It is an age-old question (as old as since the first “next generation” console appeared). Why don’t companies keep old releases alive on newer platforms? Release collections and the like. Over the years we have seen something like this happen. On the Game Boy we saw dual retro arcade classics released on one cartridge. We […]
Posts Tagged ‘Ducktales’
Whomp ‘Em Foregoes Native American Niceties on Nintendo Entertainment System – Today in History – March 20th, 1991
March 20th, 2016
Carl Williams Native Americans are one group that has gotten the short end of the stick when it comes to video games. Sure, they have been featured, poorly, in titles such as Custer’s Revenge (Atari 2600) and plenty of western games over the years. The problem is, all of those appearances were “off” about the heritage of […]
Donald Steps His Game Up in Quackshot – December 19th, 1991 – Today in Video Game History
December 19th, 2015
Carl Williams Quackshot Starring Donald Duck was one of his few singles outings in gaming. Okay, Nintendo was riding high on the success of Ducktales thanks to Capcom. Great. What did Sega have for their fans though? Remember, this is a good year before Sonic would make his debut and save Sega. Sega was savvy at licensing […]
Five Great Side Scrolling Action Games that are Not Mario
March 3rd, 2015
Carl Williams It is no secret to retrogaming fans that Nintendo single handedly revived the North American video game market with their Nintendo Entertainment System and a little game called Super Mario Bros. Nintendo was not new to the North American gaming world, they had several titles out on earlier consoles when they were, what would later […]
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