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“Are you OK?!”
Random photo from a round of Super Smash Bros Ultimate, involving Terry Bogard, Star Wolf, and some bees. It’s not just Terry’s “Buster Wolf” super move. In this one, Terry…
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Iron Man Custom Marvel Legends toy
If you've explored PsychoAndy.com at all, it shouldn't be a surprise to you that I like the 90s Capcom fighting games -- Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, and specifically the Marvel vs.…
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Marvel Legends Juggernat Repaint
I don't know if you noticed, but I have a whole section of this website dedicated to alternate colors for characters in Capcom fighting games. In 1996, Capcom released X-Men…
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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, everything was pretty relaxed, and…
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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 both concpets -- Pixel art…
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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 one of the regular artists…
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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 video games and comics. Japanese…
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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 from the United States, I’ll…
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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 2020, my friend Kayin invited…
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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 on the 1987 TMNT cartoon…
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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 got this game for all…
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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 Nintendo Power, Electronic Gaming Monthly,…
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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 at the Mesa Convention Center.…
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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 ended yet, but the popularity…
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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" headphone jack. Additionally, the iPhone,…