A game as notorious for its massive budget as it is for its polarising nature among gamers. I absolutely adore Shenmue and Shenmue II and even downright tolerate Shenmue III, such is my love for the series. Having said that, I am in disagreement with those who claim that Shenmue is the first video game that could be classed as a ‘Triple A’ game…

The House of the Dead (1996) was alongside Resident Evil (1996) as one of the games that reinvigorated something of a zombie craze in video games. While Resident Evil was a much more nuanced and slower paced horror affair, The House of the Dead was far more bombastic and fast paced game. Resident Evil was a console smash-hit, but Sega’s The House of the Dead was a coin-operated success story…

Have you ever been so angry that you wanted to throw an arcade cabinet at someone?

When Sega’s AM2 division makes a fighting game, the world would do well to sit up and take notice. After creating the 3D fighting genre with the seminal Virtua Fighter in 1993, many competitors would arrive in this exciting new field of competitive gaming. AM2 themselves would put a new spin on their Virtua Fighter gameplay with 1995’s Fighting Vipers…