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Nine Inch Nails did the soundtrack for Quake way back in 1996. This helped set that seminal release apart from what little competition it had. Those that has the proper sound setup could blast enemies in Quake to some great tunes. Just like how Quake was pushing 3D hardware accelerators, it was also putting sound […]
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Quake Brings Gamers 3rd Dimension Death – June 22nd 1996 – Today in Video Game History
June 21st, 2016 
Carl Williams Okay, where were you 20 years ago? Were you a PC gamer or were you a console gamer? Either way, you probably heard about Quake by id Software when it was released. It was a game changer for all of the right reasons. While Doom, id Software’s previous series, was iconic and popular, Quake took […]
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Starquake Makes the Move from Atari ST to Atari Jaguar
August 25th, 2015 Carl Williams Not too long ago we mentioned that there were over 50 new Atari Jaguar titles coming in the next year or so. Keeping with that comment I am bringing news about another Atari ST game coming to the Atari Jaguar, Starquake. Atari Jaguar gamers will soon be able to take control of their own Bio-Logically […]
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Half-Life and Quake 2 Engine Ported to Atari Falcon, Work in Progress with Video
July 2nd, 2015 Carl Williams Retrogaming fans are a crafty lot. They have ported games to Doom to an ATM machine for instance. We have seen demakes, we have seen remakes and everything in between. Now, we have a work in progress for the IdTech #2 (Quake 2 Engine) running on an old Atari Falcon- a computer that was released […]
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Bandit Gaming: Quake Running on Oscilloscope (Epilepsy Sufferers Please Do Not Click)
December 29th, 2014 Carl Williams Of all the things we see retro games ported to and running on, one of the last things that you would probably think of would Quake running on an Oscilloscope. Yeah, the 3D intensive (for its time) first person shooter running on something that wasn’t even intended for gaming. The wild thing is, it runs […]
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John Romero Auctioned Personal Copy of Castle Wolfenstein
May 25th, 2020 Carl Williams Castle Wolfenstein was originally released in 1982 for various computers. John Romero, one of the members of id Software behind Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, has auctioned off is his personal copy of Castle Wolfenstein. The price it went for on eBay is astonishing.
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Unreal Engine Star Wars Fan Games, Hurry Before LucasArts or Disney Shut them Down
July 21st, 2019 Carl Williams Star Wars fans are a dedicated lot. Just look at any comic-con for proof of this. On the gaming side of things, they are constantly making fan games and remakes. Most are shut down due to copyright or trademark infringement. That doesn’t mean they are not fun to check out while we can. That is […]
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Blood Fresh Supply Brings Build Engine Classic to Modern Platforms
May 12th, 2019 Carl Williams If you remember the 90’s and were a computer gamer then you probably know about Blood already. It was a First-Person Shooter (FPS) by Monolith that used the Build Engine (early competitor to id Software’s Quake engine). It was super violent and it was unique for the time so to speak – there wasn’t much […]
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Retro Game Sales GoG.com Edition
June 13th, 2018 Carl Williams Anyone that knows me knows I am a huge fan of retro gaming. I grew up with most of what are considered “classics” today. I lived the moments that many gamers refer to as “defining moments” in gaming history. I was there, reading each month the latest on the Nintendo versus Camerica/Galoob/Tengen whomever it was […]
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Populous Review
June 9th, 2018 Carl Williams Sure, today playing god in a game is nothing new. We have plenty of options if this is your one and only goal in your electronic entertainment. Back in the late 80’s and early 90’s though, options were much more limited. Populous took the idea of a sandbox game, mixed in plenty of “god like” […]
