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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.
Posts Tagged ‘retrogaming’
View Heavenly Bodies on Atari 2600 with Astronomer
December 13th, 2017 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Atari 2600, Console, News 
Tags: 2600, Astronomer, Astronomy, atari, AtariAge, batari basic, homebrew, independent, indie, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming 
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Unreleased Sega Saturn Game Sold on eBay Auction Service (Updated with New Information)
December 11th, 2017 Carl Williams It is not all that often that we get news that a Sega Saturn prototype has surfaced. Armed, an unreleased game by Point of View who was developing it for Interplay, is a 2D side scrolling action game. Everything seems to feature pre-rendered graphics (you either love the style or hate it), some parts are […]
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Posted in News, Saturn, Sega Tags: 1990's, Aftermath, Armed, interplay, Point of View (company), retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, saturn, sega, sega saturn No Comments »
Cuphead Review
October 16th, 2017 Carl Williams Taking on the challenge of Cuphead is a unique difficulty for a gamer to face. For years gamers have been hand held through tough parts, been handed so much, and generally did not notice their skills withering and dying. Don’t worry, a game like Cuphead will either put hair on your gamer chest or it […]
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Posted in Comp, News, Reviews, Windows, Xbox, Xbox One Tags: 2d, Cuphead, gog.com, hard, retro, retrogaming, side scrolling, steam No Comments »
8-Bit Adventure Anthology Volume One Features Point and Click Classics
October 12th, 2017 Carl Williams The world of adventure games is a wild one. Especially when you venture into the computer side of the equation where point and click adventures used to battle with text adventures and role-playing games alike. On consoles, it was a different story – text adventures were non-existent and role-playing games only picked up steam as […]
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Posted in NES, News, Nintendo Tags: Deja Vu, playstation, PS4, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, shadowgate, steam, Uninvited, Xbox One 4 Comments »
9.9.99 Marks the Day the Sega Dreamcast Was Launched in North America
September 9th, 2017 Brandon Weicks Hoping to rebound from the disappointing sales of the Sega Saturn, the Sega Dreamcast was launched today back in 1999. It has been said the Dreamcast was ahead of its time when it was released. Back in the ’90s, polygons were huge and blocky and while it ushered in the next generation of gaming, it […]
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Posted in Console, News, Sega Tags: crazy taxi, dreamcast, retrogaming, sega, Soul Calibur No Comments »
SNES Gaming on the Cheap
August 23rd, 2017 Brandon Weicks The Super Nintendo has a huge catalog that includes over 700 titles. Most of them beginning with the word ‘super’. To commemorate the anniversary of the system’s release, here is a list of SNES games that can be played on the cheap.
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Posted in Console, Nintendo, Reviews Tags: Choplifter, Doom Troopers, Earthworm Jim 2, retrogaming, shooter, side scrolling, snes, Super Chase HQ, super nintendo, Wolfchild No Comments »
Remembering the Old School Game Store
August 17th, 2017 Carl Williams Retail locations are a dying breed. The cost of doing business with a brick and mortar location versus the return on sales is a hard-balancing act. I am sure most of the people reading this have thought at least once about starting their own old school game store but have failed to follow through for […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, NEC, News, Nintendo, Portables, Sega, Sony, Xbox Tags: 3do, game store, old school game store, Players, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, sega genesis, super nintendo 1 Comment »
From Dinosaurs to Alligators: The Evolution from Retro Gaming to eSports
July 27th, 2017 Carl Williams Looking at the popularity of eSports today, some would wrongly assume that audiences’ obsession with “faster” and “newer” would mean that retro games are heading towards extinction. However, that’s a misconception. Rather, it is as if dinosaurs are now living side by side with their modern-day alligator descendants. eSports have arguable been in existence for decades, […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News, Nintendo, Sony, Xbox Tags: esports, league of legends, LoL, pc, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming, Star Craft, windows No Comments »
Switchblade Comes to Atari Jaguar
July 23rd, 2017 Carl Williams Raise your hand if you remember Switchblade. For me, I remember an Atari Lynx game using this name maybe with a “II” after it other than that, this is a new game to me. I understand that this was originally a Commodore Amiga game which is a shame because the only Commodore computer I gamed […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: action, adventure, atari, Atari Jaguar, commodore amiga, jaguar, Piko, piko interactive, port, retro, retro gaming, retrogaming No Comments »
Rainbow Brite Journey to Rainbow Land Game Inbound
July 23rd, 2017 Carl Williams Rainbow Brite, owned by Hallmark Cards, is one of the rare 1980’s properties to not at least receive a “homage” game is about to receive her own full-blown title. Coleco have licensed the Rainbow Brite characters from Hallmark Cards with intent to create a new table top game. Back in the day, Coleco were known […]
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Posted in News, Portables Tags: adventure, Coleco, Journey to Rainbow Land, Rainbow Brite, retro, retrogaming, table top 2 Comments »
