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Article

Enter Now: The Age Of Apocalypse! Part 1

David Inguagiato

An X-Men Age Of Apocalypse retrospective. Reliving X-Men Alpha #1 Age of Apocalypse is an X-Men crossover event that ran from February 1995 to June 1995 throughout various newly named X-Men titles. The regular ongoing CONTINUE READING…

Mortal Kombat
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Fascinating Facts About the Original Mortal Kombat

Mickey Yarber

When Mortal Kombat hit arcades across the country in 1992, it didn’t just enter the fighting game arena…it uppercutted its way into pop culture history. Developed by Midway, this gritty, digitized brawler stood apart from CONTINUE READING…

Sting and Robocop
Article

RoboCop in WCW: When Sci-Fi Met Suplexes

Mickey Yarber

In the annals of pro wrestling history, few moments are as bizarre, or as gloriously ’90s, as the night RoboCop walked into a WCW ring. Capital Combat: Return of RoboCop, held on May 19, 1990, at CONTINUE READING…

ShowBiz Pizza Place
Article

The Rise and Fall of ShowBiz Pizza Place

Mickey Yarber

In the neon-lit world of 1980s family entertainment, few places captured the imagination of children quite like ShowBiz Pizza Place. With its animatronic band, arcade games, and cheesy slices of pizza, ShowBiz wasn’t just a CONTINUE READING…

Article

The ’90s Closed the Book On the Childhood Ritual of Saturday Morning Cartoons

Mickey Yarber

For generations of kids, Saturday mornings meant one thing: cereal in hand, eyes glued to the TV, and a lineup of animated heroes, slapstick antics, and toy-commercial interludes that stretched from dawn until lunch. But CONTINUE READING…

HyperColor
Article

HyperColor Was Going To Be the Fashion Trend Of the Future

Mickey Yarber

In the summer of 1991, fashion got weird—in the best way possible. That was the year Hypercolor shirts exploded onto the scene, turning ordinary cotton t-shirts into thermochromatic canvases that changed color with heat. For CONTINUE READING…

The Chevy Chase Show
Article

The Short Life of the Chevy Chase Show

Mickey Yarber

In the crowded and competitive world of 1990s late-night television, The Chevy Chase Show stands out. Not for its longevity or acclaim, but for its spectacularly short and disappointing run. Airing on Fox in 1993, the show CONTINUE READING…

Batman Knightfall
Article

Knightfall: The Breaking and Rebuilding of Batman

Mickey Yarber

In the early 1990s, DC Comics launched one of the most ambitious and transformative comic book story arcs in Batman’s history: Knightfall. Spanning multiple titles and over a year of publication (1993–1994), the epic saga CONTINUE READING…

Podcast

TRN Drive-In Podcast: Major Payne (1995)

The Retro Network

Released from the vault, we’re proud to present the classic TRN Drive-In episode featuring the movie Major Payne from 1995.  This episode was only available to Patreon subscribers until now.   Our dearly departed friend CONTINUE READING…

Nick at Nite
Article

Fascinating Facts About Nick At Nite

Mickey Yarber

If you grew up in the late ’80s or ’90s, chances are your bedtime routine included brushing your teeth, grabbing a snack, and falling asleep to the soothing glow of Nick at Nite. With its CONTINUE READING…

Bigfoot Pizza
Article

Pizza Hut’s Bigfoot Pizza Was So Big It Fed a Generation

Mickey Yarber

In the golden age of over-the-top fast food promotions, few items loomed as large, literally and culturally, as Pizza Hut’s Bigfoot Pizza. Launched in 1993, this rectangular behemoth wasn’t just a meal; it was a CONTINUE READING…

Super Soaker 50
Article

Toy Stories: Super Soaker 50

Mickey Yarber

In the summer of 1990, backyards across America were transformed into splash zones thanks to a revolutionary new take on an old toy: the Super Soaker 50. Sleek, pressurized, and wildly powerful compared to the CONTINUE READING…

Article

Woodstock ’94: 2 More Days of Peace, Music, and Mud

Mickey Yarber

In August 1994, 25 years after the original Woodstock defined a generation, a new wave of music lovers descended on a muddy field in Saugerties, New York, for a revival that was part tribute, part CONTINUE READING…

Choose Your Own Adventure
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Choose Your Own Adventure Is Bringing Back the Magic With the Retro Box

The Retro Network

For anyone who grew up flipping pages and making split-second decisions that could lead to treasure, time travel, or total disaster, Choose Your Own Adventure books were more than stories, they were experiences. Now, thanks CONTINUE READING…

Wendys Superbar
Article

Wendy’s SuperBar and a Buffet of Memories

Mickey Yarber

In the fast-food world of burgers, fries, and drive-thrus, Wendy’s SuperBar was like an oasis in the desert. It launched in the late 1980s and peaked in the early ’90s, and it was an attempt CONTINUE READING…

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