by Todd Friedman | Feb 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Eddie Adlum, who currently is displayed on card number 2050, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Eddie is the founder and publisher of RePlay Magazine. He has been writing or publishing since 1964, where he worked for...
by Shaun Jex | Feb 24, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...
One of Nintendo’s most iconic characters was never really meant for the screen. Kirby, who has appeared in over 30 games, was initially just used to hold space until developers created a more detailed character. The game’s developers, HAL Laboratory, planned on...
by Brendan Meharry | Feb 22, 2019 | 1990s
Way back in October, I wrote about the upcoming FPGA-powered Mega Sg by the always fun manufacturer, Analogue. To be their Sega version of the Nt, Nt Mini and Super Nt (which were based on the NES and SNES respectively) the Mega Sg would boast support for the Genesis...
by David Oxford | Feb 21, 2019 | 1990s
Right out of the box, the 1991 launch of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System mirrored what Nintendo fans across North America had come to know, love, and associate with the company’s previous platform. Console? Check. Two controllers? Check. A pack-in copy...
by Shaun Jex | Feb 16, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, The Story Of...
The Pet Shop Boys, and to a lesser extent Horace Greeley, once advised us all to GO WEST, and as a general rule I do what the Pet Shop Boys tell me to do. After all, life is peaceful there in the open air. Sadly, I was born roughly a century and half too late to take...
by David Oxford | Feb 14, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
From the time it was released in 1989, there was one criticism, one grievance that seemed to follow the original Game Boy wherever it went: “Where’s the color?” It was the one perceived shortcoming of Nintendo’s handheld device, and one that...