From the team that brought you “From Bedrooms to Billions”, comes the Amiga Years by Nicola and Anthony Caulfield. When their Kickstarter campaign was announced I was instantly attracted to the idea of viewing a documentary focusing on my beloved childhood machine, the Commodore Amiga. Whilst I only owned an Amiga 500 back in its […]
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Oz Comic-Con 2016 Wrap Up
Oz Comic-Con has been and passed in 2016, displaying local and overseas Comic talent, celebrities from TV shows, the dazzling Cosplay and a whole heap of awesome merchandise to scour through! Luckily the team from Retro Domination/ +3 to Geekdom were invited to soak up the awesomeness!
Product Review – Mad Catz C.T.R.L.i Gamepad (iOS)
I will be the first to admit that I am generally not a fan of mobile gaming, however it is hard to deny the ever growing popularity of gaming on tablets and mobile phones, as they begin to eclipse traditional portable gaming devices. With this market on the rise, traditional console accessory manufacturers have stepped […]
Retro Games Remade
Most of us love retro gaming; even the casual gamer enjoys a quick play on Super Mario Bros and Alex Kidd. Some people even love the long running Final Fantasy series with its many games and remakes, including the upcoming mobile remake of Adventures of Mana written about by IGN as well as the remake […]
Imperial Assault- Star Wars in Boardgame form
It’d been years since id sat around the kitchen table with friends to enjoy a few ales, crack some silly jokes and roll some dice. Kind of a lost art that i’m glad I’ve rediscovered.
Top 10 Games on the ZX Spectrum
The Zx Spectrum the 8bit wonder from the UK unfortunately was never released here in Australia. Clive Sinclair’s little power house was a force to be reconed with in it’s homeland, considering it’s two main rivals the Commodore 64 and the Amstrad Cpc range were it’s main competitors. The Spectrum came in several models, the […]
Goal Scoring Superstar Hero – Jon Hare’s Sociable Soccer
My Childhood was dominated by Sensible World of Soccer on my Amiga 500. Well I’ve grown up and finally the spiritual successor to SWOS has finally been announced, Jon Hare, the brainchild of Sensible Software now under his own software house, Tower Studios has announced his new Kickstarter campaign for Sociable Soccer. Sociable Soccer is […]
King’s Quest – A Knight to Remember Review
Am I living in the past or have I travelled back in time? I turn on the news and it’s Bush v Clinton for the US presidency, I look at the top grossing movies and Terminator and a Jurassic movie are the top 2 grossing movies for the month and then I turn on my […]
Interview with Ryuichi Nishizawa
The Retro Domination team were grateful to chat to Wonder boy creator and owner of Westone Bit Entertainment Ryuichi Nishizawa.
Video Games Live Melbourne 2015
It’s taken 10 years but the Video Games Live concert has finally arrived in Australia. Waiting in line amongst the cold Melbourne weather I stood there thinking what could I be expecting as I avoided any spoilers on the internet. Tommy Tallarico would post up on the Video Games Live Facebook page which songs people […]
OZ Comic-Con Melbourne 2015 – A Console Dominating Pre-show extravaganza
“Alright you Primitive Screw heads, listen up! You see this? This… is my boomstick! The twelve-gauge double-barreled Remington. S-Mart’s top of the line. You can find this in the sporting goods department. That’s right, this sweet baby was made in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Retails for about a hundred and nine, ninety five. It’s got a […]
Retro Game Remix Vol. 1 available now!
We are pleased to announce that Retro Game Remix Vol. 1, a compilation of retro gaming music performed in full by our good friend Erek Ladd, is now available for your listening pleasure!
Retro Domination Movie Review – World 1-1
“Video Games are really the training book of computer literacy,” Nolan Bushnell. World 1-1, is typically a term you would hear in any of the Super Mario games featured on Nintendo. However instead of a plump bouncing plumber, we have a 120 minute representation of the history of Atari, directed by Jeanette Garcia and Daryl […]
Starship Command Review (BBC Micro & Acorn)
Space is a dangerous place. What with alien fleets causing trouble and what not. Thankfully, space is defended by the Star-Fleet and their battle starships, and that’s where you come in with Starship Command, a 1983 release for the BBC Micro (Model B) & Acorn Electron.
Shadowgate Review (PC & Mac)
A point and click adventure classic which was originally released on the Apple Mac back in 1987 but made famous with its release onto the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1989 has recently been released in a completely new re-imagined version for PC & Mac. The premise to the game is that you the player must […]