About This Episode We’re Generation X kids who grew up largely unsupervised and left to our own devices. That often resulted in “play” time being a bit rougher and more hazardous than those who grew up in later generations. In this Backtrack, we’re taking a stroll down memory lane littered with the most dangerous toys…
Fancy a game that doesn’t just have a great starting soundtrack, a brilliant intro and turn based combat for up to 4 players? Then make sure to check out Windigo Productions latest Commodore 64 game of ‘Battle for Cronos’. A game in which the creator says has epic battles with 4 factions, an 8 mission campaign,…
Even though the Caffeine hasn’t kicked in yet and I’m still half asleep, I thought I’d give quick a shout out to Kim Fastrup Larsen’s new remake update of ‘Labyrinth’ for the Commodore Amiga. A game in which the developer says “is a remake of a Commodore 64 game published by Commodore in 1983 (not to…
Pac-Man (1980), Space Invaders (1978), and Donkey Kong (1981) are all iconic titles from the late 1970s and 1980s that marked a turning point in gaming history. Titles such as these alongside others that followed a similar pattern, set standards for player interactions through highly interactive gameplay. These games introduced new game mechanics that impacted…
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No one can ever quite agree what really makes a video game retro. Ten years old used to be a good yardstick, but as time marches on, and ten years ago now includes the PlayStation 4, well, that’s not generally a good definition. Strangely enough, though, there’s one ten-year-old game whose retro pedigree is…
Behind the doors of an unassuming building hidden away in an industrial complex in the heart of Texas lies one of the most creative and revolutionary pinball companies around. If you are a pinball fan and have never heard of Multimorphic, you’re missing out on a whole new world of pinball possibilities and some of…
I was born in 1981, the same year that Jump Man and Donkey Kong had everyone over a barrel and shortly after Pac-Man gave everyone a certain fever. Back then, video games as an entertainment medium were in their infant years and still just a curiosity to most. The multi-Billion-dollar (BIG B) industry it has…
With the holidays approaching, everyone is focused on the new games we want, but in this special post, we detail games that deserve to be remembered. Endless Midnight: Zombie Swarm: Jordan Trudgett’s independent game on the 360 Live Arcade was from a different era. In 2011, it just felt like everyone was making their own…