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Once Upon a Time

Page 5 of 5

We go back to the titles that defined an era and play them now, with no easy nostalgia: what still holds up, what time has worn away, and why some thirty year old ideas still work.

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RPG Maker MV for PlayStation 4

The history of RPG Maker has its roots in the mid-1990s, a pivotal moment in the history of video games in all their forms, a crossroads between the last traces of arcade presence in coin-op cabinets in bars and game rooms and the arrival of...

by Simon Larocca

Little Mac, the True Champion of the NES Era

The ring is your life.

by Simon Larocca

Castlevania Symphony of the Night

Eerie shadows descend menacingly from the castle on the hill, striking fear into the villagers.

by Simon Larocca

Hellfire, a timeless classic for Mega Drive

There are games that need no introduction, usually preceded by a big online fanfare and waved around by self-styled content creators passionate about retro gaming: that’s the case with the various Zelda, Sonic and more recent online-only titles, such as

by Simon Larocca

Earthworm Jim... A Worm Riding a Hamster!

In the cauldron of 1990s arcade titles, we can truly find everything and something for every taste.

by Simon Larocca

Earthbound: a gem for collectors and a great game for gamers

Talking about Earthbound, better known to most as Mother, means opening up a small but very interesting Pandora’s box of videogames!

by Simon Larocca

Oddworld Abe Oddysee for PlayStation

For many, PlayStation marked the transition between the old and the new, between the world of arcade video games, spread chiefly through cabinets in bars and game halls, and what would become, thanks precisely to the introduction of the killer console par excellence, a new universe of home video entertainment all to be discovered.

by Simon Larocca

Alleyway, a Feud Still Open!

The varied world of arcades is made up of a line of video games that set the standard, but also of other titles that inherited the legacy of the masterpieces that came before them, thanks to the skill of their developers and the intellectual honesty

by Simon Larocca

Pure Adrenaline in Wipeout 3 Special Edition for PlayStation

The video game universe is full of iconic series that have sparked rivalries and created opposing factions among fans, ever since the first Pong and its many clones.

by Simon Larocca

Fight for Your Love! Pandora's Tower Limited Edition (Wii)

Since its first appearance, Nintendo Wii has proven that it can keep pace with rivals boasting far greater graphical power, sublimating what is perhaps one of the Kyoto company's greatest talents: the ability to win over any kind of videogame player with its titles, even the most eccentric or distinctly Eastern in style.

by Simon Larocca

Double Dragon

When arcade cabinets ruled the world.

by Simon Larocca

Quake! Earthquake in the World of Shooters

Destined from birth and by its name to make noise in the videogame universe, Quake planted its flag in the fertile ground of first-person shooters, rising as the new benchmark for all titles to come.

by Simon Larocca

Flashback 25th Anniversary

A time jump packed with emotion, with countless memories mixed together in the cauldron of memory: Flashback, and never more than on this occasion is the title so fitting, brings with it a flood of reminiscences and afternoons spent in front of the TV, armed with

by Simon Larocca

Command and Conquer Red Alert

If Wolfenstein brought first-person shooters, and therefore also “war games,” to the attention of critics after reaching the rooms of thousands of teenagers equipped with a computer and keyboard, then it was Command and Conquer, a masterpiece of its genre, that stood as a watershed and gave prestige to the use of another gaming peripheral: our favorite mouse. A brief historical note: C&C was released in 1995 and immediately became a huge success, both for its setting, an intriguing alternate history that seemed written by Tom Clancy himself with a touch of Asimov, and because the gameplay made it possible to take full advantage of the mouse interface to manage every aspect of the game. When we talk about alternate history, we mean a whole series of imaginary events placed within a plausible historical context and still based on real facts. Without going into detail about the plot, which I’ll leave you the pleasure of discovering by tracking down the Westwood Studios game, I’d like to draw from the river of my memories and share with you the fun that playing an RTS, short for Real-Time Strategy, still offers today: every map is teeming with enemies, fortifications, forests, potentially lethal shots, and stealthy ambushes. Organizing troops and managing resources becomes vitally important, and a single planning mistake is enough to ruin any hope of victory. The essence of a real-time strategy game, in short! Over the years, the series has been enriched by several sequels and spin-offs, giving life to true alternate sagas, where the most important historical events of our era’s past have been completely transformed: the case in point is Red Alert, released one year after the original and perhaps one of the best entries in the series, in which all the technical features of its predecessor are taken to the maximum, defining a very particular Cold War scenario in which Stalin is not only alive and well, but leads his offensive toward the West in opposition to the Allied Forces. Hitler is dead, thanks to a time machine invented by Einstein that took him out of the picture, but war is war in every universe, even alternate ones. The version we are bringing you is the PlayStation version, an absolutely unmissable title.

by Simon Larocca

Choplifter II, Save Them All!

I can’t tell you exactly when or where my passion for helicopters, and the video games featuring them, was born, but I know for sure which title won me over.

by Simon Larocca

OutRun, thanks Yu Suzuki!

Beach, sea, popsicles, and a sense of freedom.

by Simon Larocca

Diablo, the Best Dungeon Crawler Ever

A name comes with a destiny.

by Simon Larocca

Fallout! A post-nuclear role-playing game!

You escaped death.

by Simon Larocca