Retro games

Retro games look back to an earlier era of gaming, whether through their graphics, their sound or the kind of challenge they set. Retro here is about style and spirit rather than age, so a game can be brand new and still feel like a throwback. On this shelf the arcade side dominates: nearly every game here is also filed in our Arcade category, which makes it a natural home for pinball, brick breakers and other old favourites.

3D Pinball - Space Cadet leads the shelf, and brick-breaking fans get two picks in Toy Space Bricks Breaker and Brick Breaker Retro. Next come Gem Twins, Dunjun, Wormpocalypse, Boing Bang and Dotto Botto, a run of short, catchy names that fits the old arcade spirit.

The rest of the top of the shelf is made up of Emerald and Amber, Shadoworld Adventure, Tomb of the Cat and Jungle Game. Whether you grew up with games like these or are meeting the style for the first time, there is plenty here to try.