Resolution, refresh rate, panel type, response time — everything that actually matters, explained plainly.

From budget picks to audiophile options — the headsets worth your money.

8BitDo and beyond — the best D-pads for classic gaming on modern hardware.

Servers, voice channels, bots and the overlay — everything you need to get started.

Calm, precise, controlled — blue’s the colour for a setup that means business without shouting about it.

Raspberry Pi, RetroPie, controls and cabinet — the complete build guide.

C64, Spectrum, Amiga, Atari — originals and modern alternatives covered.

NES to Dreamcast — every major console, original hardware and modern alternatives.

Digital and physical — the games worth your time and where to find them.

From entry-level to tournament-ready — the best fight sticks available.

No lore, four colours, one perfect idea: the detachable Force pod. Still one of the smartest mechanics the shoot-’em-up genre ever produced.

The PS1 cult classic nobody asked for and everybody remembers. No emulator required.

No lore, four colours, one perfect idea: the detachable Force pod. Still one of the smartest mechanics the shoot-’em-up genre ever produced.

The game that understood football better than any other — and did it with five-pixel players.

Remembered for its music first — and that’s the correct order of priorities. Yuzo Koshiro’s soundtrack still holds up.

The beat-’em-up that set the template everyone else copied. Billy, Jimmy, and the two-player co-op that started it all.

A four-minute game. Six courses, a timer counting down, and a marble that never quite does what you want it to.

A game about war that hated war. Sensible Software made you care about tiny soldiers — and then killed them.

Manchester, Rochdale, Salford — and the Baby, the ZX Spectrum, and some of the best games ever made. The full story.

From chiptune to full orchestral scores — the moments gaming and music stopped being separate things.