Classic Replay

Released: 1982 Company : Commodore Is it any good? It’s seen by many as the ultimate 80’s computer. The C64 came with a whopping 64K of ram, a screen resolution of 320x200 with 8 selectable colours from a palette of 16. The 8581 (SID) sound chip was very sophisticated for the time, and very popular for both MIDI and programming on a budget. Noticeable flaws were with the attribute system. It placed minor limitations on a number of colours displayable within any 8x8 pixel square. Despite this, the 64 is still an excellent games machine. Killer titles include Commando, Bounder, Ghosts & Goblins, Green Beret, Wizball, Sentinel, Bubble Bobble, Armalyte, Creatures, IK+ and many many more. A chap called 'Chris Abbott released 'Back in time compilations many years back, and since then many people have dedicated their time and support in order to insure the SID chips survival. All can be found at http://www.c64audio.com/      ...

Released: 1993 Company : Atari Is it any good? Marketed as the worlds first 64-bit system, with the power to poo all over the Megadrive and SNES, why wouldn’t you want one. The graphics, and sound a thing of beauty… and the CPU as fast and as sexy as a ninja… or so we thought! All that power counts for nothing though, as the Snes and the Megadrives back catalogue of games kicked mostly anything from the Jags dodgy and severely limited line-up.          Should I still get one? Hell yeah! The Jag had one of the best games ever made in Tempest 2000, courtesy of the Llama man Jeff Minter. Tempest 2000 is worth buying the console for alone. The 3D graphics and soundtrack are absolutely awesome, and the gameplay out of this world. Other games worth getting are Alien Vs Predator, Rayman, Doom, Wolfenstein, Raiden, Sensible Soccer, Worms , and Power Drive Rally.     What to look for? The Jaguar CD-ROM unit for the Virtu...

The top ten games for the Sega Genesis have been narrowed down from a list of around 300 games. Please note these games are just the ones I keep coming back to and play the most (Please don't be angry if your favourite game isn't listed). I've also listed more games at the end under honorable mentions. I really wanted to put Strider and a few other in the top ten list, but I found that once I'd completed them, I rarely ever went back in. Although I own the Pal Megadrive, I also own a US Genesis import console. This gave me a much richer library to choose from... and all of my games are US or JAP. See below...