It’s In The Game Episode 1 Review: Amazon Prime Documentary Covers the Madden Franchise to 1990

by William Schwartz | Nov 27, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Apple 2, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing, Reviews

  It’s a bit strange to think of Madden Football in retro terms. Yes, the franchise dates to the eighties- but it still exists today, debatably as the most popular video game of our era, just not one we generally describe as a part of video game culture...

A review of Day of the Tentacle from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Retro Computing, Reviews

  As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and...

DOOM II Celebrates 30 Years of FPS Mayhem

by Matthew Owen | Oct 10, 2024 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing

When developer id Software first released DOOM for MS-DOS in late 1993, the world was forever changed. Engulfed by this fast-paced frenzy of demon slaying, gamers old and new were enamored with the genre-defining first-person shooter. 10 months later, DOOM II arrived,...

A review of Minesweeper from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Aug 14, 2024 | 1990s, Retro Computing, Reviews

A major factor of retro gaming isn’t just what the games themselves are so much as the context of where they were played. Kyle Orland’s Minesweeper from Boss Fight Books is an excellent demonstration of this philosophy in action, simply because Minesweeper...

An interview with Dustin Hubbard of Gaming Alexandria

by William Schwartz | Jul 2, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Interviews, Retro Computing, The Story Of...

The history of retro gaming isn’t an especially long one, only going back maybe fifty years, at least if we limit ourselves to retro games as being computers rather than just complex machines. Preservation of this material can be challenging and thankless. All...

Atari Acquires Rollercoaster Tycoon 3

by Atari News Feed | May 20, 2024 | 1990s, Atari, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing

Atari announced today that the company will become the publisher of Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 developed by Frontier Developments plc. Released in 2004, the title is available on PC, Mac, iOS and Nintendo Switch. Atari is now the sole publisher of all major titles within...