Chase the Chuck Wagon for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Feb 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

When I started collecting Atari 2600 games in the nineties, Chase the Chuck Wagon was the Holy Grail. There were entire Geocities pages dedicated to its rarity complete with lists of the privileged few who owned a copy, those either lucky enough to find it in the wild...

They don’t make them like they used to!

by Old School Gamer | Feb 4, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld

The saying “they don’t make them like they used to” is getting a whole new meaning when it comes to video games. Back in the day, games lacked all the flashy effects and graphics they have today so, in order to be successful, they had to offer their...

Nintendo 64 Chronicles [9] Dark Rift & Starfox 64

by Mike Benton | Jan 27, 2019 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

#17 : Dark Rift Yet another fighting game joins the ranks on the Nintendo 64, but we still don’t have our first native fighting game, with all the released ones being re-released titles. Dark Rift comes from a cancelled fighting game that was intended for the...

Bit Quest II for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Jan 18, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Console/Handheld

After the conclusion of the first Bit Quest game, the evil Baron von Darkbit turned his back on forty years of video game tradition and, instead of recapturing the Princess for the sequel, captured the Hero. In Bit Quest II it’s up to the Princess to defeat the...

Top-5 Rarest Sega Master System Titles

by Alina Burns | Jan 17, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Reviews

Hello, retro maniacs! If you look for something mega old and specific, you came to the right address! In this GamesMojo.com guest article, I’m going to tell you about 5 rare-&-worthy games for the Sega Master System. This console was released in 1985 and is still...

Sound Bytes: NES SimCity Prototype (NES, Unreleased)

by Adam Johnson | Jan 6, 2019 | 1980s, Audio, Console/Handheld

You may have recently heard that a SimCity prototype for the NES was unearthed near the end of 2018. Although not 100% finished, the game (which was never released on the NES, but instead developed for the SNES) does have a full score composed by Soyo Oka, who also...