by Adam Johnson | Nov 16, 2018 | 1990s, Audio, Columns, Console/Handheld, Pinball
It’s nearly Thanksgiving, and in the spirit of one of the most iconic balloons in the history of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, let’s take a look (and listen) to a Sonic the Hedgehog game that might not be the first on everyone’s mind....
by Magazine Writer | Mar 15, 2020 | 1990s, Other Magazines Preview
No, it’s not an ode to Street Fighter II’s Guile, but rather a focused compilation of Sonic the Hedgehog melodies created by Spencer Nilsen, a music composer, arranger, and producer best known for his work on first-party Sega CD games. Yet Sonic Boom, which...
by JasonBreininger | Mar 8, 2018 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews
Blast processing. Sega had it, Nintendo didn’t. I had no idea what it was and most other kids didn’t either. Of course, we now know it was a made up term used by the Sega marketing department, but that didn’t matter to us in 1991. All we knew was that there was this...
by Video Game of the Day | Jan 23, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
by Jason Russell | Aug 21, 2019 | Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews
Genesis Does What Nintendid In the event that you’ve been living under a rock, retro mini consoles are a hot commodity right now. Nintendo got the ball rolling with the NES Classic Edition (then again with the SNES), Sony did their best to compete with the poorly...