December 1, 2008 by The Review Center
Filed under Gaming News, PlayStation 2, Retro, Reviews, Science and Technology, The Issue, The Magazine
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 speaks [...]
November 15, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Downloads, Retro, Science and Technology, The Magazine, The Old Shoebox
Bullets cost money.
September 1, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Science and Technology, The Old Shoebox
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.
March 11, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Downloads, Full Programs, Retro, Science and Technology, The Old Shoebox
One of the best computer golf games is still Links LS 98
March 3, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Downloads, Retro, Science and Technology, The Old Shoebox
Released quickly after Doom, using a modified version of the same game engine, Heretic is a fantasy first person shooter designed by Raven Software, published by id Software, and distributed, along with everything else in those days, by GT Interactive in 1994.
Heretic introduced ambient noise — evil laughter and such — that was random, as [...]
February 28, 2008 by John M. Guilfoil
Filed under Downloads, Game Demos, Retro, Science and Technology, The Old Shoebox
One of my all time favorite PC sports games was High Heat Baseball 1999. It was behind its time and had sub par graphics, but it was a smooth playing game that was insanely customizable. It had replaceable graphics, importable stadiums (real Citgo sign for Fenway) and custom sound effects and player musical anthems you [...]


