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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 to Street Fighter II on…

Retro Andy September 21, 2021

Video games

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 for that box, Mick McGinty,…

Retro Andy September 20, 2021

Video games

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 as the Sega Genesis. Anyways.…

Retro Andy September 16, 2021

Video games

Streets of Rage Retrospective

Streets of Rage turns 30 this weekend, so I thought it would be fun to take a look back on one of the Sega Genesis' most iconic video games ever.…

Retro Andy September 15, 2021

Movies Music Video games

Enter the (Double) Dragon (Neon)

I watched the martial arts masterpiece film, Enter The Dragon, for the first time in like a decade over the weekend. It's such a shame that we lost Bruce Lee…

Retro Andy July 28, 2021

Journal Video games

10 Games that Molded me as a Gamer

There was a thing going around Twitter asking for the 5 games that “molded” you as a gamer. Well, I’m too loquacious for 280 characters, and I’m bad at limiting…

Retro Andy July 21, 2021

Journal Video games

X-Men: Children of the Atom Birthday “Kumite”

Up front: This entire post is a bit of a humble brag. But it's my blog, and what is a personal blog if not something of a vanity project? I've…

Retro Andy July 14, 2021

Video games

The Complete Insanity of Sega Master System Video Game Box Art

Back before they were just putting Sonic into various Mario games on Nintendo consoles, SEGA (short for SErvice GAmes) used to make video game consoles of their own -- I…

Retro Andy July 12, 2021

Hawk and Croc Video games

Hawk & Croc characters in Soul Calibur 4

Here's something a little different. Soul Calibur IV is a weapons-based 3D fighting game by Bandai Namco released in 2008. One of the fun features about the Soul Calibur series…

Retro Andy April 22, 2021

Toys Video games

Hyperstone Heist Leatherhead custom toy

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist on the Sega Genesis is a fascinating game. It reuses a lot of art assets from TMNT: Turtles in Time, but is still…

Retro Andy March 22, 2021

Graphic Design Video games

Marvel vs. Capcom color edits

So you can probably tell that I love comics, and Street Fighter. And in the late 1990s, Capcom released a bunch of Street Fighter-esque games featuring the Marvel Comics characters.…

Retro Andy January 7, 2021

Video games

Appreciation: Double Dragon II Art

I just love the box art for Technos Japan’s classic video game, Double Dragon II: The Revenge. The art style, the composition, the draftsmanship, the coloring. All of it is…

Retro Andy November 27, 2020

Podcast Video games

Atomic Monsoon #84: A List of Our Favorite Video Games. Right Now. This Very Second.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4IeZIeam7O3FSa5MXfnsWq?si=30d1571e5fd746d7 Andy and Stephanie talk about some of their favorite video games. Games we discuss: Street Fighter (series) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Metal Slug 3 Lego Star Wars Complete…

Retro Andy September 11, 2020

Journal Video games

Sega Dreamcast Retro-Retrospective

SE-GA! The Sega Dreamcast released on 09 September 1999 (9.9.99), and was an instant smash success. It released for $199.99, which was an absolute STEAL for a video game console…

Retro Andy September 9, 2020

Video games

Spider-Man on Sega Genesis

Perhaps the most forgotten Spider-Man video game, this cart was produced by Sega in 1991. Obviously, you play as Spider-Man, as you go through seven levels of mayhem and chaos,…

Retro Andy August 5, 2020