Question for you all... Are you all modern gamers as well? And what consoles do you play...XBox / PS / PC or are you purely retro gamers? I have PS5 and my PC runs my Flight Sim set-up, but definitely love going back to old games. Apologies if this slightly off topic, not looking to spark discussions on modern games, just curious if you all purely like the retro scene or play the modern consoles as well.

The US release of Lancelot maybe the worst. (My family had that blow up dinosaur used as a dragon by the way, lol)

Back in the day there was no more fun to be had than getting one or more mates around to play on the 64. There was no better feeling than taking on your mates head to head. Which were the best 2 player (or more) games for the 64? I’ll start with a couple of great 2 player racing games. First is Rally Speedway. This was released in 1984 by Commodore. And written by John Anderson. As a one player game is pretty good allowing you to race in a time trial around the track trying to beat your best time. Where the game really shines is in 2 player mode. This is the ultimate risk/reward game in that you have to get far enough ahead of your opponent to get a full screen ahead and your opponent would get a 10 second time penalty. Unfortunately the closer you get to the edge of the screen the less you can see corners and obstacles coming up. The handling is perfect allowing you to drift around corners (depending on the setting) performing some amazing cornering. The options on the title screen include the top speed achievable, normal, wet or icy roads and invulnerability. A race with a top speed of 100 mph on a wet road is about the perfect setting for an amazing 2 player experience. You can aim to push your opponent off the track only ending up missing them if they braked and hitting a house next to the track, or get nearly a screen ahead only to not see the corner coming up and hit a tree. It’s so much fun. It also has a really good selection of tracks and even a brilliant course designer allowing you to save your own tracks to disk! This game was obviously an inspiration for later games like Micro Machines. It may not look much but this is a real hidden gem and if you haven’t ever played it I would thoroughly encourage you to do so. The next Pitstop II needs no introduction. This is the best pole position type 2 player race game. I spent many hours playing head to head on this game against friends. You could play it as pure out and out racer beating you opponent to the line or target their tyres forcing them to crash or have to make a pitstop while you make the call as to whether you have good enough tyres and enough fuel to skip the Pits allowing you to get ahead. Great times. It has so much Epyx polish and was so far ahead of games like the C64 conversion of Pole Position.

Which games came with the most memorable artwork? With graphics being quite simplistic back in the 8 bit era the artwork on games did a lot of the heavy lifting in giving you an idea of what a game was all about. I always really liked the artwork on the early Electronic Arts releases such as Archon, Realm of Impossibility and Murder on the Zinderneuf.

What's everyone's favourite game music from the amazing SID chip? It's hard to narrow down for me. I love Nemesis the Warlock, Hawkeye, Cybernoid 2, the Last Ninja series, Spellbound, Warhawk and pretty much all version of the Ocean Loader. Parallax is a great, trippy tune too. That SID chip had a major influence on my musical tastes growing up. I'm a fan of Jarre, Tangerine Dream, Vangellis, Kraftwerk and later Kebu and Madis. Electronic music just speaks to me in ways nothing else does, all thanks to SID. Over to you...