Rare Retrogaming Manuals: Programmer’s Aid Cartridge (VIC 1212)

Retro tech is always fun to find, but often it comes without any documentation.  Some tech is simple to understand (like hooking up an Atari 2600), but some tech is not so simple.  The Programmer’s Aid Cartridge (part number VIC1212), designed to help BASIC programmers to write, edit, and debug programs on the VIC20, is [...]

Happy 20th Birthday Sonic the Hedgehog!

It’s been 20 years since Sega released their first Sonic the Hedgehog game on June 23, 1991. (Aack! 20 years!) Sonic was Sega’s answer to Nintendo’s Mario, replacing the much blander Alex Kidd, who had a good run as the Master System icon. Sonic was designed by Yuji Naka and Naoto Ōshima, and refined by a committee [...]

What’s In That Game Box? – Globetrotters (Irwin Toy, 1984)

Ever scoured the Internet looking for what exactly you were missing from the old board game you pulled from your closet, only to find no one who could give you the answer?  Well, stop that fruitless searching through endless google results, as this week we look at a forgotten 1984 Irwin Toy classic, Globetrotters: The Game of Travel [...]

ReBlog: Duke Nukem 3D Getting a Shave and a Haircut

The gaming world is a funny place.  We wait for what seems like forever to get Duke Nukem Forever, and then find out that there is another Duke game on the horizon: Duke Nukem Reloaded.  Interceptor Entertainment, a developer based in Denmark, is remaking the classic Duke Nukem 3D using the Unreal game engine.  There [...]

Game of the Week: American McGee’s Alice (2000)

In the aftermath of Doom and Doom II‘s critical and financial success, many software companies sought to duplicate id Software’s successes.  Some chose to attempt to out-Doom Doom, bringing forth various first-person shooters in an attempt to capture the same market.  Some chose the classic business maneuver of poaching talent, seeking to duplicate the successes of id [...]