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Video Games

Podcast

The Run In: Collecting for Dummies

Kevin Decent

Are we telling people how to go about collecting, or are we the dummies? Today on The Run In, all three of your hosts are here to discuss their pop culture collections. Video games. Wrestling CONTINUE READING…

Article

Footage from the 1990 Nintendo World Championships

Jason Gross

The Nintendo World Championships in 1990 was the first nationwide video game competition hosted by Nintendo. Throughout the year, the tournament visited 30 cities in America and gave players a chance to compete for a CONTINUE READING…

Podcast

The Run In: Hot Tag with Mrs Hellions

Kevin Decent

Welcome to another Monday morning one on one interview with one third of your trios tag team champions of The House Show, the Masked Library. On today’s show Kevin sits down for a Hot Tag CONTINUE READING…

NBA Jam
Article

Fascinating Facts About NBA Jam

Mickey Yarber

NBA Jam was released in 1993 and went on to become the most popular arcade game of all time. Here are 5 things you may not have known about the legendary game. It Was Originally CONTINUE READING…

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Article

Castlevania: Season 3 Review

Pitfall Gary

Disclaimer: The events in Castlevania Season 2 directly impact Season 3. I’ll try to keep this as spoiler free as possible. Any spoilers are unintentional, but really, you’ve had six months of lock down to CONTINUE READING…

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Article

Castlevania: Season 1 and 2 Review

Pitfall Gary

In 1986 Konami released Castlevania in Japan and the following year it was ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System and released in America. Castlevania introduced the world to Simon Belmont, a vampire hunter, hell bent CONTINUE READING…

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Article

Check Out Those Ads! – Terror Inc. #2

Pitfall Gary

There are all sorts of Halloween treats popping up on the The Retro Network. Keeping with the Halloween season the comic ads we’ll be looking at come from a horror comic book. Unfortunately the ads CONTINUE READING…

Podcast

TRN Podcast 064: After Hours

Jason Gross
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Article

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…

Podcast

The Run In 22.5 – Wrestling Video Games

Kevin Decent

Your Monday morning aural coffee is here. Start your week off with the House Show crew. This morning we answer a listener question and discuss wrestling video games. Create a wrestler. The best and worst CONTINUE READING…

Article

Retro Bowl Review: The Sports Fix You Need Right Now

Pitfall Gary

I found out about Retro Bowl last week and installed it on my phone to give it a try. It is a modern take on Tecmo Bowl from the 1990s and it does a great CONTINUE READING…

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Article

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…

Podcast

TRN Podcast 028 – Recurrent Events 2020 Preview

Jason Gross

Happy New Year! Jason and Mickey’s first podcast of the year is a preview of all the retro stuff coming in 2020. First, we catch up on last week’s holiday and then discuss a few CONTINUE READING…

Article

The Doctor Is In! Review of Dr Mario World Mobile Game

Jason Gross

Feeling a little under the weather? Think maybe you have a virus? Dr. Mario is now accepting new patients and you can schedule an appointment on your phone! The new mobile game Dr. Mario World CONTINUE READING…

Article

Pictorial: The 17 Original Nintendo Entertainment System Games Released in 1985

Mickey Yarber

A pictorial guide to the first 17 games for the original NES. The box art of these original games is simple, yet elegant, and wonderful pieces of artwork in their own right. CONTINUE READING…

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