Perfect Dark Zero
The sequel to the original Perfect Dark game, released as a launch title for the Xbox 360 in 2005. First off, Perfect Dark Zero is trying to tell the origin story of Joanna Dark, our badass spy chick, in this futuristic 2020 where corporations are running the show (similar to your typical futuristic SciFI story,…
The Sims 2 – Open for Business
The third expansion released for The Sims 2, that added the ability to create and run business from their own home, or from a community lot. This expansion also included the concept of badges, business perks. OFB gives sims more options on how to make money, instead of having to have a career. Business can…
South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play!
A tower defense game with a South park flavor, released in 2009 exclusively on the Xbox 360. With these sort of games you would expect them to be a simple cash grab by reskinning an existing tower survival engine and apply the South Park theme over it. Trey Parker and Matt Stone were hands-on, making…
Wipeout Fusion
The PS2 instalment for Sony’s Wipeout series of futuristic racers, which gave us the first 60fps Wipeout experience. It was released late for a first party PS2 title, coming out in 2002. It is set in the year 2160 during the F9000 Anti-Gravity Racing League and sees the return of ship pilots that can be…
The PlayStation 2 in 2025
The PlayStation 2 (PS2) needs no introduction, being one of the best selling consoles and the most well regarded thanks to its game library. While the console is over 25 years old, modern mods and accessories allow for improved reliability, video quality, storage, and even online functionality. Whilst it’s nice to revisit the PS2 era…
Street Racing Syndicate
Street Racing Syndicate is like the mixture of The Fast and the Furious and a Hot Import Nights car show. Released in 2004 by Eutechnyx and Namco (who developed Ridge Racer), it’s you against the underground racing scene in cities like LA, Miami, and Philly. Your goal? Stack cash, earn respect, trick out your ride,…
Exploring a Windows Theme CD
Once upon a time, Themes were an excellent way to personalise ones desktop, from a simple wallpaper to changing the OS colour scheme and fonts, themes were a good way for one user to express themselves through the use of their desktop. The Windows 9x series of operating systems say the rise of custom themes…
Matrox Mystique
86Box recently introduced support for the Matrox Mystique and the Millenium series of graphics cards. Here we will be looking at emulated versions of these graphics cards to see what performance and gameplay is like with these graphics cards. Despite Direct3D being released in 1996, Matrox still developed their own since DirectX support was not…
Project Manager Pro (1996)
A project management software from 1996 that I found on a bundled OEM PC from TIME. Lets take a look at what project management was like in 1996 The software was intended to be used on Windows 95 and 3.1, which was still in common use at the time of release. It was developed by…
Halo 3 ODST
A first-person shooter developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios, released on September 22, 2009, for the Xbox 360. Unlike the main Halo series, which focuses on the super-soldier Master Chief, ODST puts you in the boots of Orbital Drop Shock Troopers (ODSTs), elite but human soldiers in the Halo universe. For the…
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