Episode 10 Brian talks about what retro gaming means to him and if he considers the Nintendo NES to be retro. He also shows off a few of his gaming consoles and games along the way.
Lets check out the awesome retro video game known as Burgertime on the Atari 2600, Intellivision and the ColecoVision.
Brian talks about one of his Favorite Intellivision games (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons) and does a little walk through.
Brian talks about and shows off the latest addition to his Man Cave… the Colecovision Flashback, he also plays a few games to try it out.
Brian talks about a rare Atari 2600 game he acquired that is both interesting and hard to find! …Chase the Chuck Wagon.
Brian talks and plays two classic Atari 2600 games (Stampede) (Adventure) that he didn’t realize were so much fun.
I keep wondering to myself “What is classified as Retro when it comes to gaming?”, its a term we use quite a bit but seem to have a hard time trying to define it. The term “Retro” tends to apply to things that began or were popular about 15-20 years ago, so this begs the question… “what about things from… Read more »
The Endless Loop… The early video games had many things in common, some more obvious then others. If a game was successful then it was common place to expect a ton of clones to follow (Pac-man, Space Invaders, Pong) just to name a few. There were other subtleties such as similar graphics and sound, a large assortment of space themed… Read more »
Today’s kids have it so easy when it comes to gaming as the average household now has about two to three TV’s and a few computers, tablets and various devices. I doubt there is ever a time that a kid is denied the ability to play a video game, they can pull out their Xbox or they can hop on… Read more »
I feel weird calling myself a “Retro Gamer” but I have to face the facts, I am one. I fit in to that category of the person who will not let the past go. It could be that I am stuck in the eighties… I play old games, listen to Metallica and drive a DeLorean, if that does not scream… Read more »