The latest news from 30 years ago. The retro, rad, and totally awesome
Testing testing 1 2 3 – is this thing on?
I realized I haven’t actually made a new post in over 5 years. I’ve got a bunch in “Draft” mode, but I’ll need to review those and see if any are worth keeping.
I have an idea for a video series which I hope to start recording soon, so keep yer eyes peeled!
While Atari and Sega (among others) have been mining the mini-retro console market for over a decade, Nintendo has remained conspicuously absent – until now. The Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System will be available this November for $59.95. [Pre-order on Amazon.com]
While I’m not the biggest Nintendo fan, this is a very compelling package. Wii controller support, HDMI output and a great list of included games: Continue reading “Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System coming Nov 2016”
The Deep Purple family tree is a convoluted one. Aside from the numerous lineups over the years (referred to as “Marks” by the fans), the British hard rock forefathers’ branches wound their way through a number of offshoots and pre-existing acts. Those included – but are by no means limited to – Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Gillan, Dio, Hughes/Thrall, and Whitesnake. Continue reading “Whitesnake: The Purple Album Review”
Looks like a Kickstarter is forthcoming for a new cartridge-based console. Learn more at http://www.retrovgs.com/
Continue reading “Not entirely sure what to make of the RetroVGS yet, but it looks interesting”
May 22, 2015 marks the 35th anniversary of Pac-Man‘s original release in Japan. While many people consider Mario the mascot for all things video games, the yellow, dot-munching, pie shaped thingy was the first title to truly bring gaming to the masses. Continue reading “Pac-Man celebrates 35 years”
Wasteland and Elite – two classic games that received modern updates last year thanks to Kickstarter donations. This week at the Game Developers Conference, inXile (Wasteland 2) and Frontier Developments (Elite: Dangerous) announced console ports of their respective games. Continue reading “Wasteland 2, Elite: Dangerous to receive Xbox/Playstation ports”
Note: This is a post I made on my personal blog the day after Dimebag Darrell Abbott (Pantera/Damageplan) was gunned down during a Damageplan show 10 years ago. While Pantera is best known for their 90s output, they independently released four albums between 1983 and 1989. Continue reading “Memories of Dimebag Darrell on the 10th anniversary of his death”
Christmas morning, 1980. I must have been a good boy that year, because under the tree was a new Atari 2600 gaming console. Along with the Combat pack-in cartridge and the seminal Space Invaders, I was in gaming heaven. Many fond memories were had, but little did I know at the time that there was something bigger and better around the corner – the Atari 5200. Continue reading “Atari 5200 Let’s Play: START (Part 1)”