Glen’s Retro Show – by Ryan Burger

Glen’s Retro Show – by Ryan Burger

Let’s start this out by telling you that Glen Planamento is one of the nicest people I have ever met in the ten years that I’ve been actively involved in the retro gaming community. I have had the pleasure of being his friend for a couple of years now and have been...
Time Crisis – by Ryan Burger

Time Crisis – by Ryan Burger

It was all about Time Crisis and The House of the Dead. Time Crisis hit me harder overall. This rail shooter takes you through different missions across the series. Each mission typically has three stages, and each stage has four areas you fight through. I have never...
Pitfall – by Ryan Burger

Pitfall – by Ryan Burger

This masterpiece was one of the largest games ever made back in 1982. Think about this: 255 screens of gaming, all packed in 4 KB. The file size of Activision’s breakout title, Pitfall! (1982), was 4 KB. Every copy sold of this game would total 15.25 GB (4 million...
Adventure Land – by Ryan Burger

Adventure Land – by Ryan Burger

Before home computers ever had an “adventure game,” there was Colossal Cave Adventure (1976- 1977) by Will Crowther and Don Woods. Often referred to simply as Adventure or ADVENT, it ran on a PDP-10 mainframe, a machine that cost about $150,000 in the 1970s, roughly...