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Tag Archives: retro gaming
Infogrames Warlords remake on PC ALMOST rules
Memories…like the corners of my television screen… Way back in the day—like 1983/1984—me and my friends on my block would cram into my bedroom on the hottest days of the summer, in front of a fan, and have serious sessions … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Atari Revival, Infogrames, PC gaming, retro gaming, Stelladaptor, video games, Warlords
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Danny’s Lament: Pluck your magic twanger Froggy!
If you know that reference, then you are truly a Frogger junky like myself. Me and a couple of friends spent a majority of the decade from 2001 – 2009 playing the numerous modernized versions of Frogger for everything from … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Frogger, Konami Classics Volume 1, retro gaming, video games, Xbox 360
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Stelladaptor—the god of Atari 2600 emulation on your PC
I got into the classic video game retro scene in about 2001 when I finally bought a home computer. Within a matter of months, I loaded my computer with pretty much every video game for every console released between … Continue reading
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Tagged Atari 2600, Demon Attack, Kaboom!, retro gaming, Space Invaders, Stelladaptor, video games
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You’ve entered the Arcade Zone, where no Activision classic is what it seems
The last generation of game systems was treated to “Activision Anthology,” a collection that had dozens of original Activision and Imagic classics from the Atari 2600 days. If you hooked up an arcade stick to your system, you had a … Continue reading
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Tagged Activision, Arcade Zone, Atlantis, Freeway, Kaboom!, Megamania, retro gaming, video games, Wii
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Why do they have to ‘remix’ the classics?
Having grown up during the dawn of the 12” single, I’m a sucker for a remix…of a song, that is. But I finally picked up a copy of the Wii video game Namco Museum Remix and find most of its … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s, 80s, Galaga, Namco Museum Remix, Pac Man, retro gaming, video games, Wii
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