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It is quickly becoming true that the modern personal computer is the platform of choice if you are a fan of 2D gaming. Ant-gravity Tiny’s Adventure proves that there are still indie developers that remember that fun doesn’t require 3D and guns, or online multiplayer. The interesting, grab your attention, thing about Ant-gravity is that […]
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Ant-gravity Tiny’s Adventure 2D Gaming Coming to Windows, Macintosh and Linux via Steam
February 28th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Boot Hill Blaster, NES Styled Arena Shooter, Released for Linux, Windows and Macintosh
November 4th, 2015 Carl Williams With Halloween having just passed, it I still a good time to discuss fun games that feature the tropes of the season (after all, Wal-Mart has already put out Christmas decorations). Boot Hill Blaster is just one such title which has just been released for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. What we have here is an […]
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Re-Release- Classic Macintosh Adventure Games Brought to Steam for Windows Retrogamers to Enjoy
January 31st, 2015 Carl Williams It is a good day to be a retrogaming fan as several classic Macintosh point and click adventure games have just been released onto Steam. Zojoi, the developer of these titles, has ported them to Windows and newer Macintosh platforms. Amongst the titles brought over only one will not be familiar to Nintendo Entertarinment System […]
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Bungie Shows the Macintosh Can Rock 1st Person Shooters with Marathon – December 21st, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
December 21st, 2014 Carl Williams It is no small secret that First Person Shooter (FPS) games are still raging on within the gaming world. Whether on console or computers or mobile, they are still going strong. With the advent of the newer consoles, we saw even more FPS games racking up sales and continuing franchises. 20 years ago, Bungie (the […]
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Diablo Pits Gamers Against Hell – January 3rd, 1997 – Today in Video Game History
January 3rd, 2021 Carl Williams Diablo is one of those few games that made you proud to be a computer gamer. There were not many that made console gamers jealous, Blizzards Rogue-like was one of them. It joined the ranks of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Command & Conquer, and a few flight sims. Even Rogue was a PC exclusive for most […]
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Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic is Released – July 15th, 2003 – Today in Video Game History
July 14th, 2020 Carl Williams Today in 2003 – Bioware was battling deadlines and the expectant retaliation of fans of the Star Wars universe. The release of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR) was a big move. They were also battling the stigma that licensed games simply did not live up to expectations. Cross genre titles are also […]
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Myst Demake Hits Apple II Computer
March 9th, 2020 Carl Williams No matter if you were a gamer when Myst was released or not, you probably knew about it. For many, this was the single reason to buy a Macintosh back in the day. Sure, we eventually saw it hit Windows (3.1 for those keeping count) almost a year later, that is a life time in […]
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Virtua Racing Pico 8 Port Released
February 2nd, 2020 Carl Williams If you are unfamiliar with the Pico-8, it is a development platform focused on games over code. Initially a portable device, fans can now purchase the Pico-8 system to run on Windows, Macintosh, and Pi devices. I like to feature some of the more technologically impressive releases when I come across them. Virtua Racing is […]
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Could Star Wars Dark Forces Remake Be Coming?
January 20th, 2019 Carl Williams Remakes, reboots, and general updates to games from yesteryear happen at a decent clip. We saw the remaster of the Crash Bandicoot games, Spyro the Dragon franchise, and even Turok which hit fame on the Nintendo 64. We might see a remake of Star Wars Dark Forces sooner than later if things move forward like […]
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Remembering the Apple Pippin, Apple’s Failed Console Entry – September 1st, 1996 – Today in Video Game History
September 1st, 2018 Carl Williams Console gaming has always been alluring to computer companies. Gaming in general has been alluring. I read somewhere that it was not spreadsheets that pushed graphic card enhancements to the levels they are today. That is very true. Video games as a business has been worth hundreds of billions of dollars since the early days. […]
