Text Adventures and Early Gaming – By Kristopher Purzycki

by Kristopher Purzycki | Feb 2, 2018 | 1970s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

When we think of classic games, we might typically think as far back as to those days when Nintendo and Sega were battling for supremacy over the market. Many still look back further to when similar lines were being drawn in the sand between Atari, Coleco, and...

Two Classics From the 80’s , the Classics Boulder Dash Game and the Retro THEC64 Mini, Join Forces

by Old School Gamer | Jan 31, 2018 | Console/Handheld

Boulder Dash®, the world-famous video game from 1984, is to be supplied pre-installed in its original version on THEC64® Mini, the re-born retro computer based on the original C64 from 1982 that connects to any modern HD TV Munich, Germany – Retro Games Ltd. and BBG...

Review: Retro-Bit RES+ – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Jan 30, 2018 | 2010s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Let me start this review by saying I forgot how much I really hated the Teenage Mutant Turtles game for the Nintendo until I started to review this product. Also, I would like to say how much I forgot how much I hated Super Mario 3. Now before we start to get letters,...

Space Invaders (Atari VCS/2600)

by JasonBreininger | Jan 30, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

It has been well documented that Space Invaders was a quarter-hogging phenomenon back in the late 1970’s, and Atari catapulted themselves into 1st place during the early home console wars when they procured the rights to port it on their Video Computer System in 1980....

Phoenix IV: Arcade Classics Return

by Leonard Herman | Jan 29, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

As Virtuality was bringing an old classic back to arcades in a new way, other companies were releasing classic arcade games for new formats. Following the success of Activision’s Atari 2600 Action Packs, several companies began releasing compilations of classic arcade...

Downright Bizarre Games: Zombies Ate My Neighbors – Good or Bad?!?!?

by Michael Thomasson | Jan 29, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo 1993 You always secretly knew that your neighbors were useless… even before Lucas Arts and Konami confirmed it. In this run and gun game you control Julie or Zeke, armed to the teeth with unconventional artillery such as water pistols,...