by Shaun Jex | Jul 7, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
About a month ago, I decided I was finally going to learn how to skateboard. I had a skateboard as a kid, but I never learned how to use it. The most I did was use it as a luge down the hill near my house. Now, I’m learning how to use my board properly. Mostly, that...
by Magazine Writer | Jul 7, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
Do you love halloween? I certainly do, and the fact that it is coming soon got all of us here at Classic Console Magazine thinking about some of the great “spooky” retro games that we have played over the years. These are not games that are necessarily in...
by Brendan Meharry | Jul 6, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
It’s been several months since we reported on the Evercade. The new retro handheld console that uses a cartridge system and includes HDMI-out previously had a handful of big-name publishers sign onboard, including the likes of Atari, Interplay and Data East. Since our...
by Mike Mertes | Jul 5, 2019 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
By the beginning of 1989, the Nintendo Entertainment System already had a plethora of platforming titles available, but none of them had evolved the genre as much as one title in particular. Just a few short months into 1989, Ninja Gaiden set itself apart from other...
by Shaun Jex | Jul 5, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
Late at night, I often lay in bed pondering the deep, unanswerable questions of life: Why are we here? What does it all mean? And why would someone decide to make a video game based off Purina’s Chuck Wagon line of dog food? First, a little background is necessary. In...
by David Oxford | Jul 4, 2019 | 1980s
Is this deja vu? Didn’t we just look at a Mario cameo in Tetris a few weeks ago? Yes, indeed, but not this version of Tetris. And truth be told, I wish I’d had the foresight to do this article as my first in June, since that was the very day of...