Category Archives: Multi-Platform

I’ve always loved “gravity games.” The various Lunar Lander incarnations are great fun to me. Asteroids, more an “inertia game” than a “gravity game” in truth, has a similar feel and is similarly fun. As such, a certain screenshot in … Continue reading →

I have recently stumbled across one of the most impressive, hardcore retro computing efforts I’ve ever encountered. A reader, Kroah, broke into chat with me the other day, indicating that he had been searching for months and months for the … Continue reading →

I have scanned the Time Bandit instruction manual at 300 dpi and put the pages together in an eight page PDF document for anyone, like me, who loves the game and would like a digital version of the manual. If … Continue reading →

This may seem like a somewhat obscure and certainly not very exciting post, but I want it to get into the search engines. One of the nicer non-RGB monitors ever made is the Commodore 1702, released in the early 80s. … Continue reading →

DigiBarn is running a piece that, in a series of 24 photos, shows Micsoroft Windows 1.03 being installed on an AT&T 6300 PC compatible (hey, I’ve got one of those!). From the stack of ten 5.25″ floppies to the warm, … Continue reading →

I just ran across an interesting piece put up by Fosfor Gadgets. The article provides a side-by-side screenshot comparison of games from various genres – one from today and one from somewhere around 20 years ago. It’s amazing how technology … Continue reading →

Revolution Advanced has posted an excellent look at game console controllers over the years, “from the days of Atari to [Nintendo] Revolution.” It’s a great piece that may prove educational for the uninitiated. The only major lack in the article … Continue reading →

A while back I made the sad report that Retro Gamer magazine’s future looked bleak given the financial crash of publishing house Live Publishing. More recently came the bright and happy news that Retro Gamer would be saved by Imagine … Continue reading →

With much lamentation I recently wrote of the apparent demise of the most excellent Retro Gamer magazine. It seemed this paean of 80′s and early 90′s home computer and console gaming was to be no more, as its publisher, Live … Continue reading →

On Monday, August 22nd, the British publishing house Live Publishing went into administration, leaving the future of the excellent Retro Gamer magazine, as well as its other publications including the also retro-geared PC Action Emulate!, in much doubt. First published … Continue reading →