by Jason Russell | Feb 19, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld
If ever there were a plug and play mini retro system that I couldn’t quite be sure about, THEC64 Mini would have to be the one. On the surface it looks like there’s a lot for a retro gaming enthusiast to appreciate but dig a little deeper and some of the early...
by Jason Russell | Feb 11, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews
A Tale of Immediate Regret Were you spying through my kitchen window this past Friday night, you’d be forgiven for suspecting the 8-bit graphics and sounds flooding the room were being generated by hardware manufactured while Reagan was still in office. However, upon...
by JasonBreininger | Jan 14, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Reviews
There aren’t very many consoles in my collection that I’ve ignored in the manner that I’ve ignored the Atari 7800 ProSystem over the years. I’ve owned Atari’s 3rd (2600 x 3 = 7800) foray into home console gaming for many years but after my initial purchase along with...
by JasonBreininger | Dec 16, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Reviews
Full motion video games, or FMV’s for short, were all the (short lived) rage back in the early 90s. CD technology had been around for a few years in the music industry, but, by 1992, it was finally mainstream to the point where just about everyone had traded in their...