The RetroBeat — How World of Warcraft Classic will reignite the Burning Crusade Posted byby Mike Minotti February 26, 2021 13 min World of Warcraft welcomed back a wave of nostalgic fans with the release of World of Warcraft Classic in 2019. Now the famous MMO’s... Continue Reading 13 min
The RetroBeat: Dragon Quest III is as good as 8-bit era RPGs get Posted byby Mike Minotti February 12, 2021 3 min Usually when I beat a Japanese role-playing game, I take a break and play something a bit shorter and faster-paced. When I finished Dragon... Continue Reading 3 min
The RetroBeat — Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master is a Genesis treasure I missed Posted byby Mike Minotti February 5, 2021 2 min I loved my Sega Genesis as a kid, but now that I spend a lot of my adult life looking into retro games, I’m... Continue Reading 2 min
The RetroBeat: Classic Mega Man is better than the X series Posted byby Mike Minotti January 29, 2021 3 min A week or so ago, I once again got mad because of a tweet. Specifically, it was this one from Nintendo of America, asking... Continue Reading 3 min
The RetroBeat: River City Girls is a beat-’em-up delight Posted byby Mike Minotti January 15, 2021 3 min I enjoyed my holiday break because it gave me time to play a lot more games than normal. And after spending about 20 hours... Continue Reading 3 min
The RetroBeat: Dragon Quest V is a marriage made in retro-JRPG heaven Posted byby Mike Minotti January 8, 2021 4 min My discovery of the Dragon Quest franchise was one of my few happy happenstances of 2020. For decades, I convinced myself that I just... Continue Reading 4 min
The RetroBeat: 2020’s biggest retro gaming moments Posted byby Mike Minotti December 29, 2020 2 min I have to be honest: 2020 wasn’t as a big year for retro gaming as some of the other ones we’ve had in recent... Continue Reading 2 min
The RetroBeat: Midway’s jammin’ rise and mortal fall Posted byby Mike Minotti December 4, 2020 8 min Arcades are a novelty these days, but they were a massive force in the industry in the 1990s. That was thanks in large part... Continue Reading 8 min
The RetroBeat: Retro gifts for holiday 2020 Posted byby Mike Minotti November 23, 2020 3 min I love retro gaming. I love the holidays. Put them together, and I’m one happy Mikey. Every year, I put together a list of... Continue Reading 3 min
The RetroBeat: The Video Game History Foundation is on the hunt for source code Posted byby Mike Minotti October 30, 2020 15 min The video game industry is still young, but we’re already in danger of losing parts of its history forever. That’s why the Video Game... Continue Reading 15 min