triverse Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 We are moving forward with Retro Gaming Magazine, launching soon. Below is the table of contents is below. Additions to the staff include Martin Alessi (former graphics man for Electronic Gaming Monthly) handling our covers and we are now working with the Armchair Arcade team to flesh out the coverage we provide (we won't be console only but will include computers in our coverage). http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2013/10/20/retro-gaming-magazine-1-cover-reveal/ A tribute to Bill Kunkel, the man that started gaming magazines as we know them, with Arnie Katz, oh so many years ago. Historical articles we are known for (our staff has been producing these for over five years on multiple sites) Cross Platform Gaming (we make the decisions other mags are scared to- which version was better: Genesis or SNES?) It Began Here (we take a look at current gaming trends and show the place it started) New Retro (Think the ZX Spectrum is dead? Never heard of it? How about the Turbo Grafx-16 or NES- think they are dead? Nope) Check This Out (We take a classic and show readers some newer games that fit that mold and are worth trying) What the Hell Happened? (It happens to the best of them, they are going great then all of a sudden, something goes awry) We will be publishing on a bi-monthly schedule, about 60 pages per issue and will offer subscriptions from day one. Subscriptions will come in two forms- print/including digital and just digital. Subscribers will receive a unique cover to their issues (both digital and print). Additionally, subscribers will receive additional pages in their mags that will not be available anywhere else. All purchases of print issues will receive the digital for free. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiArcader Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Whatever happened to Gaming on Batteries magazine that I thought you guys were producing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 Good question. Honestly, it simply fell apart. I ran into not having the time to put the mag together. My PR company got extremely busy and I was the only person working it, now I have almost 10 freelancers handling most of the work that comes in there. As far as Retro Gaming Magazine goes, we have teamed up with Martin Alessi, EGM's original art director, to handle the covers and advertisement pages. Also, we are working with the Armchair Arcade (10+ year veterans of professionally covering retro computing, writing books on the genre and covering new games for old systems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 wow two retro mags debuting, or is this same one gamegavel guys are doing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 Hi Dan, I think I remember you from Classic Video Gamer Magazine (that was the name right?). Weren't you a contributor there? Retro by Game Gavel is a different magazine than Retro Gaming Magazine. They are unique to each other, the only shared staff between the two magazines is Martin Alessi (he is doing our covers/ads while being a contributing writer to Game Gavel's magazine). Just for completeness sake, there is a third retro themed magazine launching soon. Game Cave. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sketchcraft/game-cave-vol-01-fighting-junkies?ref=live The connection between Retro Gaming Magazine and Game Cave is James Bacon who is a contributing writer between the mags. GC is being run by Rob Duenas, former Art Director for Gamefan Magazine (the reboot). I worked with Rob on issue #6 (I was the Retro Editor for the issue) and brought the team to the mag that handled the retro content in #6 and #7. I am pretty open about things. Retro Gaming Magazine is looking to be the first to launch due to both Game Cave and Retro, if funded, having to wait for Amazon to release their funds (30 to 60 days AFTER the project is successfully funded). Since we are not going with Kickstarter, we are not restricted by that clause. We will be opening pre-purchase options (with significant discounts) soon along with subscription options for those interested in guaranteeing their issues come without a hitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 yep that was me triverse, thanks for clearing that up can't wait for either mag to come out. I put 3.00 toward game gavels one on kick starter. I hope to have my own zine done for april 2014 ,the Atari Gamer a relaunch of my of Atari Zone fanzine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted October 27, 2013 Author Share Posted October 27, 2013 Here is the updated, and possibly final, version of our first cover. Martin did a great job on this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 good job 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Anyone interested in scoring free stuff should head over and like our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/RetroGamingMagazine We are giving away game rentals, games (both physical games like Atari 2600 to Playstation 2 games and digital releases), magazines (not just ours), toys, DVD's and more. Edited November 3, 2013 by triverse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) Here is the updated, and possibly final, version of our first cover. Martin did a great job on this. RGM Cover Concept MA 001.jpg Genesis and SNES is not equally on the cover, is it more SNES biased? Edited November 4, 2013 by high voltage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 The cover was chosen from several entries that were submitted in the contest. It was not intended to be more SNES biased, it just worked out that way- as far as the cover is concerned. The article itself is still open for debate as to which games get featured (there is at least another week for voting though votes have slowed quite a bit recently). Here is the list of over 240 games that hit both platforms if you, or anyone else, would like to cast your vote for any of them. All you have to do is post with what game on what system was better than the other. Some games are "different" such as Pirates of Dark Water but they share the same license so they got listed here. 3 Ninjas Kick Back Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Addams Family, the Adventures of Batman and Robin Adventures of Mighty Max, the Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle and Friends, the Aero the Acrobat Aero the Acrobat 2 Aerobiz Aerobiz: Supersonic Aladdin Alien 3 American Gladiators Andre Agassi Tennis Animiacs Art of Fighting B.O.B. Ballz 3D Barkley: Shut Up and Jam! Bass Masters Classic Bass Masters Classic: Pro Edition Batman Forever Batman Returns Battletoads/Double Dragon Beavis and Butthead Best of the Best Championship Karate Bill Walsh College Football Bonkers Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure Boxing: Legends of the Ring Bram Stoker's Dracula Brett Hull Hockey '95 Brutal: Paws of Fury Bubsy II Bubsy: Claws Encounters of the Furred Kind Bulls vs. Blazers and the NBA Playoffs Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball Captain America and the Avengers Castlevania IV/Bloodlines Champions World Class Soccer Championship Pool Chavez II Chester Cheetah: Too Cool to Fool Chester Cheetah: Wild Wild Quest Chuck Rock Clayfighter Cliffhanger Clue College Football USA '97: The Road to New Orleans College Slam Cool Spot Cutthroat Island David Crane's Amazing Tennis Death and Return of Superman, the Demolition Man Desert Strike: Return to the Strike Doom Troopers: The Mutant Chronicles Double Dragon V: The Shadow Falls Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story Earthworm Jim Earthworm Jim 2 ESPN Baseball Tonight ESPN National Hockey Night ESPN Speedworld ESPN Sunday Night NFL Family Feud Fatal Fury Fatal Fury 2 FIFA International Soccer FIFA Soccer '96 Flashback: The Quest for Identity Flintstones, the Foreman For Real Boxing Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball Frogger Fun 'n Games Gemfire Genghis Khan 2: Clan of the Gray Wolf George Foreman's KO Boxing Ghouls 'n Ghosts/Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts Gods Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey and Minnie, the Great Waldo Search, the Hardball III Head-On Soccer Hit the Ice Home Alone Home Alone 2: Lost in New York Hook Incredible Crash Dummies, the Incredible Hulk, the Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings Jammit Jeopardy! Jeopardy! Deluxe Edition Jeopardy! Sports Edition Joe & Mac John Madden Football John Madden Football '93 Judge Dredd Jungle Book, the Jurassic Park Justice League Task Force Kawasaki Superbike Challenge King of Monsters King of Monsters 2 Last Action Hero Lawnmower Man, the Lemmings Lemmings 2: The Tribes Lethal Enforcers Liberty or Death Lion King, the Lost Vikings (SG +5 levels) Madden NFL '94 Madden NFL '95 Madden NFL '96 Madden NFL '97 Madden NFL '98 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Math Blasters Episode 1 Maximum Carnage Mickey Mania: Timeless Adventures of Mickey Mouse (Sega CD +level) Mickey's Ultimate Challenge Micro Machines Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie Miracle Piano Teaching System, the MLBPA Baseball Mortal Kombat Mortal Kombat 3 Mortal Kombat II Ms. Pac-Man NBA Hang Time NBA Jam NBA Jam Tournament Edition NBA Live 95 NBA Live 96 NBA Live 97 NBA Live 98 NCAA Final Four Basketball NCAA Football Newman Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell NFL Quarterback Club NFL Quarterback Club 96 NHL 94 NHL 95 NHL 96 NHL 97 NHL 98 NHLPA Hockey 93 Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing No Escape Nobunaga's Ambition Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 Out of this World Pac-Attack Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures Pagemaster, the Paperboy 2 PGA Tour III/PGA Tour 96 on SNES PGA Tour Golf Phantom 2040 Pink Goes to Hollywood Pinocchio Pirates of Dark Water Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure Pit-Fighter Populous Primal Rage Prince of Persia Pro Quarterback PTO: Pacific Theater of Operations Puyo Puyo series (Kirbys Avalanche, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine) Race Drivin' Radical Rex Raiden (Trad on SNES) Rampart Revolution X featuring Aerosmith Rock 'N Roll Racing Roger Clemens' MVP Baseball Romance of the Three Kingdoms II Romance of the Three Kingdoms III Samurai Shodown Saturday Night Slam Masters Scooby-Doo Mystery SeaQuest DSV Shadowrun Shanghai II: Dragon's Eye Shag-Fu Side Pocket Simpsons, the: Bart's Nightmare Simpsons, the: Krusty's Super Funhouse Simpsons, the: Virtual Bart Soldiers of Fortune Sparkster Spider-Man (Fox Kids version) Spider-Man/Venom: Maximum Carnage Spider-Man/Venom: Separation Anxiety Spider-Man/X-Men: Arcade's Revenge Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time Stargate Steel Talons Street Fighter Series Sunset Riders Super Baseball 2020 Super Battleship Super Battletank: War in the Gulf Super High Impact Super Off-Road Super Smash TV Syndicate T2: The Arcade Game Taz-Mania Tecmo Super Baseball Tecmo Super Bowl Tecmo Super Bowl II: Special Edition Tecmo Super Bowl III: Final Edition Tecmo Super NBA Basketball Terminator, the Test Drive II: The Duel Theme Park Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends Tick, the TMNT Tournament Fighters TMNT Turtles in Time/Hyperstone Heist TNN Bass Tournament of Champions Thunder Force III/Thunder Spirits Top Gear 2 Toy Story Toys Troy Aikman NFL Football True Lies Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Uncharted Waters Uncharted Waters: New Horizons Urban Strike: The Sequel to Jungle Strike Warlock Warpspeed Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars Wayne's World WeaponLord We're Back! A Dinosaur's Tale Wheel of Fortune Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? Williams Arcade Greatest Hits Wolfchild Wolverine: Adamantium Rage World Cup 94 World Heroes WWF RAW WWF Royal Rumble WWF Super Wrestlemania WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game Y's III: Wanderer From Y's Zero: The Kamikaze Squirrel Zombies Ate My Neighbors Zool: Ninja of the Nth Dimension Zoop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Congrats on a succesful fundraising! I ended up supporting it at the last minute after reading the list of freelancers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 (edited) Congrats on a succesful fundraising! I ended up supporting it at the last minute after reading the list of freelancers. wrong magazine waggie,that was socalmike(Parrothead) magazine) Edited November 4, 2013 by Dan Iacovelli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Oops! My attention to detail needs to improve, my third grade teacher was right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Oops! My attention to detail needs to improve, my third grade teacher was right. either way it great to have retro mags Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Oops! My attention to detail needs to improve, my third grade teacher was right. It is cool, you are not the first to make that mistake. The names are quite similar, for sure, and it can be confusing at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 It is cool, you are not the first to make that mistake. The names are quite similar, for sure, and it can be confusing at times. yep I even got mixed up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 We are scheduling several interviews with people involved with gaming during the Atari days. Programmers, artists, etc because our fans have asked us to. We are a community driven magazine to the core. If you want to see something, contact us and let us know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectorGamer Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 We are scheduling several interviews with people involved with gaming during the Atari days. Programmers, artists, etc because our fans have asked us to. We are a community driven magazine to the core. If you want to see something, contact us and let us know. What would really be cool is to find the folks that were involved in the development of the ColecoVision - whether it be hardware or software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.E.R.O. Posted November 21, 2013 Share Posted November 21, 2013 What would really be cool is to find the folks that were involved in the development of the ColecoVision - whether it be hardware or software. This. Colecovision doesn't get the love that Atari or Nintendo gets in the retro community and it entirely deserves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted November 21, 2013 Author Share Posted November 21, 2013 Well, as we all can see, there is definitely a desire in the community for more Colecovision coverage/interviews. I will make a point of going the extra mile for that type of coverage. That is how we operate at Retro Gaming Magazine, by fan demand because we survive or fail based on the support from the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 For those interested in pre-ordering their copy of Retro Gaming Magazine's premiere issue we have options available here: http://retrogamingmagazine.com/buy-rgm/Astute readers may notice there is no price for the digital PDF version. That is because we will be giving away the digital for free. We feel this is the best way to say thank you to the readers for their support and to reach as large an audience as possible with the magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Iacovelli Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 I for one will get the free pdf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triverse Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 That is cool, Dan. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the first issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARMIK Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Just ordered the first issue will probably subscribe after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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