Forget open world adventures: Retro Bowl is so cute I want to cuddle it | Dominik Diamond

An 80s vision of NFL that you can take on bathroom breaks with your phone – that’s what I call building back better

What a year 1983 was, eh? The release of the Nintendo Entertainment System heralded the Third Generation of Gaming – arguably the zenith of game design - and we had the first Super Bowl broadcast on Channel 4. Both rocked my world as a teenager. Nintendo had Super Mario. Channel 4 had Super Gario AKA Gary Imlach who is one of the greatest sports broadcasters ever. They also had Mick Luckhurst. Who isn’t. Now that is what I call variety!

Both worlds are gloriously represented in my latest gaming addiction NFL Retro Bowl ’25.