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A New Marauder for the Atari 2600
There's nothing wrong with the old Marauder if you ask me. It's a perfectly good Berzerk rip-off with an interesting line-of-sight mechanic. That means that any enemies or objects the main character can't "see," because they're behind him or on the other side of a...
Capturing Retro Game Footage
Maybe you’re thinking of starting a YouTube channel about retro gaming, or you’re planning on streaming something like speedruns or (god forbid) let’s plays – you’re going to need a way to record the gameplay. Sure, you could simply point a camera at the screen and...
Review: Hyperkin RETRON HD – By Marc Andrews
Hyperkin’s Retron HD is cool no doubt about it. As the owner of a Hyperkin Retron 5 (plays tons of different consoles through downloading the Roms from the cartridge slots and has its own interface for loading games, etc, I’m thrilled that they made a unit like this...
My Arcade Debuts New Collectibles Licensed From Bandai Namco Entertainment at CES 2018
PAC-MANTM, GalagaTM, and Dig DugTM Headline New Wave of Table-Top Mini Arcades and Portable Handhelds TORRANCE, CA - Retro gaming brand, My Arcade has acquired license from legendary video game developer, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, to release a new range of...
Tempest 2000 (Atari Jaguar)
Back in 1994, Atari were in need of a flagship game for their latest console, the Jaguar. The launch titles they had released for the console weren’t doing the trick in moving systems out the retailer’s doors. Thankfully, Jeff Minter had been designing a game that...
F-Zero: The Original Face of the Super NES
With the release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition in late September 2017, Nintendo also released a number of new interviews with developers of the system's earliest games to shine a little light on how things came to be at the dawn of their...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul Zimmerman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul Zimmerman, who currently is displayed on card number 1, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Paul has many World Records held on the Atari 2600 System. Games like Demon Attack, Berzerk and Phoenix to name a few. Paul...
Pikmin for GameCube Review
This was my first GameCube review - Pikmin! Released in 2001, Pikmin has you directing a bunch 'Pikmin' to salvage scattered spaceship parts after crash-landing on an uncharted planet. You're under the pump, though - you've only got 30 days until your oxygen runs out!...
This Day In Video Game History
