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Vintage Retro Web Sites
I am on my 10th year of co-promoting the Video Games Summit in Illinois (http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS/) and I have met and worked with many vendors of Retro gaming. I also have been to many video game conferences and met a lot of great people who have companies...
Homebrew Game Boy Game Gets Physical Release
Do you want to relieve the enjoyment of Christmas morning 1989 for your significant other/friend/family member later this month by gifting them a brand-new Game Boy game? Well, too bad. The first batch of one has sold out. However, a second batch is coming. Stepping...
Classic Home Video Games 1985-1988: Rolling Thunder
Publisher: Tengen. Developer: Tengen, Platform Shooter, 1 player 1989. Despite skinnier characters, less colorful graphics, and lack of two-player alternating mode, Rolling Thunder is an excellent port of Namco's 1986 arcade classic. On a mission to rescue the...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Golf
There are all kinds of video game collectors out there: Some may focus on a specific platform, a specific publisher or developer, a specific series, or even just a certain character. Of course, when it comes to Nintendo's Mario, he's not "just" a character -- he's the...
Games Deserving a Remaster: Burning Rangers
We look at one of Sega’s most underrated classics, Burning Rangers. A late Saturn release, it’s a prime candidate for remastering.
Super Mario Bros. (NES)
Home video gaming in the 1980’s was ultimately defined by two consoles, the Atari Video Computer System (2600) and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Sure, there were many other popular, well received, and well made consoles during that time, but it...
Arcade Mania – The Board Game That’s Just Like Going to the Arcade
Arcades of the 1980's were dens of sin and vice. Despised by right-thinking American parents as dark, smoke-filled places that turned wholesome suburban tweens into dope smoking video game zombies. Or so I learned later from reading things like Charles Beamer's 1982...
Capcom Reveals New Mainline Mega Man TM Title in celebration of Video Game Icon’s 30th Anniversary
Legendary Series Returns in 2018 with Brand New Mega ManTM 11 Game and Legacy Titles for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC UK, London – Dec. 4, 2017 – Today during the Mega Man™ 30th Anniversary Livestream in partnership with Twitch, Capcom, a leading...
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