Author Archives: The Doc
Old School Ghostbusters, The C64 Way
Recently there was yet another new Ghostbusters game that came out for the Xbox 360 on their XBLA service. This comes closely on the heels of the full blown retail Ghostbusters game that came out a year and a half … Continue reading
Answers to the Retro Rewind Trivia Time Challenge #1
Hopefully you got all your answers in for last weeks Retro Rewind Trivia Time Challenge #1, because here are the answers. 1 – Which 80′s movie had this line in it – “The question is not what are we going … Continue reading
Retro Rewind Trivia Time Challenge 1
Let’s face it, we all love trivia. Trivial Pursuit proved that a long time ago. We here at the Retroist also love the 80’s even more than we love trivia. What if we jammed them together like peanut butter and … Continue reading
It Came From The Drive In Theater (at Disney World)
I absolutely love drive in movies. Going to drive in movies, for me, truly was one of the great joys of my youth. If I had the chance to see a movie in the theater or at a drive in, … Continue reading
Stretch Armstrong? Your Making That Up! (No I’m Not!)
In the late 70’s I was very much into WWF wrestling. It was a family tradition for my entire family, Mom included, to sit down with a huge bowl of buttery popcorn and watch Friday Nights Main Event on television. … Continue reading
World’s Loudest Football Game? Electric Football
I have always loved American Football. When I was younger I would gravitate to the team that was always winning, but as I got older and my hometown actually got a real NFL team, I of course turned into a … Continue reading
Is That The Blob?? Nope, It’s SLIME!!!
As a younger kid, the one movie that absolutely scared the utter crap out of me was The Blob. This was the movie where the huge meter came crashing down to Earth and landed in a small town farm. The … Continue reading
O Manual, Where Art Thou?
I have always found that the game manuals that come with video games were as much fun to read and as much a part of the overall gaming experience as the games themselves. That is why the news that EA … Continue reading
Go! Go! Slot Racer, Go!
Slot car racing caught on with me around the time that I was around 8 or 9 years old. I first saw a television commercial on during the “Spiderman and His Amazing Friends” Saturday morning cartoon for this awesome Spiderman … Continue reading
What Gameshow Rocked the Arcade Scene in the 80’s? STARCADE
In the mid eighties, you would have been hard pressed to find anyone who had not played an arcade game at least once. Both of my parents would tell you that they did not like arcade games in the least, … Continue reading
The Saga of Luke and Laura
Oh yeah, Luke and Laura! Ok before we go on, yes you know who Luke and Laura are, and yes you watched it like all of the rest of us did, so don’t even try to play it off, ok! … Continue reading
Stop Thief by Parker Brothers
As I was growing up, even though I was totally hooked on video games, I found that I had a true affection for board games. Unfortunately I found that I would have to play them mostly by myself, as all … Continue reading
We Need More Pac-Man, Right?
1981 was a great year at the arcades. There were over 350 different arcade games released that year alone, and I’m pretty sure that I played each and every one of them! Thanks for the allowance Mom! Since this was, … Continue reading
Saga of the Swamp Thing – Movies (There Were Movies?)
There most certainly were movies! Back in 1982 I was as heavily into collecting comic books as I had ever been. Most of my comic dollars were being spent on such notable heroes as The Amazing Spiderman, Superman, Batman, Ghost … Continue reading
Who Are You Calling A Nerd??!!
One of the great joys I had as an early teenager was getting up on Saturday mornings just about the time that all of the great cartoons were coming on. Funny how my Mom had to come in my room … Continue reading
Dallas TV fans Rejoice! A “New” Dallas Returns to TNT
Man when I was younger, Friday night television watching was heaven. First The Incredible Hulk was on. That was followed by The Dukes of Hazzard. Then finally Dallas was on. Now while this may seem like a “Which one of … Continue reading
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