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Where were you today in 1980? Myself, I was probably fumbling around the backyard and trying to learn to tie my own shoes. I was four years old. I found out about Pac-Man a few years later when I was exposed to it on the Atari 2600. It would be several years after this that […]
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Japan Catches Pac-Man Fever – May 21st, 1980 – Today in Video Game History
May 21st, 2016 
Carl Williams 
Splatterhouse 3 Unleashes Untold Horrors – Today in History – March 18th, 1993
March 18th, 2016 Carl Williams 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, […]
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Tags: brawler, friday the 13th, horror, namco, Splatterhouse 
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More Trouble with Coleco Chameleon Surfaces, Revisionist History Spotted
December 23rd, 2015 Carl Williams This is a tough article to write. To this point, I have been unbiased as possible on my views of the RETRO Video Game System, now the Coleco Chameleon. I am doing my best to keep it that way because articles from me, as one of the owners of RGM, are considered “RGM word”. Everyone […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: capcom, Chameleon, Coleco, Coleco Holdings, Gamespot, konami, kotaku, Mike Kennedy, namco, press release, retro, retro gaming, Retro VGS, retrogaming, RETROVGS, sega, Verge, Video Game System 12 Comments »
Near Arcade Perfect Port of Galaxian Released for Atari 2600
September 12th, 2015 Carl Williams Homebrew developers are a unique lot, they do things that the professionals claim is impossible. Homebrewers also do it without official development kits, most of the time, and are at a severe disadvantage compared to the professionals as far as standard education on how the hardware works. That lack of education just may be what […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 1983, arade, atari, Atari Age, espire8, Galaxian, game hack, improvement, namco, retro, retrogaming, video game, videogame 1 Comment »
Pac-Man 256 Review, the Classic Title is now an Endless Runner and It Rocks
August 21st, 2015 Carl Williams Okay, messing with the classics can be a tough thing to do right. Just look at what happened in the late 90’s with Battlezone by Activision. What a mess that was. There have been a few other attempts over the years to update classics such as Asteroids, Battlezone, Missile Command and more but those were […]
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Posted in News, Portables, Reviews Tags: 256, Adam Sandler, android, arcade, Bandai, endless runner, Galaxy, glitch, ios, ipad, iphone, ipod touch, Kevin James, namco, pac-man, pixels, retro, retrogaming, review, S5, S6 2 Comments »
Target Tuesday: Tekken 3
June 16th, 2015 Michael Crisman Neither Retro Gaming Magazine nor any member of our staff is associated with the Target chain of retail outlets. Michael just thinks this particular series of ads from the 90’s featuring “Respected coach and video gameologist Tom ‘The Thumb’ Blake” which ran in GamePro magazine was amusing. Thus we’re going to feature one every Tuesday […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sony Tags: ad, namco, playstation, ps1, sony, target, target tuesday, Tekken 3 No Comments »
Bandit Gaming- Pac-Man Arcade for Commodore 64 Enters Alpha Stage
February 18th, 2015 Carl Williams Ah, Pac-Man, the arcade title that Namco almost released with the name “Puck-Man” sees another chance on the Commodore 64. Hokuto Force decided the 1983 original release of Pac-Man was kind of lacking so they are doing something about it- making a version that is worthy of the name, Pac-Man. Recently Pac-Man was featured in […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: arcade, bandit gaming, c64, commodore 64, Hokuto Force, namco, pac-man, retro, retro game, retrogaming No Comments »
Movie: Independent Splatterhouse Movie To See Production if Funded
October 12th, 2014 Carl Williams The Splatterhouse series was an iconic set of games that sort of lost itself as time went on (most do). The first game, released on the Turbo Grafx-16 in North America showed that NEC weren’t all that keen on keeping lock step with what gamers were used to from the likes of Nintendo. Even Sega’s […]
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Posted in NEC, News, Sega Tags: crowdfunding, horror, indiegogo, jason vorhees, Jennifer Smells of Rot, kickstarter, namco, nec, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, Rick, sega genesis, Splatterhouse, Terror Mask, turbo grafx-16, West Mansion, youtube, ZenithFilmsUK 4 Comments »
Namco Triumphs Valiantly Over Sega Dreamcast Launch Competition with Soul Calibur- Today in History- September 9th, 1999
September 8th, 2014 Carl Williams When the original Soul Edge (arcade)/Soul Blade (PSOne) game hit it was so unique and different over the competition. Here was this 3D one on one fighting game with phenomenal graphics and characters fighting with weapons. The announcer was equipped with more than a couple of words in his vocabulary also. Now, take all of […]
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Posted in Dreamcast, News, Sega Tags: 1999, 3d, arcade, carl williams, dreamcast, fighting, launch title, namco, retro gaming magazine, rgm, sega, September 9th, Soul Calibur, System 22, Taki, tekken, Voldo 1 Comment »
It’s Thinking – Today in History- September 9th, 1999
September 8th, 2014 Carl Williams The Sega Dreamcast was the last hope for Sega in the console market, we didn’t know it at the time and most of us just enjoyed it for what it was- a rocking console. There are multiple claims as to why the Dreamcast failed; we are not here to argue any of them. It died. […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sega Tags: 1999, AeroWings, Air Force Delta, arcade, beats of rage, blue stinger, brawler, brawling, capcom, carl williams, CART Flag to Flag, collectorvision, Crave, dreamcast, Dreamshell, DUX, elysian shadows, Expendable, Feet of Fury, Hydro Thunder, infogrames, KollistiOS, Last Hope, linux, Monaco Grand Prix, Mortal Kombat Gold, namco, neo xyx, NetBSD, NFL 2K, NFL Blitz 2000, Pen Pen TriIcelon, pier solar, Power Stone, racing, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing, reblobed, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, Rush Rush Rally Racing, Saviour, sega, September 9th, shooter, Sonic Adventure, sports, sydney hunter, The House of the Dead 2, THotD, TNN Motorsports Hardcore Heat, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, TrickStyle, Ubi Soft 3 Comments »
