Looking Back

It’s World Cup year. The tournament is underway, the group stages are producing the usual combination of upsets and disappointments, and…

Last month we looked at Streets of Rage — Sega’s 1991 masterpiece of the beat ’em up genre, with Yuzo Koshiro’s…

Streets of Rage is remembered for its music first. This is not a slight — it’s the correct order of priorities….

Most Mega Drive games in 1992 were about hitting things. Sonic hit things by running into them. Golden Axe was entirely…

May 2026 — Looking Back series Marble Madness is a four-minute game. Six courses, a timer counting down, and a marble…

Games from the Past: Episode 1 – Cannon Fodder (1993) The title screen said it all. A lone poppy. Richard Joseph’s…