Looking Back: SNK
Every arcade in the 1990s had one: a cabinet with a little game-select screen, offering four or six games in one…
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Looking Back: Metal Slug (1996)
In 1994, Irem stopped making arcade games. The company that had given the world R-Type wound down its development department, and…
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Looking Back: Gaming Companies – SEGA
Before Sega made a single video game, it was selling slot machines to American military bases. That’s not a footnote —…
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How to Build the Ultimate Retro Audio Setup
Building the Ultimate Retro Audio Setup: From Nothing to £1,000+ Turntable in one room, a broken stereo in another, a stack…
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How to Build a Raspberry Pi Internet Radio
Build a Raspberry Pi Internet Radio: Every Station on Earth, for About £40 Some links in this guide are affiliate links,…
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What the Raspberry Pi 5 Can Actually Emulate in 2026?
The Pi 4 topped out at N64 and Dreamcast on a good day. The Pi 5’s Cortex-A76 CPU and VideoCore VII…
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RetroPie vs Batocera on the Pi 5
If you’ve built a retro gaming Pi before, you probably reached for RetroPie without thinking twice. On the Pi 5, that…
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Looking Back: Golden Axe (1989)
By 1989, beat-’em-ups had a template, and everyone knew what it was. Two years earlier, Double Dragon had set the rules:…
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Looking Back: R-Type (1987)
Most arcade games in 1987 asked you to react. R-Type asked you to think. It looked like a shoot ’em up….
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Best Retro Gaming Controllers 2026: Our Top Picks – PC Play.com
Most modern controllers are designed around 3D games. Analogue sticks dominate. The D-pad is an afterthought — positioned awkwardly, rarely precise,…
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Looking Back: Sensible Soccer (1992)
It’s World Cup year. The tournament is underway, the group stages are producing the usual combination of upsets and disappointments, and…
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The Machines That Built Modern Gaming: A Guide to the Home Computer Era
Before consoles dominated the living room, before Steam, before mobile gaming, there were the home computers. Machines that arrived in…
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Best Raspberry Pi Kits for Retro Gaming 2026
The Raspberry Pi is still the most flexible retro gaming setup you can build. Load up Batocera or RetroPie, connect an…
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How to Modernise Your Retro Gaming Setup: Every Option from £5 to £1,300
You want to play R-Type. Or Cannon Fodder. Or Streets of Rage. Or any other game from the era when a…
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Looking Back: Double Dragon (1987)
Last month we looked at Streets of Rage — Sega’s 1991 masterpiece of the beat ’em up genre, with Yuzo Koshiro’s…
