jeff minter

You have to hand it to Atari at the moment. They’re celebrating 50 years in the industry and they’re doing a really good job of it. Aside from revisiting a load of their back catalogue classics with their Recharged series, they also recently put out their Atari 50 compilation which […]

Akka Arrh – PS5 Review

February 20, 2023 in PS5 / Reviews tagged akka arrh / arcade / atari / coin-op / jeff minter / remaster / shoot em up by Richie

If you’ve followed the illustrious career of Jeff Minter, you’ll know what to expect from any game that the veteran coder releases and Tempest 4000 is exactly that. The original Tempest was a 1981 arcade shoot ’em up which placed you on the rim of a cylinder. You could circle […]

Tempest 4000 – PS4 Review

July 23, 2018 in PS4 tagged arcade / jeff minter / retro / shoot em up / tempest 4000 by Richie

When following the work of legendary coder Jeff Minter, you start to expect certain things. Intense visuals, the use of 3D/VR technologies, epic soundtracks and retro-inspired gameplay infused with seriously satisfying risk versus reward mechanics and following Minter’s previous PSN work, the excellent TxK, hopes were high for Polybius which […]

Polybius – PSVR Review

May 15, 2017 in PSVR tagged jeff minter / llamasoft / polybius / PSVR / retro by Richie