Tag: Conversion

Retro Revisited: Rainbow Islands (ZX Spectrum)

The ZX Spectrum was one of the greatest 8-bit micros of the day and, along with the C64, was one of the predominant 8-bit gaming platform in the UK during the ’80s and ’90s. With any popular platform, publishers were always looking to increase software sales and one of the most popular and lucrative genres was the arcade conversion. Coders…

Retro Revisited: Street Fighter II (Amiga)

The year was 1992 and Commodore Amiga owners were going into paroxysms of excitement – I should know for I was one of them – because the unthinkable was happening – Street Fighter II, one of the best arcade fighters ever made, was soon to be released for the system. The game received massive amounts of pre-release coverage (and hype)…