How Easter Eggs first hatched in video games
In the early 1980’s 15 year-old Adam Clayton noticed a rather unusual hidden message wh...
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Brain training: The Greatest Game Boy Puzzle Games
Puzzle games and the Game Boy go hand in hand. With its small screen and – how to put t...
Hurt Me Plenty – the rise of God Mode
The developers of DOOM broke new ground in making it simple for players to cheat. Other games either didn’t include cheats at all or required you to wait until a certain point to enter them, such as the “magic word” Xyzzy in the text game Colossal Cave Adventure.
State of the Art: Games That Pushed The Commodore Amiga
It was often portrayed as a serious machine for serious users. However, as time passed, it became clear that this new 16-bit computer was a multi-media powerhouse and a perfect destination for game developers.
Moled Wine: The warming tale of Gremlin Graphics’ unlikely Christmas hero
Monty played a key role in Gremlin’s emergence as a Britsoft icon – a story told in A Gremlin in the Works. For now, though, let's focus on the Gremlin mole’s seasonal misadventures.
The early history of fighting games
What do mechanical punch bags and the origins of sport have to do with the genre that birthed THE KING OF FIGHTERS? More than you might assume…
