Celebrate Father’s Day with five Nintendo dads

Author: Ricky Berg
Categories: Retro

Nintendo often forgoes family structure for its games and characters, but it’s brought us a fair share of great dads over the years. Each and every one has a part to play in his game and in our memories of the times we’ve spent playing them — some of us…

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Atari acquires the Intellivision brand

Author: Tom Brown
Categories: News, Retro

Two of the earliest video gaming pioneers are joining forces… Kind of. Atari and Intellivision waged one of the earliest console wars in the late ’70s and early ’80s but now, 45 years later, the former is buying the latter, in a manner of speaking. Specifically, Atari has purchased the…

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25 Years of Super Smash Bros. – Retro Rewind

Categories: News, Retro

It’s hard to fathom it now, but 25 years ago, nobody expected Super Smash Bros. to become a phenomenon. Released towards the end of the N64’s lifecycle, Smash seemed like a fun enough idea that would come and go without much fuss. I don’t recall ever having debates with my…

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