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Previously I have covered the original Shadowgate on the Nintendo Entertainment System, the buildup and launch on Windows of the remake and now, I am covering that remake releasing on Android and iOS. Shadowgate is a point and click adventure title that has more than a small cult following. Fans of Shadowgate probably remember the […]
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Traverse the Dank Dark World of Shadowgate on NES – December 16th, 1989 – Today in Video Game History
December 15th, 2015 
Carl Williams Shadowgate for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is a point and click adventure. Formerly a computer game, fans were treated to quite a unique story here. The NES was not known for its long drawn out thought provoking titles. Rather, the NES was known for its quick reflex action titles that younger gamers enjoyed more. […]
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Update: Shadowgate Gets Release Date on Windows, No Definite Date for Mobile Yet
July 26th, 2014 Carl Williams Shadowgate, a title we covered a few months ago, has just been given a definite release date for the Windows version. There is still no definite release date for the mobile (iOS and Android) versions though. Shadowgate is a Kickstarter success story and a remake of a fondly remembered adventure game that hit various computers […]
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Shadowgate Getting Remade for Android, iOS, Mac and PC
May 6th, 2014 Carl Williams Shadowgate, the classic adventure title that was a PC/Mac hit, is getting remade by the creators, Zojoi. This remake of Shadowgate is coming to many platforms including Android, iOS, Mac and PC- no word on a console version (the original did hit the Nintendo NES and Game Boy Color and ranks high with gamers that […]
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New Sega Genesis Game Crypt of Dracula to Show at Retro Revival Event
April 29th, 2018 Carl Williams Who does not like a good old-fashioned dungeon crawl? If you are tired of the traditional grid-based gameplay then you will want to check out Crypt of Dracula. It takes the traditional view point and modifies it a bit.
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My Favorite Gaming Hidden Gems, Part Four: Theresia (2008, DS)
February 7th, 2018 Michael Crisman I’ve been playing and collecting video games since the early 1980’s, and while there’s something to be said for enjoying the greats of the gaming world, there’s no better feeling for me than picking out something I’d never heard of, throwing it into my system, and being unable to tear myself away from it because […]
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8-Bit Adventure Anthology Volume One Features Point and Click Classics
October 12th, 2017 Carl Williams The world of adventure games is a wild one. Especially when you venture into the computer side of the equation where point and click adventures used to battle with text adventures and role-playing games alike. On consoles, it was a different story – text adventures were non-existent and role-playing games only picked up steam as […]
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Five Gaming Licenses that Missed the Mark
July 11th, 2017 Carl Williams Licensing is a staple of gaming. It has been since the Atari 2600 days. Licensing is going nowhere as companies realize they can halfheartedly work on a game, slap a license on it, and expect to at least make back their investment if not a tidy profit to boot. I have collected five licensed games […]
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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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The Fifteen Most Difficult NES Games (That Are Not Battletoads)
July 1st, 2015 Michael Crisman As the tropes go, there’s hard, and then there’s Nintendo Hard. The distinction is easily understood by anyone who grew up in the 8-bit era, but the tradition continues to this day with games like Super Meat Boy and I Wanna Be The Guy. Nintendo Hard games aren’t made that way by flipping a difficulty […]
