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Nine Inch Nails did the soundtrack for Quake way back in 1996. This helped set that seminal release apart from what little competition it had. Those that has the proper sound setup could blast enemies in Quake to some great tunes. Just like how Quake was pushing 3D hardware accelerators, it was also putting sound […]
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Quake Brings Gamers 3rd Dimension Death – June 22nd 1996 – Today in Video Game History
June 21st, 2016 
Carl Williams Okay, where were you 20 years ago? Were you a PC gamer or were you a console gamer? Either way, you probably heard about Quake by id Software when it was released. It was a game changer for all of the right reasons. While Doom, id Software’s previous series, was iconic and popular, Quake took […]
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Posted in Comp, Dreamcast, Linux, Macintosh, News, Saturn, Sega, Windows 
Tags: 3d, first person shooter, fps, id software, John Carmack, John Romero, quake, Shambler 
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Awful In Hindsight: PC Accelerator Issue 1’s Cover Story
April 6th, 2016 Michael Crisman PC Accelerator (abbreviated to PCXL within the mag) was a short-lived US publication devoted to computer games. Sporting a less-mature, more attitude-oriented style than other ‘zines, PC Accelerator was essentially the coverage of PC Gamer mixed with the male wish fulfillment fantasy embodied in Maxim. It launched in September 1998 under the tagline, “Bigger, Better, […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: Daikatana, duke nukem forever, first person shooter, fps, Half-Life, magazine, pc, pc accelerator, pcxl, quake, quake II, sin No Comments »
Half-Life and Quake 2 Engine Ported to Atari Falcon, Work in Progress with Video
July 2nd, 2015 Carl Williams Retrogaming fans are a crafty lot. They have ported games to Doom to an ATM machine for instance. We have seen demakes, we have seen remakes and everything in between. Now, we have a work in progress for the IdTech #2 (Quake 2 Engine) running on an old Atari Falcon- a computer that was released […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: atari, C-Lab, computer, falcon, first person shooter, fps, Half-Life, quake, retro, retro game, retrogame, retrogaming No Comments »
Commerical Freeware- X-Men The Ravages of Apocalypse Released to Fans
February 19th, 2015 Carl Williams Way back in the early days of First Person Shooters (FPS), aka 3D gaming, we had a little title called Quake to keep us interested and playing on computers. Since Quake was quite open, much like how id Software did with Doom, people were able to make mods, new characters and changes to the engine […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: comic, DarkPlaces, id software, Lord Havok, marvel, mod, quake, Ravages of Apocalypse, total conversion, x-men, Zero Gravity Entertainment No Comments »
Kickstarter- STRAFE Looks to Return First Person Shooters to the Mid 90’s, and You Are Going to Love It
January 28th, 2015 Carl Williams Remember the first time you fired up Space Hulk on 3DO, Saturn or Playstation? Remember how the sprite based enemies just piled up in the level? It was unfortunate that they disappear as you explore but the idea was there, as did the blood stains on the walls. STRAFE looks to build on that level […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: crowdfunding, Doom, first person shooter, Half-Life, kickstarter, quake, retro, retro game, retrogaming, space hulk, STRAFE No Comments »
Greenlight- Vektor Prix Currently Seeking Help with Steam Release
January 1st, 2015 Carl Williams Vector graphics are interesting, there was a console dedicated to them in the early 80s and recently there has been a resurgence of them in gaming. One such new title that uses this unique graphical style is Vektor Prix by djoslin. Vector graphics fans will be happy to see this game in action- it is […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: carmageddon, Death Race, indie retro news, oscilloscope, overhead, quake, racing, retro, retro game, retrogaming, steam greenlight, Twisted Metal, valve, vector, vectrex, Vektor Prix No Comments »
Bandit Gaming: Quake Running on Oscilloscope (Epilepsy Sufferers Please Do Not Click)
December 29th, 2014 Carl Williams Of all the things we see retro games ported to and running on, one of the last things that you would probably think of would Quake running on an Oscilloscope. Yeah, the 3D intensive (for its time) first person shooter running on something that wasn’t even intended for gaming. The wild thing is, it runs […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: bandit gaming, Epilepsy, first person shooter, oscilloscope, quake, retro, retro game, retrogaming, seizure, youtube 1 Comment »
Bandit Gaming- Alien Breed 3D 2- The Killing Grounds Ported to the Amiga CD32
September 13th, 2014 Carl Williams Everyone knows the Amiga CD32 was kind of the black sheep of gaming, much like the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, and there weren’t a lot o games released for it. Decades later game hackers have been working on unoficial ports of Amiga games. For those that do not know, the CD32 is basically an Amiga 1200 […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 1200, 3d, Alien Breed, amiga, carl williams, CD32, Doom, first person shooter, indie retro news, quake, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, Team 17, The Killing Ground, triverse No Comments »
Retro Game Sales for April 19th, 2014
April 19th, 2014 Carl Williams Massive list of games on sale this weekend with many newcomers to the discount world. From Gamefly to Dotemu and GoG.com and everything in between. Check out the sales below:
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Posted in Comp, News, Portables, Sega, Sony Tags: 11th hour, 7th guest, adventure, age of mythology, aquanox, bonanza bros, castle of illusion, classic, crash bandicoot, crazy taxi, crusader, descent, dotemu, ea, electronic arts, flash sale, gamefly, giana sisters, gog.com, green man gaming, gunstar heroes, jade empire, kyrandia, lands of lore, mickey mouse, pc, plants vs zombies, playstation, portable, ps3, psone, psp, quake, racing, retro, retrogame, retrogaming, sega, septerra core, sonic, sony, steam, syberia, tesla effect, tex murphy, typing of the dead, valve, vita, windows, wing commander No Comments »
