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The Sega Master System really had no chance in North America, even though Sega had much better success elsewhere. This could easily be written off as a byproduct, or the direct result, of Nintendo’s business practices during this period. It could also be written off as part of Sega not really understanding the home console […]
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Sega Master System Still Lives, Five New Games Prove It
December 1st, 2018 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Master System, News, Sega 
Tags: columns, Duckslayer Adventures, Flight of the Pigarus, Gemitas, homebrew, independent, Silver Valley, Simpsons Trivia 
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Into the Blue Released for Nintendo Game Boy, Not a Tetris Attack Clone
August 5th, 2018 Carl Williams If you are a familiar with Tetris Attack then you are already familiar with Into the Blue. The difference between this newly released independent homebrew title and the Nintendo classic is, well, subtle to say the least. While the two games appear to be identical, they are quite dissimilar at the same time. Not just […]
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Posted in Game Boy, Genesis, News, Portables, Sega Tags: homebrew, independent, match 3, puzzle No Comments »
Xenocider Continues Development on Sega Dreamcast
June 9th, 2018 Carl Williams If you are new to Retro Gaming Magazine then you probably missed out on earlier Xenocider coverage. This is a new game from Retro Sumus that might resemble a 128-bit Space Harrier set in a different futuristic world. Recently we found out that Retro Sumus have released a new picture of Xenocider making use of […]
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Posted in Dreamcast, News, Sega Tags: homebrew, independent, Retro Sumus, sega dreamcast, Xenocider No Comments »
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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Posted in Genesis, News, Sega Tags: Crypt of Dracula, homebrew, independent, Matteusbeus No Comments »
View Heavenly Bodies on Atari 2600 with Astronomer
December 13th, 2017 Carl Williams If you think “all” ideas for games have already been done, then you have not tried Astronomer on the Atari 2600. Yep, you read that right. An independent developer is working on an Atari 2600 game that is based on astronomy. You can even play it online right now. Link after the jump, of course.
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Posted in Atari 2600, Console, News Tags: 2600, Astronomer, Astronomy, atari, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming 2 Comments »
New Jaguar Game in the Works Called JagZombies
November 16th, 2017 Carl Williams Do you know what you get when fans figure out how to make games for their favorite consoles? You get stuff that is unique, often quite different than what was released commercially. Take for instance JagZombies, a work in progress title for the Atari Jaguar console. This is a lightgun style game pitting you against […]
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Posted in Atari Jaguar, Console, News Tags: atari, homebrew, independent, indie, jaguar, JagZombies, light gun, shooter, Work in Progress, zombies 4 Comments »
MSX Receives Ghost, a 2D Side Scrolling Action Adventure, Beta
July 24th, 2017 Carl Williams The MSX gaming computer never made a significant impact in North America but over in Japan, it had quite a following. Enough support that Microsoft released a follow up computer called the MSX2, and a few other variations. Interesting that the MSX ran an extended version of Microsoft BASIC and yet still, developers were able […]
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Space Cactus Canyon Enters Beta on Atari 2600
July 23rd, 2017 Carl Williams Life as a cactus is not exactly a life of action. You pretty much stand there in all the heat all day and soak up what little water you can. That is a normal cactus. The last cactus on Earth, who just happens to be the star of Space Cactus Canyon on the Atari 2600, […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 2600, atari, atari 2600, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, Space Cactus Canyon, World War No Comments »
Haunted Halloween 85 and 86, Horror Homebrew Games for NES
May 29th, 2017 Carl Williams It is not all that often that I get to cover something really cool. I know, a lot of you have already gotten, beaten, and probably shelved Haunted Halloween 85 but what about Haunted Halloween 86? This article is more for the people new to homebrew/independent development of games, those that are old hats in […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo Tags: 85, 86, action, Cashinculture.com, Halloween, Haunted, homebrew, independent, nes, platform, Retrotainment Games No Comments »
Interview – Jasmine Greene of Luminosity Mobile
October 31st, 2016 Carl Williams Seeing new games pop up on Kickstarter is nothing new. It seems like every day we get a handful of potentially awesome games to browse through. All have one thing in common – that particular game is the next best thing. Most are not able to even come close to that lofty goal. That is […]
