What a difference 30 years makes...

Oh God. It doesn't get any more brutal than this. Fighter Pilot would have given young Atari owners the wish-fulfillment of piloting a super fast jet. But against the eye-splitting beauty of Ace Combat 6 it only makesus weep with amazement at the crushing, relentless march of technology. Next-gen ahoy! *Sniff*

Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of GamesRadar+. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.