kind of magic.
5 September 2019
EG20Developers and industry legends on the games that defined the last 20 years
Kojima! Barlog! Spencer! Raymond! More!
4 September 2019
1 September 2019
30 August 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Shops
Retail row.
FeatureThe Double-A Team: Flying jetpacks and strange cover in Dark Void
Up, up and a war.
24 August 2019
23 August 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Dinosaurs
Jurassic Five.
15 years later, Justin Wong analyses Evo moment #37
"Now I'm like... well... I don't think he's gonna parry it!"
22 August 2019
17 August 2019
FeatureWhat does it take to truly know a video game location?
Mapping the wilds.
16 August 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Hands
Palmed awe.
14 August 2019
11 August 2019
FeatureA love for the strangest, most wonderful bird brought an arcade classic to life for me
The thing with feathers.
9 August 2019
FeatureFive of the Best: Potions
A new series celebrating the little things that make games great.
8 August 2019
Konami unveils mini TurboGrafx-16 games line-up
UPDATE: Splatterhouse sneaks in.
FeatureI wish you could play a video games anthology-of-moments
Bits and pieces.
2 August 2019
29 July 2019
Sega Mega Drive Mini delayed to October in Europe
Due to "unavoidable logistical challenges".
27 July 2019
Doom 64 pops up in an age-rating listing for PC and PS4
And now everyone's remembering why it was so special.
Digital FoundryRevisiting the Famicom Disk System: mass storage on console in 1986
What was the Japan-only Nintendo upgrade actually like?
23 July 2019
Miyamoto reflects on his relationship with the late Satoru Iwata in new book
"To me, he was a friend more than anything."
22 July 2019
FeatureSnack Hacks, a cookbook for people who like games, is a strange delight
"You've been playing the Da Vinci Code video game for a few hours..."
21 July 2019
Digital FoundryBlazing Chrome delivers the Contra spiritual sequel we've been waiting for
The run-and-gun magic is back.
14 July 2019
Digital FoundryDF Retro - how N64's Turok: Dinosaur Hunter was years ahead of its time
Revisiting the 1997 shooter with features even Quake didn't have.
FeatureThe afterlife of an 8-bit soundtrack
Ninja tunes.
10 July 2019
FeatureNot even Mario and Zelda could make the Barcode Battler any good
But it did do its part to shape the modern gaming world.
6 July 2019
FeatureWhy researchers are using rats to work out whether there's a link between VR and dementia
"We made it very immersive."
1 July 2019
Alan Wake developer Remedy regains publishing rights
UPDATE: Teases Alan Wake going multiplatform.
29 June 2019
FeatureCelebrating the humanisation of queer women through humor in video games
"You may pass unburdened."
28 June 2019
Digital FoundryBeyond 'arcade perfect' - Virtua Racing is a triumph on Switch
UPDATE: Now available in the UK, EU and US.
23 June 2019
22 June 2019
FeatureHow games can lend us their sense of movement
Fast and slow.