Online gaming nostalgia

March 14   Leave a Comment  

Every now and again, you may feel the need for a little online video game nostalgia. Some people play Hearts or Bridge, but for others, it’s an online bingo site like onlinebingo.com that takes you back to the old days. Bingo, for its age, remains an immensely popular game in the US and Canada. But [...]

Retro movie review: “Hoover”

Dec. 24, 2011   2 Comments  

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Ernest Borgnine was the original J. Edgar

Retro movie review: “The Dark Crystal”

Nov. 26, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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From 1982: Not the muppets you’re used to seeing

CH Products Fighterstick USB: Checking in with an old friend

Sept. 22, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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Still the best

Wing Commander Prophecy review

Jan. 18, 2011   Leave a Comment  

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A PC game from November 1997

Gitaroo Man review

Oct. 17, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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This review originally appeared on ReviewCenter.com in 2002. It scored a 9.1 at the time. By Carlos McElfish KOEI is most widely known for kicking out strategy games. So the last thing this reviewer was expecting from them was an extremely entertaining music/rhythm game. KOEI has managed to not only avoid the common pitfalls of [...]

Maximo: Ghosts to Glory review

Oct. 2, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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From 2002, a game that was almost made for N64 then almost for Dreamcast

Retro: Force 21 review

Sept. 27, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 1999. Force 21 is far from your normal real-time gtrategy game. You don’t have a base where you begin — mining resources, building buildings, which in turn allow you to build certain units. No, it’s nothing like that. Force 21 doesn’t try to be that. It’s something much [...]

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Cool Boarders 3 review

May 11, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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From 1998 comes the worst game from a great franchise.

Fatal Frame review

Feb. 4, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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This review originally appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 2002. For us, it all started with The 7th Guest for the PC. We were indescribably intrigued by this game at the time.‚ The ability to journey through a beautifully rendered haunted mansion (as good as you could pre-render n 1993) via a first person perspective was something that, [...]

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The PlayStation 2 launch titles

Dec. 1, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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December 2008. Sony PlayStation 2 has been a viable product for eight years, selling about 140 million units wordwide, more than any other video game console in history. The fact that we’re still talking about PlayStation 2 and still talking about new games being made only for the PlayStation 2 in the 2008 holiday season [...]

The Old Shoebox: Night Raid

Nov. 15, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Bullets cost money.

The Old Shoebox: Cylindrix

Oct. 20, 2008   Leave a Comment  

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Cylindrix was coded to run in Dos DJGPP Protected Mode so that it could address more than 640 KB of memory, something that the Dos programmers felt was impossible at one point in history.

Retro: The Sesame Street 12 pinball video

Sept. 3, 2008   1 Comment  

Youtube is featuring this very old Sesame Street video that most of us should remember from our childhood. Oh my god, huge flashback! There are plenty more videos and games to check out at the new Sesame Street Workshop website at http://www.sesamestreet.org, which launched August 11. Trippy… This should be familiar too.

The Old Shoebox: Download Overkill

Sept. 1, 2008   1 Comment  

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In 1992, Epic MegaGames released this almost forgettable little EGA game called Overkill. You, the pilot, are tasked with destroying all the evil alien forces that captured six otherwise peaceful planets, enslaving the populations along the way. Destroy them.

KKnD2: Krossfire review

Aug. 26, 2008   3 Comments  

Two articles on a 1998 European import. Plus: download the original demo here!

Square announces Chrono Trigger DS for November

Aug. 18, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Square Enix announced Monday that the popular Super Nintendo RPG, Chrono Trigger, would be released for Nintendo DS in North America on November 25. Originally released in 1995, Chrono Trigger sold more than 2.5 million copies worldwide and received almost universal critical approval. It received “Best RPG” and “Best DS Game” accolades at E3 this [...]

The Old Shoebox: Download Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold

Aug. 1, 2008   2 Comments  

Ahh, 1993. The first person shooter was bursting forth in popularity, but how did Blake Stone fare?

Alpha Centauri review

July 28, 2008   Leave a Comment  

This review of one of the best games ever appeared on Reviewcenter.com in 1999.

Retro: An ode to Super Mario World

June 7, 2008   Leave a Comment  

A couple of days ago, I found myself in an interesting situation. I found, that I had no desire to play my next-gen games. Hell, I didn’t even want to play my PS2. No, I wanted to play something 2D, and not the 2D with a 3D twist like Odin Sphere, but something truly classic, [...]