One of iD Software’s initial ideas for Doom was to make a first-person shooter set in the world of James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’. When a licensing deal couldn’t be worked out between iD and 20th Century Fox, Carmack and Romero’s team fell back on a more generic ‘space marine kills everything’ setting, and an FPS classic […]
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The Five Most Badass Retro Game Cheat Codes
February 3rd, 2016
Michael Crisman We’re not telling you to wreck a good relationship or risk expulsion from school, but under the right circumstances cheating can feel so damn good. By ‘under the right circumstances’ we mean ‘when playing retro games’ because, duh, we’re Retro Gaming Magazine. While there’s something to be said for plugging in a Game Shark or […]
Revenge of the License – Alien 3
October 19th, 2014
Michael Crisman Continuing with our theme of Halloween Horror, this week’s column focuses on what, for most people, is the worst film in the quadrilogy. We can argue the merits and weaknesses of Fincher’s installment all day long, but if you’ve never seen the Assembly Cut, whatever opinions you have formed are wrong. But let’s save bickering […]
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