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Trivial Pursuit
About This Episode For most GenX’ers, board games were a big part of how we played together. In 1981, a new game came along where rolling the dice and moving your piece was secondary to your knowledge of trivia and pop culture. In this Backtrack, we’re going around...
New LEGO X Sonic Shadow The Hedgehog Shadow Set Announced
An awesome preview of the upcoming LEGO x Sonic the Hedgehog Shadow’s Escape set has just dropped, making both Sonic and LEGO fans incredibly happy. The Sonic The Hedgehog collection on the LEGO website has been growing like crazy, and we couldn’t be happier. It was...
20 Years Ago: The End of An Era: The Last NFL GameDay on PS2
Nine years isn’t a tremendously long amount of time, but in video games, particularly sports games, it’s essentially a lifetime. From its early beginnings as one of the founding fathers of the original PlayStation experience, the NFL GameDay series not only held its...
Out now! Strike Force Heroes for Steam
About Strike Force Heroes - Strike Force Heroes is an action-packed, old-school arena shooter rebuilt with modern mechanics. First introduced as a Flash game in 2012, publisher IndieArk and developer Sky9 Games have completely reimagined Strike Force Heroes from the...
Atari Nano Player Pro | Review & Comparison | Atari VCS/2600 Classics from My Arcade
Atari® is a pioneer in the video game industry, responsible for some of the most iconic games of all time, including Pong®, Breakout®, and Asteroids®. Atari® was founded in 1972 and, with a rich history that spans over 50 years, is one of the oldest video game...
The Italian Amiga Demo Scene & Darkage Software – The Retro Hour EP402
In week's show, dive deep into the 1990s Italian Amiga scene with Paolo D'Urso. From his days as a demo coder and cloning Super Mario 64 with the late Amiga classic 'Tales of Heaven', to the publication of 'Passione Amiga' magazine. Now, Paolo's reigniting his Amiga...
Why Paradroid For the C64 Was So Awesome!
The Commodore C64 was a great little machine for its day, and its games were worthy successors to the Atari games which came before it. One game will always stand out for me as particularly enjoyable, due to its innovative concept, progression, style, and overall...
Atari Revitalizes a Crown Jewel of the 80s Arcade Era with Berzerk: Recharged, Available Now on PC and Consoles
NEW YORK, Nov. 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atari® — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — is delighted to announce the launch of its latest retro-charged reimagining of a beloved gaming classic, Berzerk: Recharged....
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