Spice Up Valentine’s Day with These Retro Co-op Games

by Matthew Owen | Feb 14, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld

Valentine’s Day is here, so if you’ve got someone special to celebrate the holiday with, it’s a perfect day to bond over shared experiences and create new memories along the way. Sure, you could default to the old “dinner and a movie” date, but why...

New version released of tool to play SimCity 2000 on modern operating systems

by William Schwartz | Feb 13, 2025 | 1990s, Gaming, Retro Computing

  Steam has been a fairly decent service in terms of providing modern compatibility for older games. But there’s one curious exception to this trend- the classic game SimCity 2000. While SimCity 2000 is available on Steam, it’s only available as the...

Tetris Forever Review – by Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Feb 13, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Magazine Preview

The first time I played Tetris on the Macintosh, I became instantly addicted! This was a game that gave me every reason to sneak back into the journalism lab just to use the computer again and again. I truly believe it was because of the simplicity and complexity of...

Ristar: SEGA’s Forgotten 16-Bit Mascot

by Matthew Owen | Feb 13, 2025 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

A sentient star who stretches his arms and bounds across stages with speed, Ristar is a SEGA protagonist with just as much charm as Sonic, yet time has not been so kind to this cosmic character. In 1995, Ristar debuted on the Genesis/Mega Drive to decent critical...

The Smurfs – Dreams review by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Feb 12, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

The Smurfs: Dreams is a charming and light-hearted platformer that offers a fun experience for both fans of the Smurfs and newcomers. Although the reviewer wasn’t familiar with Smurf media beforehand, the game’s premise was easy to follow, relying on classic...

Japanese Handhelds – by Jeremy Parish

by Jeremy Parish | Feb 8, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

There exists in biological sciences a principle called “carcinization.” This concept expounds on the fact that evolution has a tendency to lead animal life to eventually take the form of a crab. This has happened, quite independently, roughly half a dozen times...