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Oct
21

The beat-’em-up Dungeons & Dragons!

1991 is a year we simply can’t forget. As I’ve mentioned in my previous posts, arcades were overflowing with side-scrolling beat ’em ups — and finally, a game arrived that blended that style with the world of Dungeons & Dragons! […]

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Oct
16

Autumn: The Beauty of New Games!

Autumn and the falling leaves carry with them a unique kind of magic — the herald of new games. I’ve always waited eagerly for this season: days with the perfect temperature, the beauty of autumn colors, and the trees slowly […]

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Oct
14

Halloween is just around the corner!

Halloween is getting closer, and many retro games come back to haunt our memories… Today, I want to remember Splatterhouse! It was Namco’s true love letter to the horror genre. Back then, horror cinema ruled supreme with films like The […]

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Oct
04

The Beauty of Old Game Covers

The other day, I went down to the basement looking for an old graphics card for a friend, and I stumbled upon a true piece of retro gaming history. It was 1991, and the developer Ocean Software had released for […]

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Oct
01

The Advertisements That Marked the History of Consoles!

Today I want to talk about the advertisements that introduced the new generations of consoles.I remember the one for the PlayStation 1 – just a simple logo, yet it became an unforgettable piece of footage.Or, going further back in time, […]

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Sep
27

Sonic the Hedgehog

Happy weekend, RetroGaming Warriors!Today I want to briefly talk about a game that truly needs no introduction: Sonic the Hedgehog! I wasn’t lucky enough to own the legendary Mega Drive, but I did have the magical Game Gear, and I […]

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Sep
26

Alien VS Predator 1994

If you feel like playing a brilliant beat ’em up, we need to hop into a time machine and head back to 1994—or, more simply, just fire up a good emulator and enjoy Alien vs. Predator for arcade! Released in […]

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Sep
23

Step by Step: The Journey Continues

MaybeGrifis and I met to plan the next steps in this long journey. The filters have been added to the various sections; you can already see them in the genres, though they are still far from perfect. Then, finally, we’ve […]

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Sep
19

When is a Game a Masterpiece of Programming?

Today I want to present you a masterpiece released for the Mega Drive back in 1993. The development team, Gau Entertainment, created this video game and then disappeared… They launched a masterpiece on the market and for some reason did […]

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Sep
18

Predator Commodore-Amstrad

The 1980s were the golden age of muscle-packed action movies, dominated by stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone, who filled cinema screens with non-stop shootouts and adrenaline-fueled chaos. One unforgettable classic of that era is the first Predator, where […]

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Sep
15

Moto Racer-Nice wheelie!

It was the time when graphics accelerator cards began invading homes without much subtlety. The infamous 3DFx Voodoo boards plugged into PCs like a berserker’s armor, boosting graphics power beyond imagination. Back then, a regular Pentium 120 MHz couldn’t deliver […]

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Sep
13

Fighting Force Windows

Playing Double Dragon or the legendary Final Fight in the ’80s—and then moving on to Streets of Rage—was pure joy. These were classic side-scrolling beat ’em ups with quick, straightforward plots (back then, almost every game had a simple story) […]

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Sep
09

Day of Tentacle Portable Toilet :)

The graphic adventures of the ’80s and ’90s filled our days with joy. Today I want to talk about a game that was as kind-hearted as it was entertaining—an adventure that unquestionably ranks among the greatest of all time. And, […]

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Sep
08

Lost in the Data Abyss, Searching for the Light

Dear all, Yesterday, we received a missive that gave us, let’s say, a bit of food for thought. The topic: the compliance of the data on our site and the numerous errors lurking in every corner of it. Errors that, […]

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Sep
02

Elite: Beyond Imagination

In 1985, a game was released on the Commodore 64 that broke all the established rules. With limited and far-from-advanced tools, its developers managed to create something infinitely vast. Imagination overcame every constraint of reality, programming an astronaut who could […]

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Sep
01

September Has Returned. And So Have We.

September is back.You can feel it in the light that fades too soon, in the afternoons that smell like overheated plastic and binary nostalgia.Maybe it’s because both my birthday and MaybeGrifis’s fall in this cursed month — but I like […]

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Aug
27

Shinobi

It was just like being a kid again, watching those old Ninja movies—dreaming of becoming a martial arts master who could wield swords, kusarigama, and of course throw the legendary Ninja Stars! Its adaptation into the world of video games […]

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Aug
25

Young Pilot of 2654

Good morning, warriors of Retrogaming! Browsing the Retrogek website feels like flipping through an ancient encyclopedia that grows richer every day with the history of video games. While exploring this “collection of knowledge,” I stumbled upon a masterpiece from 1990 […]

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Aug
23

Windjammers

Who remembers this great classic? Dark and I used to play it in the arcade back in 1995 (I think). We were amazed by the idea of throwing frisbees at crazy speed and power, trying to score as many points […]

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Aug
20

Still on Track, Folks

We’re still on track, folks. While MaybeGrifis keeps having fun making videos on social media, I’m over here continuing the mess of organizing DOS games. The games page has been updated, and now we also have downloadable files… but don’t […]

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