Presented by fastbilly1 New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club A nightmare that has come true. You awake in a bathroom stall, unable to remember who you are, and potentially about to be eaten by a grue. It is the 1940s, Chicago, and you have no idea whats going on but […]
A little over a week ago, I attended PAX East in Boston for the second time and was able to attend a few very interesting panels that were related to retro gaming.   My favorite panel of the bunch was entitled “Ten Games You Need to Play: The Digital Game Canon†put on by the IGDA […]
Check out the Racketboy Youtube Channel and Facebook Photo Set for related media As we all know, arcades are disappearing around the world – even in the largest of cities.   I know that here in the Midwest part of the US, there are only a handful of quality arcades and not many “mega arcades†. […]
Presented by fastbilly1 New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club A long time ago in an office that continues to pump out Star Wars games. A team of programmers cranked out a so called Doom clone that married the vast Star Wars universe with the world of first person shooters, and […]
Presented by Gamerforlife The Racketboy crew is back with yet another ambitious effort to educate the masses on some retro-gaming (and even some modern gaming) essentials. Â In this Retro Gaming 101 installment, we will be taking a lot at one of the most essential and popular genre in video games. Â Platforming games really kick-started and […]
Presented by Radarscope1, MrGoodbytes, Ack, Â Racketboy, and other forum contributors See Other Entries of the Games That Pushed The Limits Series In case you haven’t followed Racketboy very long, the Pushed The Limits series (see our NES, TG16, and Genesis installments) Â takes a look at the games that truly made the most of a console’s […]
It has been quite a while since I had played with an actual Atari 2600 or even played 2600 versions of many of the games in it’s library. It was never much of a conscience decision, it has just never really happened in the last 20 years or so. This past month, I figured it […]
Presented by Fastbilly1 and Racketboy New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Considered by many to be one of the best 2D fighters in existence, King of Fighters 98 is a unique title in the King of Fighters series. Since the Orochi saga had concluded, SNK decided to focus on the multiplayer […]
By Ack, Noiseredux, and Zen Albatross Check  out other Guides in the Retro Gaming 101 Series In 1989, Nintendo released the Game Boy, a grey brick of plastic with a green screen and only four audio channels. Nintendo’s leadership believed it would be popular. But it wasn’t just popular, it became a cultural icon. Now […]
Presented by Ack Since the early days of Computer Space, Pong, and the Magnavox Odyssey, gaming has had a competitive edge. Of all of gaming’s genres, perhaps the most competitive is the Fighting Game, a genre entirely designed around two opponents beating the tar out of each other to prove who is the top dog. […]
Presented by noiseredux and Racketboy New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club Let’s kick of 2011 with a truly immersive game. Riviera: The Promised Land is basically an RPG, but also incorporates major elements from genres as far-reaching as strategy, adventure and even dating sims. It’s going to be a unique month, so […]
2010 was quite good to fans of old-school gaming. Â Big studios are finally starting to realize that people still like 2D games — and not just on portable platforms. Â The download platforms like Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare, DSiWare, and Steam have really given games like these a place to thrive, but we’ve also […]
From an eBay Auction in October 2012: “What I have here is an Atari 2600 game made by Rob Fulop. This game is extremely rare.Rob was working for Imagic at the time,but the game was never released.Rob eventually sold the game himself.There were only 50 ever made.Each cartridge was signed and numbered.This is #44.Included with this […]
After our successful 2009 charity auction ,we decided to give it another go while focusing on a new charity. Â Like last year, all of the items were donated by members and friends of the site. Â All proceeds from the auction – every cent – will go to benefit The Make-A-Wish Foundation. For more on […]
Presented by Fastbilly & Racketboy New To Together Retro? Check out the introduction to the club This month we are going back to the days before Back to the Future for a classic arcade game. Tempest is one of if not the finest examples of the early arcade. It is also an oddity in that […]
