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Retro Commercials: E.T. video game for Atari 2600 in 1982

OldSchool80s

I don’t know about you, but commercials can often take me back to my formative years as quickly as any song or movie can. That is why we will continue this semi-regular feature on ’80s commercials CONTINUE READING…

Jay Plays

Jay Plays Atari Combat: Tank Fury

Jason Gross

In this review, Jay Plays Atari Combat: Tank Fury by Atari Inc. and Kung Fu Factory. This hybrid 3-match RPG game puts you amid an epic tank battle. Build your base and upgrade your resources CONTINUE READING…

Features

Check Out Those Ads! – Robin #1

Pitfall Gary

January 1991 saw the first ever Robin title. Relegated as Batman’s sidekick for 50 years, Robin finally gets his own comic! Robin #1 featured the third Robin, Tim Drake. Drake first appeared in Batman #436, CONTINUE READING…

Features

Check Out Those Ads! – Forgotten Realms #17

Pitfall Gary

We are embarking on a new year and a new installment of Check Out Those Ads! This year will be a running theme of comics celebrating their 30th Anniversary, comics published in 1991. Seems like CONTINUE READING…

Features

‘Ziggy’s Gift’ Christmas Special from 1982

OldSchool80s

Ziggy’s Gift originally aired on December 1, 1982. It is an ’80s holiday TV special which I remember very well, but has sadly seemed to have gone by the wayside for many others. Hopefully you CONTINUE READING…

Features

Check Out Those Ads! – Spider-Man #4

Pitfall Gary

Spider-Man was never my favorite superhero. The idea of a teenage superhero dealing with teenage issues didn’t appeal to me. I had my own teenage issues to deal with, I didn’t need to read about CONTINUE READING…

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Features

High Score: A Video Game Docuseries on Netflix

Pitfall Gary

High Score, a new documentary series on Netflix covers the history of video games from the early days of the arcade video games, through the console wars of the 1990’s and onto the next level CONTINUE READING…

Retro Advertisements

Check Out Those Ads! – The Fury of Firestorm #22

Pitfall Gary

In the last article we looked at ads from an issue of The Flash published in 1977. For today’s article we’re jumping ahead a few years to 1984, looking at another DC title, The Fury CONTINUE READING…

Features

Jay Plays Missile Command: Recharged

Jason Gross

Jay Plays is a brand new web series on The Retro Network YouTube channel. Join Jason aka “Jay” as he reviews a variety of mobile games with a fun retro perspective. In the first episode, CONTINUE READING…

Missle Command Recharched
Features

Missile Command: Recharged – A Modern Remake of a Classic Game

Pitfall Gary

In Missile Command, the 1980 arcade hit, you play a missile base commander fighting to save your cities against an onslaught of incoming ballistic missiles. I never played the arcade version of Missile Command. My CONTINUE READING…

Features

Recurrent Events: Two New Transformers Movies, WWF Era LEGO, DeLorean Revival

Jason Gross

The latest retro pop culture headlines are right here each week on Recurrent Events. Listen to us go in depth on select stories in the upcoming TRN Podcast this Tuesday. Movies, TV, Food, Video Games, CONTINUE READING…

Features

Recurrent Events: Rock Hall Nominations, ‘Snake Eyes’ Casts Scarlett, Atari VCS In Trouble

Jason Gross

If you’ve been listening to The Retro Network Podcast, you’ve heard the Recurrent Events segment that we curate with the latest retro pop culture headlines. We talk about everything from the latest movie remakes to CONTINUE READING…

Pitfall
Best Of 3

Pitfall Harry and the Christmas Road Trip

TRN Staff

It was a green box with gold bars hiding behind trees, crocodiles swimming in a lake, underground tunnels and the best adventurer ever. That’s right Christmas 1982 I got the one present I wanted…PITFALL! CONTINUE READING…

Features

TRN Podcast Pictorial #1: Trapper Keeper, Video Games, and More

Jason Gross

Man, it’s hard to believe that the TRN Podcast is already up to a dozen episodes! It’s been a great ride since Mick and I made our debut back in June. We’ve covered some great CONTINUE READING…

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