1942 By Brandon Poe

1942 By Brandon Poe

by | Aug 20, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Each month in Retro Revisited, Classic Console’s very own Brandon Poe picks one classic game to play. This month’s classic: Capcom’s 1942. This month I decided to sit down with a game I really did not have much experience with. I had only heard of this game when I was...
32X Support is Finally Coming to the Mega Sg

32X Support is Finally Coming to the Mega Sg

by | Aug 19, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s

The Mega Sg, by Analogue, is a jack-of-all-trades FPGA Sega console when it comes to the 80’s and 90’s. While it can play Genesis/Mega Drive and the Master System out of the box (as well as including an edge connector for the Sega/Mega CD), additional adapters can...
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Moondust

The Cabinet of Curiosities: Moondust

by | Aug 18, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

In 1978, Brian Eno released the album Ambient 1: Music for Airports. It remains a landmark in the world of ambient music, a genre which said was, “as ignorable as it was interesting” and which was intended to “induce calm and a space to think.” The music was quiet,...
Activision

Activision

by | Aug 18, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Prior to the creation of Activision, third party publishers did not exist. This is not just some statement thrown out to explain this publisher’s importance, it is a literal fact. Activision, formed in October 1979, was the first ever independent publisher to exist in...
Super Trash Truck

Super Trash Truck

by | Aug 16, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Every month we here at Classic Console Magazine are given the awesome task of looking at some of the best new up and coming homebrew and independent releases for the Atari 2600. A large amount of games are being created by the retro gaming community. Some are of such...