It’s a combination that shouldn’t work, but it does. Take a driving game, add a bunch of guns and death-match shooter mechanics, and then cover it all in a heavy coating of 1970s aesthetics. That’s Vigilante 8…

The scene was set for the next generation of consoles, with a new competitor entering the world of video game hardware for the first time. 1998 was a mix of established platforms alongside brand new ones, a mix of optimising old hardware and of experimenting with new potential.