Phil ‘Footy’ King’s career in magazines stretches across five decades and counting. Starting as a staff writer on Crash in the late-Eighties, before becoming editor of Mega Power and popular tips mag PowerStation, he still works on magazines today. We have a kickabout with Phil and get the complete A to Z of his enduring games media career

STEVENTON 6DIDCOT 0 Youth game, 1999 “I may have got some of the details of this game wrong, because I was 10 years old and it was 26 or 27 years ago, but this was the start of my love for football. I

It takes only one really exceptional game for a studio to become a cult developer. In Kaiko’s case, that was the amazing insect-themed shmup Apidya. With a remaster due shortly, Apidya helped the short-lived German company become a firm favourite with the Amiga audience

THE WALLET-FRIENDLY DIZZY SERIES WAS A HUGE SUCCESS FOR CODEMASTERS, BUT WHAT HAPPENED WHEN IT DECIDED TO MAKE A FULL-PRICE DIZZY GAME? DID CODEMASTERS CRACK THE MARKET OR DID IT END UP WITH EGG ON ITS FACE?

Does the 1996 shooter still kick ass and chew bubblegum?

June 29, 1950. A player with a broad grin on his face is being carried shoulder-high by a group of excited local fans in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. His name is Larry ‘Joe’ Gaetjens and his team, the Unit