Backbone Entertainment

Review Atari Anniversary Advance (Game Boy Advance)

A nice sampler of classic greatness

When you open the arcade gaming history books to the early years, they should feature the name "Atari" in big, bold letters. Though strongly associated with home consoles in later years, Nolan Bushnell started this gaming empire in the arcades with games like Pong and Breakout (the assembly of the latter...

• Mon 12th Jul 2010
• Retro
• Reviews

Review LEGO Rock Band (DS)

Does the series’ DS debut rock or roll over and die?

DS music game fans have a pretty good selection for a portable, with Nintendo’s own stellar Rhythm Heaven and Activision’s Guitar Hero and Band Hero outings eager to put your rhythm skills to work. Harmonix’s Rock Band series has now taken the handheld’s stage for the first time in the...

• Sat 7th Nov 2009
• DS
• Reviews
• Retro

Review MechAssault: Phantom War (DS)

A stomping good game?

MechWarrior. You’ve got to love it. The very concept of stomping around in your own personal giant robot, crushing things underfoot and blowing things up really is the sort of thing we gamers live for. Go on, admit it: every one of you has at some point had ‘the MechWarrior fantasy’. Up until 2002 however, the MechWarrior...

• Mon 12th Oct 2009
• DS
• Reviews
• Retro