Category: Video games
I once played Super Mario Bros. 3 for three days
When I was in 11th grade, I went to a small charter school with less than 30 students. Because there were so few of us,…
RetroJoy Pixel Art
The time I was experimenting with retrowave art was shortly after I had been experimenting with pixel art. The obvious thing to do was combine…
Art Appreciation: Konami Video Game covers by Tom DuBois
Video Game-playing children of the 80s and 90s know the work of Tom DuBois, even if they don’t know that they know it. DuBois was…
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter character art by Bengus
Hey, you know what I like? Artwork. You know what else I like? Video games and comics. You know what ELSE I like? Artwork about…
Comix Zone for Sega Genesis
Disclaimer: Sega’s 16-bit machine was called the Mega Drive in the rest of the world, but known as the “Genesis” in North America. Since I’m…
X-Men vs. Street Fighter Kumite 2022
I did one of these last year: https://retroandyart.com/2021/07/x-men-children-of-the-atom-birthday-kumite/ If you’re not gonna go back and read last year’s post, here’s the one-paragraph version: In November…
TMNT: Hyperstone Heist on Sega Genesis
With Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge recently getting released and being seemingly universally loved, and the Cowabunga Collection, including all the video games based…
Codename: Viper (NES)
It was Christmas of either 1990 or 1991. My family had three sets of cousins that were comprised of two boys, and the same aunt…
GamePro Magazine 1992 Cover Review
Back in the day when people still read magazines, GamePro magazine was my gaming magazine of choice. Sure I had a handful of issues of…
ZapCon 2022
I spent yesterday, April 30, 2022, at ZapCon, Arizona’s arcade & pinball convention. All the local arcades and independent machine owners bring their machines together…
TMNT Tournament Fighters Rat King
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters is a pretty solid fighter, coming from that brief period in 1993 where the popularity of TMNT hadn’t QUITE…
Sega Genesis: Better than the iPhone 7?
I made this stupid joke graphic back in 2016 when the iPhone 7 was announced, and Apple said they were doing away with the 1/8″…
Art Appreciation: The Street Fighter II Art of Mark McGinty
Continuing on from yesterday, here’s more work by the recently-deceased Mark McGinty. First up, what might be his most iconic video game piece, the cover…
Art Appreciation: The Sega Genesis Box Art of Mick McGinty
On Friday, I wrote about the excellent box art for Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition on Sega Genesis. And two days later, the artist…
Art Appreciation: Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition on Sega Genesis
I swear I’ve totally owned other video game consoles over the course of my life, but apparently none of them were quite as 90s Cool…