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No 68 – Bret Mogilefsky – Interview
The Grim Fandango/LucasArts supremo kindly gave some of his time to drop and have a good chat with our Adrian for a truly fascinating insight into working with Tim Schafer, the LucasArts crew, and the sheer work required to bring a masterpiece like Grim Fandango to...
How To Make It as a Retro Gaming Youtuber – The Retro Hour EP126
Ever wanted to become a successful retro gaming Youtuber? We get some top tips from Kim Justice and Slope's Game Room (recorded live at PLAY Expo, Glasgow) Kim Justice: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9ZWVL1Elyt2cdiQYjxS_1w Slope's Game Room:...
222 Complicated Minds
Hello Retro Gamers and welcome to episode 222 of RGDS. This episode is dedicated to discussion the many Mental Health problems experience by many of us within the Retro Gaming community. From addiction, to depression and dealing with the difficulties that every day...
S2 EP32: Caveman Ninja (Arcade)/Video Game Preservation
Factory Sealed – Ep. 159: Final Fantasy IX: Disc 1
We delve way too deep into the history of the mystical land of Hett, predict E3 2018, and analyze the hell out of Final Fantasy IX disc 1. The post Factory Sealed – Ep. 159: Final Fantasy IX: Disc 1 appeared first on Factory...
No 67 – Robocop vs Terminator
Not just a glorious Genesis/Mega Drive game, Rob talks us through its comic beginnings (the media format, not hilarity) to said SEGA 16-bit version and I suppose we'd better talk about the (ugh) SNES version... Will someone please give us a reboot!! Mega Drive Review...
Boulder Dash with Peter Liepa – The Retro Hour EP125
We talk to Peter Liepa to get the backstory on the classic Boulder Dash! Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Dan Thrue, Neil Ginns, Hubert Stancyk, Roy Gillotti Join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8 This week's Easter Eggs:...
S2 EP31: Our Favorite Video Game Soundtracks
No 66 – Diddy Kong Racing!
Its place in kart racing folklore needs no recapping. Well, maybe a little. Adrian tells us how he had to choose a kart racer for his newly purchased N64 and thankfully went for Diddy Kong over a certain other kart racer which shall not be named. Rob thinks he should...
RoundUp 129 – Proportionate Response
Hardware Flashback - (00:00) Dinosaur Pie - (42:36) Kidd Video And Hidden Fortress - I Need A Quarter - (1:37:47) Ted Dabney Interview - (1:41:46) Top Ten Drug Related Games - (3:31:07) Gaming Trivia - (4:37:00) The British IBM: Jet Set Willy - (4:37:27) Live News And...
Mindscape to Electronic Arts with Mark ‘TDK’ Knight – The Retro Hour EP124
We chat to BAFTA award winner Mark "TDK" Knight about his time at Mindscape, Bullfrog and Electronic Arts, and some old-skool Demo Scene chat. Mark Knight website: http://www.flitkillsmoths.co.uk/ Thanks to our amazing donators this week: Charles Astwood, Greg Gerke,...
221 ZX Spectrum Magazines
Crash, Your Spectrum/Sinclair & Sinclair User were 3 of the best selling and much loved ZX Spectrum magazines in the 80's. Rising from the emerging industry of home computer games, these giants wrote the rule book in video game journalism. Retro Gamer writer Graeme...
Pac-Man Kill Screen Explained
Mayhem in Monsterland: The Swan Song of the Commodore 64
All good things come to an end. By the early 1990s, the golden age of Commodore 64 games was past. The world of technology was moving on, but the system had one last surprise in store for the gaming world. It came in the form of a little dinosaur. The dinosaur’s name...
Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues for Game Boy by Ocean
In the early to mid-90s, Jurassic Park was big business, and every company who had a piece of the license was understandably fully intent on capitalizing on it to the fullest. However, there was something of a problem with that: Once they'd adapted the 1993 movie,...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside: ‘INC $D020: Guide to C64 Intro Coding’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with INC $D020: Guide to C64 Intro Coding author Damian Caynes to find out what inspired the upcoming book and why it’s different from any tutorial you’ll find on the web. About INC $D020: Guide to C64 Intro Coding: A ground breaking...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Don Atreides
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Don Atreides, who is displayed on card number 2439, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. Don is one of the top Tetris Players anywhere. After maxing out NES Tetris at the age of 16, Don took some time off and came back...
Jelly Monsters: The Battle Between Commodore and Atari
In the great pantheon of video games, few titles loom so large as Pac-Man. Developed by Namco and released in 1980, the game was wildly successful, creating legions of devoted fans. That same year, Commodore released the 8 bit VIC-20. It marked an important step in...
My Arcade To Launch Classic BANDAI NAMCO Titles On Two Unique New Portable Devices
Namco Museum Mini Player and PAC-MANTM Pocket Player will be Featured at E3 LOS ANGELES, CA - June 12, 2018 - MY ARCADE, US Based Retro Gaming specialist, and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., have joined forces and are set to announce two new gaming devices filled...
The Last Official Release: PS1 – Schnappi: 3 Fun-Games
Hi! How’s it hanging? Welcome back to the Last Official Release – the consecutive article series that delves into the last official game release for whatever console I happen to choose. An evolving list of previously covered consoles can be found at the end of this...
The Game Scholar: Revisiting History – By Leonard Herman
During my freshman year of college I took two semesters of a compre- hensive world history course. For the first semester class I had to purchase an expensive, hardcover history book, which was fine. However, when I returned for the second semester, which was being...
Dungeon of Death: An RPG For The Commodore PET
I don’t remember the first text based adventure game I ever played. It seems like the sort of thing I should know given my love for the genre, but the title has vanished from my memory. Because of this I suspect, the games have attained something of a towering,...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: 1984-1989 By Adam Pratt
This is an update & re-write of an original article that was published on ArcadeHeroes.com on June 27th, 2012 entitled ‘40 Years Of Arcade Games’. You can still read that post here: http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/27/ 40-years-of-arcade-games/ In last issue’s article,...
Video Game Summit 2018
Video Game Summit, is Chicago’s Premier Video Game Event. The 2018 show will be at The Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park,IL, 7/14/18 show hours are: 10:00am till 6pm(all times central) Remember how much fun you used to have playing Atari, Nintendo and all kinds of games...
Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: Jurassic Park by Ocean
Welcome to Jurassic June! This month marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the movie Jurassic Park in theaters, and with a new entry in the series on the way, I'm celebrating all month long by looking back at where it all began -- in video game terms, at least....
Polymega Announce Included Controllers and their Snazzy Boxes
On the cusp of Polymega re-revealing its self in late April with a tantalising, if short video of a 14-layer PCB being printed, they’ve made an additional announcement about the included controllers. Let’s rewind a bit, though. If you’re not aware of the Polymega...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ryan Burger
Our next Trading Card Spotlight Features Ryan Burger of Old School Gamer Magazine who is displayed on card number 2761, from the Superstars Collection of 2017. Ryan is the founder and creator of Old School Magazine, which is an online and publication magazine. The...
Impossible Mission And the Rise of Digital Voices in Video Games
Another visitor. Stay awhile...stay FOREVER!!!! Those sinister words, spoken by the maniacal Professor Elvin Atombender, welcome players to the perilous world of Impossible Mission. Released for the Commodore 64 in 1984, the game has long been regarded as one of the...
Dog Star Adventure And the Foundation of Text Based Gaming
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… George Lucas released the film Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977, beginning a pop culture phenomenon that continues to this day. People around the world latched on to the story of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, and the...
