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In the history of video games there are not that many third party franchises that have not seen at least on release on a Nintendo console. One such franchise that holds that honor is Splatterhouse. No, I am not counting the “super deformed” game that was released in Japan. Namco originally started Splatterhouse in arcades, […]
Posts Tagged ‘friday the 13th’
Splatterhouse 3 Unleashes Untold Horrors – Today in History – March 18th, 1993
March 18th, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Genesis, News, Sega 
Tags: brawler, friday the 13th, horror, namco, Splatterhouse 
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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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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: castlevania, entertainment system, friday the 13th, Halloween, horror, jason vorhees, Maniac Mansion, nes, nintendo, retro, retrogaming, scary, sweet home, Uninvited 1 Comment »
Voorhees Stomp: The 8-Bit Video Hit
October 18th, 2015 Michael Crisman Happy Halloween, retro maniacs! You’ve likely not heard of Videogram before. That’s OK, we hadn’t either. But they’re making one hell of a splash in both the gaming and music scenes thanks to the video for their single “Voorhees Stomp,” which incorporates graphics from the notorious Friday the 13th NES game coded by Rare and […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo Tags: aaron romero, friday the 13th, Halloween, music, nes, videogram, voorhees stomp No Comments »
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 […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo Tags: 8-bit, adventure of link, adventures of bayou billy, air fortress, Battletoads, Bubble Bobble, castlequest, conflict, Cybernoid, Deja Vu, difficult nes games, double dragon III, friday the 13th, Ghosts n Goblins, guardian legend, hardest, legacy of the wizard, nes, ninja gaiden III, nintendo, shadowgate, Solomon's Key, starship hector, Uninvited, VIDEO GAMES, x-men, zelda II 18 Comments »
Revenge of the License: Friday the 13th
March 15th, 2015 Michael Crisman Seven months ago, I took at look at Domark’s Friday the 13th for the Commodore 64 as the second installment of this column. Back then, I didn’t realize how much fun I was going to have with this series and I wasn’t sure if it would continue much past two or three installments. Reaction, however, […]
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Posted in Console, News, Nintendo Tags: 8-bit, atlus, friday the 13th, jason voorhees, ljn, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, revenge of the license 2 Comments »
Bandit Gaming- Freddy vs Jason Released on Cartridge for the Nintendo NES
November 30th, 2014 Carl Williams Two iconic horror movie franchise players finally crossed paths in Freddy vs Jason and for some, it was simply awesome. For others, it was meh. Either way, it was an iconic release that showed the fans probably shouldn’t get their way all that often. Pac-N-Sac Dave, a name you may recognize from various articles here, […]
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Screenshots: Legends, that Horror Based Action Game on Atari 2600, Gets Fleshed Out
August 6th, 2014 Carl Williams We have covered this title before and will continue to cover it in the future as it nears completion. What Legends is, at its core, is an action platform game that features the likenesses of several horor movie icons. This is within the limitations set by the hardware, the Atari 2600 is not known for […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: atari, atari 2600, carl williams, Freddy, friday the 13th, Halloween, horror, jason, Michael Myers, movie, Nightmare on Elm Street, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, screenshots, triverse, update 1 Comment »
Revenge of the License: Friday the 13th
August 3rd, 2014 Michael Crisman Yes, retro gaming fans, it’s another “Revenge of the License” column. Last week we checked out the first James Bond adventure for the home computer, A View to a Kill. Today we’re jumping into the horror genre to look at Friday the 13th. But not that one. Nooooo. As much as I love the NES […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: ad, camp, commodore, computer, crystal lake, friday, friday the 13th, horror, jason, license, machete, retro, revenge of the license, spectrum, survival 2 Comments »
Retro Collectible: NES Batman Action Figure Coming
July 24th, 2014 Carl Williams Who here remembers the 1989 Batman on the Nintendo Entertainment System or the movie it was based on? Probably more than a couple of you. Well, the National Entertainment Collectibles Association (NECA) sure does. They have done action figures for classic licensed NES characters before, such as the Jason Voorhees figure from the NES Friday […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 25 points of articulation, action figure, batarang, batman, cape, carl williams, entertainment system, friday the 13th, jason vorhees, joker, movie, National Entertainment Collectibles Association, NECA, nintendo, retro, retro gaming magazine, robocop, spear gun, sunsoft, triverse No Comments »
Splatterhouse Brings Home Blood Guts and Ski Masks to TurboGrafx-16 – April 21st, 1990 – Today in History
April 21st, 2014 Carl Williams Splatterhouse was a unique release when it was released. When NEC released the TurboGrafx-16 in North America it was instantly the underdog in gamer’s eyes. This was the first outing for NEC in this territory. For all intents and purposes, no real name brand games were available or on the horizon for this new console. […]
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Posted in Console, NEC, News Tags: arcade, blood, friday the 13th, jason vorhees, turbo grafx-16 2 Comments »
