Updates

RetroMaggedon.com now has a new style, which is part of an ongoing effort to improve the overall experience for our visitors. We hope that you find this site both easier to navigate and read. Feedback its always welcome, so feel free to let us know what you think!

A number of changes and improvements are in the works for this website. The Save Archive, which is one of our most popular features, will see an upgrade in the next few months that will include:

-A more streamlined menu. Saves will be organized according to system rather than the emulator they were generated on.

-Every save available for a particular game will be bundled into a single file that will be placed at the top of the list so users can quickly download files if they wish.

-An updated FAQs will be added to the Save Archive home page.

RetroMaggedon now has a new logo inspired by the NES classic, Ninja Gaiden. This in keeping with the tradition of the original banner which was loosely based on the Legend of Zelda series. More improvements are on the way as we work on cleaning the site up a bit and making it more functional.

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Atari month has begun and our first reviews will be rolled out this week. A shooter called  Atlantis has the honor of being the first Atari 2600 game to be reviewed on this site, but there is more in store with Berzerk and Battlezone reviews in the works. A new review will be posted each week, maybe with a few bonuses thrown in depending on how fast I can go through these games. Thanks for reading and Happy New Year!

The Atari 2600 is an icon of the gaming world, being an early example of a successful console and home to famous titles such as Pitfall! and Yar’s Revenge. So far, this project has focused on games from the mid 1980’s to the late 2000’s and it is high time we explored this iconic console. Our first round of Atari 2600 reviews will be published in early January 2018 and it’s library will be this website’s primary focus for the entire month. On a personal note, the Atari 2600 is somewhat foreign to me, having been born a year before the infamous “Video Game Crash” of 1983, I grew up with the NES and had no real inkling of the important contributions Artari made to the video game world. It wasn’t until I was about twelve that I actually had contact with an Atari, thanks to a friend who had borrowed one from his older brother. I’ve always had an interest in the past and I eagerly accepted my friend’s invitation to play it. The games were strange, primitive, and thoroughly fascinating. The Atari 2600 was like a journey into an alternate universe of flashing screens and strange buzzing sound effects that was totally alien to the both of us. With that said, I look forward to reviewing Atari games and maybe even writing a few guides where appropriate during the month of January. Untill then, have a great holiday season and a happy New Year!

As promised, RetroMaggedon.com now hosts movie reviews! We would also like to welcome our newest contributor and movie buff extraordinaire, Grawlix. Currently our selection of reviews is admittedly small, but it will be updated on a regular basis. We plan to cover a wide range of films, both new and old. This new section is also accompanied by a minor update to our navigation bar, which we hope will improve the performance of this site. Click here to visit our movie review section or look for it under “Reviews, Guides, and More” on the menu bar. As always, thank you for your support and Happy Holidays!