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Donkey Kong Country (DKC) was somewhat of a gamble for Nintendo. For one, it had been years since home console gamers saw a Donkey Kong game. Earlier in 1994 Nintendo released Donkey Kong for their Game Boy handheld. That title was closer to the 1981 arcade classic, just with more levels. Donkey Kong Country on […]
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Donkey Kong Country Brings SGI Graphics and More to Super Nintendo – November 21st, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
November 20th, 2020 
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Killer Instinct Combo Breaks Arcade Competition – October 28th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
October 28th, 2020 Carl Williams Killer Instinct is one of those rare times we can play three degrees of separation in gaming. Sure, it is not exactly true to that theory but we can link Nintendo and Microsoft rather easily. Developed by Rare for arcades, Killer Instinct set out to do fighting games differently. In 1994 Capcom was still riding […]
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Did Sega Turn Down the Nintendo 64 Hardware?
August 20th, 2016 Carl Williams It is almost the point that gamers can point to that was the fall of Sega. Releasing a ton of add-ons for the Sega Genesis seems to be the point that most game companies point at when asked why they didn’t support the Sega Saturn. That Sega was all over the place. They were actually. […]
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Five Nintendo NES Titles for Your Halloween Fun
October 28th, 2015 Carl Williams With Halloween upon us, it is only fitting to offer up some games that are good ways to get in the spooky mood of the season. While stores are already putting out Christmas decorations, apparently skipping the whole Thanksgiving thing next month, we here at Retro Gaming Magazine are still focusing on the holiday that […]
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RETRO VGS Sees Immense Social Media Backlash as Crowdfunding Project Begins
September 19th, 2015 Carl Williams The RETRO VGS is to be a new gaming console that hearkens back to the early days of gaming, before on-line capabilities, before patches and in app purchases seeped in. Many of us remember this as the days of the 32-Bit era (Sega Saturn, PSOne, Nintendo 64) and earlier- more fondly at about the Super […]
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TiH
March 11th, 2014 Carl Williams We have been doing these historical articles for years on various sites that we have worked on, here, we collect the articles in one convenient place. Have a favorite? Have a game that we should cover when it comes time? Let us know via that contact form above. As this list grows, we will eventually […]
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Wipeout Makes PlayStation Debut with 3D Hover Racing Action – November 21st, 1995 – Today in Video Game History
November 21st, 2013 Carl Williams WipEout was the right game when Sony needed it. When Sony launched the PlayStation they had a hell of a challenge ahead of them. Sega was coming off of a series of failed add-ons for their first successful console, the Sega Genesis. Nintendo was touting “SGI this” and “SGI that” where ever they could. Sony […]
