The House of the Dead

by Shaun Jex | Oct 28, 2018 | 1990s, Arcade, Reviews, The Story Of...

I will always associate the game House of the Dead with going to the movies. The game was released in Japan in 1996, appearing in the United States a year later. It immediately became a staple at arcades. As I recall, it sat in the arcade section of every movie...

Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Sierra On-Line

by David Oxford | Oct 25, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Among all the companies who formed the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team, Sierra is a most peculiar case. Nintendo has seemingly had an eye on the home computer market in some form or another for years by this point, from the Nintendo Entertainment System being branded the...

The Shock and Scandal of Phantasmagoria

by Shaun Jex | Oct 24, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

It all began with a single childhood trauma. At age four, future video game designer Roberta Williams saw the 1959 film Horrors of the Black Museum, a movie about a frustrated writer who hypnotizes his assistant and makes him torture people to provide inspiration for...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jeffrey Wittenhagen

by Todd Friedman | Oct 21, 2018 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

This week we look back at an interview I did with author and Retro Gamer Jeffrey Wittenhagen.   Jeffrey has written a handful of retro gaming books with stunning illustration.   You can access these books for purchase as well as other items from Jeffrey...

Shivers: Exploring Dr. Windlenot’s Mysterious Museum

by Shaun Jex | Oct 20, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Professor Windlenot’s Museum of the Strange and Unusual sits in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Opened by Sir Hubert Windlenot, the museum was intended to highlight the arcane knowledge Windlenot gathered over the course of his career with the The President, Council and...

Analogue Announces FPGA-Based Third & Fourth Gen Sega Console

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 19, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

Sega fans, prepare to be delighted. Analogue, known for such hits as the Super NT and Nt Mini, is following up on its Nintendo based success with a complete Sega solution. The Mega Sg is no one-trick pony; not only will it support games from the venerable Mega Drive...