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Tengen was one of those companies that weren’t afraid to go their own route in life, even if that meant going against the Big N and their, seemingly monopolistic, control of the gaming scene in the 80’s. Gauntlet was one of those titles that every gamer worth their salt knew about, it was big in […]
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Gauntlet Trudges onto the Nintendo Entertainment System: December 1st, 1985
December 1st, 2014 
Carl Williams 
Posted in News, Nintendo 
Tags: 1985, 8-bit, arcade, atari, atari lynx, computer, december 1st, gauntlet, genesis, license, monster generator, nes, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, port, quarter muncher, retro, seal of approval, tengen, today in history 
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Leery Licensing: Marlboro Licensed Atari Lynx, Plus Prototype Game
November 20th, 2014 Carl Williams Atari was not scared to get out there and try weird things, like trying to convince gamers that the Jaguar was actually a 64-Bit console. Anyhow, Atari was at least trying (Sega, I am looking your way concerning the Dreamcast). Atari’s only hand held, the Lynx, was a decently popular device though it was, unfortunately, […]
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Bandit Gaming: Hook for Atari 8-Bit Work in Progress
November 9th, 2014 Carl Williams Hook, the movie starring the late Robin Williams and Dustin Hoffman, was a decent flick. The movie was better than the games that were made for it (though the SNES and Sega CD versions had awesome soundtracks). For an intellectual property that is over 100 years old, the story holds up quite well, partly thanks […]
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Posted in News Tags: 400/800, 7800, 8-bit, action, adventure, atari, bandit gaming, Captain Hook, Dustin Hoffman, Hook, license, movie, nintendo, nintendo entertainment system, Peter Pan, platform, Robin Williams, youtube No Comments »
Five Side Scrolling Game Boy Advance Games You Shouldn’t Miss This Holiday Season
November 1st, 2014 Carl Williams Sure, the Game Boy Advance is an older portable and can be had for quite a cheap price now so that makes it the perfect gift for a cash strapped family that have gamers in the house wanting to game on the go. Not everyone has $150+ for the latest portable devices, then $30+ per […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: action man, avengers, contra, disney, figure, game boy advance, gba, invincible iron man, LADY SIA, license, LILO AND STITCH, metal slug, metroid, movie, ninja five-o, nintendo, playstation, portable, ps2, Revo K101, shinobi, tony stark, toy, tv, united kingdom 1 Comment »
Bandit Gaming- Lion King 2 for Sega Genesis
August 21st, 2014 Carl Williams Lion King was a popular movie and it was a popular video game license. Officially, there was no sequel released on the Sega Genesis but that has not stopped an unknown Chinese developer from creating a pseudo sequel.
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Posted in News, Sega Tags: action, bandit gaming, carl williams, chinese, genesis, license, Lion King II, mario, movie, platform, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, rom, sega, sonic, sonic the hedgehog, super mario bros, triverse, video, youtube No Comments »
Revenge of the License: The Goonies
August 10th, 2014 Michael Crisman It’s the greatest adventure upon which a group of friends could embark: the search for a long-forgotten haul of a notorious pirate captain. There’s danger, excitement, a little romance thrown in so the boys in the audience can mutter, “Ewww!” and “Yuck!” at the kissie parts. It’s “The Goonies”, directed by Richard Donner, and if you’ve […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: action, ad, adventure, atari, commodore, commodore 64, datasoft, famicom, film, goonies, license, nes, platformer, puzzle, retro, revenge of the license, us gold No Comments »
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 »
Aliens vs. Predator Takes Capcom into Deep Space – May 20th, 1994 – Today in Video Game History
May 19th, 2014 Carl Williams Wow, has it really been 20 years since Capcom took on the Aliens vs Predator license? This is one of the better brawlers from this era. Very much worthy of being played if you can track down a cabinet. This one never came home, no, the SNES game by Activision doesn’t count. This is Capcom […]
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Posted in Arcade, News Tags: aliens, brawler, capcom, fighting, final fight, license, movie, predator, space, streets of rage 1 Comment »
Goonies Game Updates Original Game with New Graphics and Sounds for Windows and Linux
May 10th, 2014 Carl Williams The coming of age movie for many people that grew up in the 80’s was The Goonies. This was more than a simple story of children doing what we did best in the 80’s- getting into mischief and finding treasure. True, the second part is not something that happened to 99.999% of kids in the […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 2d, 80's, action, adventure, carl williams, datasoft, goonies, indie, license, movie, pc, puzzle, remake, retro, retro gaming magazine, retrogame, retrogaming, triverse, truffle shuffle, windows 2 Comments »
Batman Video Game Spreads Game Boy Wings – April 13th, 1990 – Today in Video Game History
April 13th, 2014 Carl Williams The original Game Boy was a seminal system for Nintendo. It set the pace for the hand held market and did things prior hand helds of the time couldn’t. The Game Boy was different enough to warrant millions of units sold. This helped Nintendo solidify their place in this new market. Up to this point […]
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Posted in Game Boy, News, Nintendo, Portables Tags: action, batman, bruce wayne, comic book, game boy, joker, license, movie, platform, sunsoft 2 Comments »
