Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing: Sega’s First Real Knockout

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 5, 2024 | 1990s, Gaming, Interviews, The Story Of...

Boxing games have a rich history, but those on the early Sega consoles have always been hit or miss. While games the likes of Rocky II on the Sega Master System and Buster Douglas Boxing on the Genesis have cult followings, they weren’t exactly critically acclaimed...

An interview with Dustin Hubbard of Gaming Alexandria

by William Schwartz | Jul 2, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Interviews, Retro Computing, The Story Of...

The history of retro gaming isn’t an especially long one, only going back maybe fifty years, at least if we limit ourselves to retro games as being computers rather than just complex machines. Preservation of this material can be challenging and thankless. All...

King’s Bounty: Putting the “Heroes” Into “Might and Magic”

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 1, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Interviews, The Story Of...

Released in 1990 on PC and 1991 on the Sega Genesis, King’s Bounty is a strategy/RPG that even the most hardcore of gamers may have missed when it was originally hit shelves. However its place among the greatest strategy/role-playing games of all time should never be...

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers The Movie: From Mullet to Morphin’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 19, 2024 | 1990s, Interviews, The Story Of...

The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers were a cultural phenomenon in the early ‘90s. Because of that, it should come as no surprise that video games based on the series appear on every console of the era and have their own legacy as well. While it’s easy to have mixed...

Zelda 3 and Super Metroid, Together At Last

by William Schwartz | Jun 17, 2024 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, The Story Of...

The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and Super Metroid are perhaps the two most significant games of the Super Nintendo era of retro video games. Their emphasis on collectible items allowing for forward advancement through mazes, and the polish on these ideas...

How Descent 4 Became Red Faction

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 10, 2024 | 2000s, Gaming, Interviews, The Story Of...

Red Faction Lead Designer Alan Lawrance was one of the main minds that turned PS2 classic Red Faction into something special, but the changes during development were far more than you’d think and it was never easy. Selling nearly two million copies on the PlayStation...