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Cover artwork for Star Wars: Rebel Assault showing Rebel starfighters in combat over a canyon landscape

Feature Aug 08, 2026

Star Wars: Rebel Assault, When CD-ROM Spectacle Became the Game

Rebel Assault helped sell the multimedia PC by turning CD-ROM storage, sound, digitised footage and pre-rendered spectacle into the experience itself.

History Aug 08, 2026 Søren Kamper

Star Wars: Rebel Assault, When CD-ROM Spectacle Became the Game

Rebel Assault helped sell the multimedia PC by turning CD-ROM storage, sound, digitised footage and pre-rendered spectacle into the experience itself.

Cover image for the Amiga vs the Rest of the World feature comparing the Amiga 500 and Amiga 1200.

Feature Jul 12, 2026

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Amiga 500 versus Amiga 1200, when being the best was no longer enough

Faster, more colourful and more expandable, the Amiga 1200 surpassed the 500 in almost every respect. But in 1992, a better Amiga was no longer enough.

History Jul 12, 2026 Marco Finelli

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Amiga 500 versus Amiga 1200, when being the best was no longer enough

Faster, more colourful and more expandable, the Amiga 1200 surpassed the 500 in almost every respect. But in 1992, a better Amiga was no longer enough.

Cover image for the Amiga vs the Rest of the World feature, showing the Amiga 500 and Atari ST.

Feature Jul 04, 2026

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Atari ST, the closest rival

The Atari ST was the Amiga’s closest rival: same Motorola 68000, same European market, but two very different hardware philosophies.

History Jul 04, 2026 Marco Finelli

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Atari ST, the closest rival

The Atari ST was the Amiga’s closest rival: same Motorola 68000, same European market, but two very different hardware philosophies.

Graphic cover featuring screenshots from OutRun, Street Fighter II, Pang, Rainbow Islands and Snow Bros/Liquid Kids.

Feature Jul 01, 2026

Amiga arcade ports: when they hurt, and when they worked miracles

Arcade conversions on Amiga were often painful, but not always. From Capcom disasters to successful ports, all the way to the unreleased Snow Bros.

History Jul 01, 2026 Marco Finelli

Amiga arcade ports: when they hurt, and when they worked miracles

Arcade conversions on Amiga were often painful, but not always. From Capcom disasters to successful ports, all the way to the unreleased Snow Bros.

Pixel-art cover with Amiga 500 and Sharp X68000, between Amiga creativity and Japanese arcade atmosphere.

Feature Jun 27, 2026

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: why the Sharp X68000 was not the Japanese Amiga

The third chapter of Amiga vs the Rest of the World looks at the myth of the Sharp X68000 as “the Japanese Amiga”: Capcom arcade ports, U.S. Gold, Workbench, Human68k, demo scene and two very different computer cultures.

History Jun 27, 2026 Marco Finelli 2

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: why the Sharp X68000 was not the Japanese Amiga

9.0

Review Jun 26, 2026

Final Fight

Final Fight on Sharp X68000 is one of the finest home conversions of Capcom’s beat ’em up: brutal, physical and still remarkably close to the arcade spirit.

Sharp X68000 Capcom 1992

Final Fight

Final Fight on Sharp X68000 is one of the finest home conversions of Capcom’s beat ’em up: brutal, physical and still remarkably close to the arcade spirit.

Pixel-art cover with Amiga 500 and PC DOS computers, Guybrush, Doom, VGA and Sound Blaster.

Feature Jun 20, 2026

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: the day PC DOS stopped chasing

The second chapter of “Amiga vs the Rest of the World” tells the moment when PC DOS stopped chasing: VGA, Sound Blaster, hard drives, 386, 486, LucasArts, arcade conversions and Doom changed the balance.

History Jun 20, 2026 Marco Finelli 1

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: the day PC DOS stopped chasing

Shadow of the Beast, Psygnosis’ action platformer.

8.5

Review Jun 18, 2026

Shadow of the Beast

Shadow of the Beast is one of the Amiga’s absolute myths: spectacular, atmospheric and still powerful, but also rigid, cruel and divisive.

Amiga 500 Psygnosis 1989 1

Shadow of the Beast

Shadow of the Beast is one of the Amiga’s absolute myths: spectacular, atmospheric and still powerful, but also rigid, cruel and divisive.

Title screen Amiga of Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck, platform Core Design with Chuck Junior protagonist.

8.0

Review Jun 09, 2026

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck is one of Core Design’s most recognizable Amiga platformers: colorful, funny and technically polished, but also very much a product of its early 1990s design.

Amiga 500 Core Design 1993

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck is one of Core Design’s most recognizable Amiga platformers: colorful, funny and technically polished, but also very much a product of its early 1990s design.

Classic Star Wars video games across arcade, PC and console history

Feature May 15, 2026

Why Classic Star Wars Games Still Matter to Retro Gamers

Classic Star Wars games still matter because they turned the films into playable fantasies across arcades, home computers, consoles and online worlds.

Gaming culture May 15, 2026 Søren Kamper

Why Classic Star Wars Games Still Matter to Retro Gamers

Classic Star Wars games still matter because they turned the films into playable fantasies across arcades, home computers, consoles and online worlds.

Jim Power in Mutant Planet Amiga Loriciel

8.0

Review May 13, 2026

Jim Power in Mutant Planet

Jim Power in Mutant Planet is one of the most striking Amiga platformers of the early 1990s: console-like in style, powerful in sound, but also harsh, nervous and not always balanced.

Amiga 500 Loriciel 1992

Jim Power in Mutant Planet

Jim Power in Mutant Planet is one of the most striking Amiga platformers of the early 1990s: console-like in style, powerful in sound, but also harsh, nervous and not always balanced.

7.5

Review May 09, 2026

Superfrog: the Amiga mascot we wanted to love

Superfrog is one of the Amiga’s most iconic platformers: clean, smooth and beloved, but behind the Team17 myth it remains more elegant than truly memorable.

Amiga 500 Team17 1993

Superfrog: the Amiga mascot we wanted to love

Superfrog is one of the Amiga’s most iconic platformers: clean, smooth and beloved, but behind the Team17 myth it remains more elegant than truly memorable.

Computers

Star Wars: Rebel Assault, When CD-ROM Spectacle Became the Game

Star Wars: Rebel Assault, When CD-ROM Spectacle Became the Game

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Amiga 500 versus Amiga 1200, when being the best was no longer enough

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Amiga 500 versus Amiga 1200, when being the best was no longer enough

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Atari ST, the closest rival

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: Atari ST, the closest rival

Amiga arcade ports: when they hurt, and when they worked miracles

Amiga arcade ports: when they hurt, and when they worked miracles

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: why the Sharp X68000 was not the Japanese Amiga

Amiga vs the Rest of the World: why the Sharp X68000 was not the Japanese Amiga