Raiden: Fighter Aces, upcoming Raiden Xbox 360 compilation of awesome!
 This is what we would call ‘bad post’, but most of you hecklers would label it ‘most posts’, because you are diseased keyboard trolls and spanking it to nasty amature videos instead of being...
View ArticleAtari Label Maker
Keeping up with the PCA tread about being 6 months behind the rest of the web, I reintroduce to you the Atari 2600 label maker. I never really messed with this fun little image generator, but on my...
View ArticleNintendo is Spreading the Virtual Console Love: Sega Master System Coming Soon!
One of the coolest redeeming factors for the Nintendo Wii is the Virtual Console. Granted, I’m not playing this revolutionary gamebox as much as I should, and with Super Mario Galaxy is only fun for...
View ArticleLuna City Arcade. Do Want!
Posted yesterday on Kotaku, I was able to witness one of the greatest collections of 80’s arcade machines ever. This collection is truly immense and I only wish I had the room for the columns and...
View ArticleStill Loving My Atari 600XL
I’ve been in my discovery stage and I’m learning so much about the old Atari computers. My first impressions were a little skewed, but after doing more meticulous searching on Google, I learned...
View ArticleThe Story of the Super Mystical Magic Conversion of Ye Olde 80’s Arcade...
Once upon a time, there was a lonely arcade machine that was an old Atari Centipede cabinet and for a short while life was good. As time slowly ticked away, the little sad machine was lonely and the...
View ArticleAnother Tale of Arcade Love: L.A. Style
  It’s no secret that our man Jango has himself a pretty sweet personal arcade and long into the nights are tales spun of the times when he has sent out his golden tickets (phone calls) and invited...
View ArticleAhh! My Retro Atari Bug Just Won’t Stop And Atari Super Mario is Total Fail!
After upgrading the memory and picking up a few random carts to test out my 600XL, I felt if I wanted to truly experience retro gaming I needed to go back to the days before the NES. Back before pretty...
View ArticleAtari 1050 Floppy Drive Update
Okay Sean corrected me yesterday and he basically told me to disable the preloaded BASIC program by pressing and holding the OPTION button during boot up. I guess sometimes there can be a conflict with...
View ArticleThe Fun is in the Hunt… [Metal Gear] and other games. O_o
What I have here is a bunch of interesting retro games in many different media formats. Some are current but more are ignored and discarded. All of these things are cool junk that I received from my...
View ArticleTop 10 Pulp Vixens According to Toyfare
I was reading this month’s Toyfare and I saw a really cool article named “Pulp Vixens”. They actually had a top 100 list, but they really focused on the top 50. I’ve always liked lists for some reason,...
View ArticleMetal Gear Retrospective, Part One
GameTrailers provides the world with what will be a multi-part run-down of the Metal Gear franchise. First up in part one: Metal Gear, Snake’s Revenge and Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake. Enjoy!...
View ArticleMetal Gear Retrospective – Part Two
Here is part two of Gametrailers.com’s look back at the Metal Gear series. Enjoy. -AncientFlounder
View ArticleMegaman 9, now with 100% awesome.
I think by now any gamer who considers themselves to have any sort of retro flair will agree with me about this next statement. Megaman 1 (and most early Megaman covers) sucked big balls. Oh my, just...
View ArticleRockman 8’s Intro Song is Epic
What cracks me up is that Megaman 8 celebrated Megaman’s 10th birthday. The game came out in 1996. Twelve years later we finally get a sequel, and it’s “8-Bit.” Here is a video to the Japanese Rockman...
View ArticleSubstance TV Episode 6:The Jackal, teh Ninjaz & the Viper
Hello, I’m Jangofatt and I approve of this message. Ah, Jedah Doma has impressed the nobles here (aka ME) at PCA headquarters and has earned himself the custom rank of “Capitan Neopolitan.†Too bad...
View ArticlePCA’s Epic Mega-Marathon
So Jango invited me over to his house so that we could attempt the ultimate Megaman marathon starting with Megaman I and ending with Megaman VIII to help get us psyched up for the new “8-Bit” Megaman...
View ArticleBraid Review
I had no interest in this game but my wife basically forced into buying this title. I wasn’t too impressed by the videos and all the gushing praise for Braid made me even more cynical toward wanting...
View ArticleComing Soon to a Genesis Near You: “Legend fo Wukong”
Damn it, I’ve been slacking again. I forgot to post about my recent my email from last Sunday announcing Super Fight Team’s newest Genesis/Megadrive RGS called Legend of Wukong. I’m a huge sucker for...
View ArticleImage of the Day: Final Fantasy Is Racist!!!
I hope you guys out there have a sense of humor because I laughed hysterically when I saw this pic.
View ArticleKing of Kong 2 & Neo-Geo: Serious Monkey Business
So I don’t watch as much television anymore. I must be getting old. Hell, look at me, I just called TV “television.†Damn it, that’s not very l337… You know what makes me feel even older? How...
View ArticleTaito’s Ice Cold Beer Review
I’ve come across some weird and interesting coin-op games throughout my short years in this hobby but I love it when you find that proverbial diamond in the rough of quirky awesomeness. Taito’s Ice...
View ArticleFirst Three Fallout Games On The Cheap
The good folks over at GOG.com are offering up Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics (which all kick a ton of ass) in a bundle pack for the super-cheap price of $14.38 until this coming Monday, April...
View ArticleReview: Punch-Out!! for the Wii, Stick ‘n Move
Ok, so I wrote up my quick impressions yesterday after playing an hour of the game and beating the first two circuits, I confidently beat the game today, so know I’ll give you my assessment on the new...
View ArticlePineball Hall of Fame’s New Abode
So a few weeks back, Decepticreep and I were coming down from our sugar high and needed to stimulate our already stimulated ‘selves with some old fashioned visceral coin-op entertainment, so the...
View ArticleDracula X: Rondo of Blood FINALLY arrives on the Wii
Dracula X: Rondo of Blood is one of those elusive games that every collector wanted in their hands. Not only was Rondo of Blood the first ever Castlevania game to have been press onto the compact disc...
View ArticleGoozex Steps it Up
So I was browsing through Goozex today, a video game trading website, when I found a pleasant surprise. Goozex now allows people to trade “retro” games. I saw categories for the 2600, NES, Super NES,...
View ArticlePineconeattack! Presents: Pinekast! Episode #78 – Konkey Dong A-Ding-Dang-Doo!
This week we tackle Donkey Kong, starring the iconic and irrepressible Donkey Kong himself and the series of games he’s starred in, made cameos in and been a part of. So if you have some love for the...
View ArticlePCA vs. CGE!
Last weekend we had a chance to stop by the newly invigorated Classic Gaming Expo – a glorification of everything retro, retroesque or just plain classic in video gaming. Though this means we saw way...
View Article4th & Final Chance to Win a Nintendo Entertainment System!
Hope you guys have had plenty of rest to digest that turkey and stuffing and are feeling mentally sharp, ’cause here is the last chance for you to win a NES system from your lovable pals at PCA! All...
View ArticleQuick Impressions: Gen Mobile
So one thing I was always kinda jealous of Jango was the fact he owned a Sega Nomad, a freaking portable Sega Genesis. I had convinced my mom, one to day, to pay my best friend like $70 dollars so...
View ArticleWhy Are Secondary Characters Just… Better?
In older video games, all characters were pretty much the same. It makes no difference to choose character “A” or “B” like in Mario. Mario is equal to Luigi, period. In these cases, it seems that...
View ArticleGaming On A Budget
Man, I remember the days when I lived with my parents, had a full time job, and can just blow tons and tons of cash on whatever I wanted. That usually translated to me buying movies, toys, and video...
View ArticleNES carts are Superior, DVD’s are inferior.
While I’m never one to support abuse of classic gaming consoles or carts, I just found this silly experiment to be so damn intriguing. The original Nintendo Entertainment System carts are just tough as...
View ArticleSo I’m an Ambassador to Nintendo… I Guess
We all know Nintendo priced the 3DS too high for most people. Combine that with general lack of interest and you have disaster on your hands. So what did Nintendo try to do to divert failure? Lower...
View ArticleDecepticreep’s Top 10 Favorite NES Games
What can I say? Lists are fun, almost as fun as the NES games on this list. When it comes to classic or retro games, I always think of the NES. As a matter of fact, the NES is my threshold of...
View ArticleHappy 12th Birthday, Dreamcast!
I usually never remember launch days for game systems, but this one was done right. On 9-9-1999, Sega gave North America the Sega Dreamcast. It was the first console in last generation’s console war,...
View ArticleLooking Back at Gaming in 2001
It almost seems that if some thing is out for one decade, we can now call in retro… so looking back 10 years at gaming is actually kind of surprising. 2001 seemed to be a big year for video games and...
View ArticleAging As A Gamer
So I will be getting NES Classics Metroid for the GBA very soon in the mail. I shouldn’t be too excited because I used to own it on the NES, I can play it on my GBA via Zero Mission, and Nintendo gave...
View ArticlePinekast! – Episode #163: Revenge of the Tennones!
This week everyone on the show is just a complete asshat. Plus we go over what games sold us on systems and why that matters. Subscribe To Us On iTunes! Intro: “Strychnine” The Sonics Middletro: “Cat...
View ArticleDuck Tales Remastered is a Reality!?
So Capcom is going to remake Duck Tales, a classic that was originally released on the NES, as a downloadable game, I presume for the current console generation. The kid in me is super excited! “Holy...
View ArticleFamciom Love
I won a couple of auctions over two months ago and I am happy to report that the first one arrived yesterday with no issues. I heard the rattling of 50 carts inside the box of retro gaming awesomeness...
View ArticleLet’s Play Turtles in Time!
Playing one of our favorite SNES beat ’em ups, Decepticreep and I got the old capturing gear out and did a playthrough of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time. Let us know what you think,...
View ArticlePinekast 184: What is “Retro?”
What in the hell is retro? Really think about this for a moment. What is the definition of retro video gaming? What I consider retro will be vastly different from a perspective of a 18 year old. Well,...
View ArticlePinekast 196: Nothing is really going on…
Playing major catch up from 12.09.2013… So here my best attempt to churn out these episodes asap… This week. Jeremy, Russ, Adam and I talked about Russ’ Thanksgiving (face palm) and we try our best to...
View ArticlePinekast 213: We are Groot
Doing our best to not let Robin Williams’ suicide bring us totally down. The Bias Bros argue about Pokemon Green/Blue and Nathan argues that Will Ferrel was never very funny. Jeremy’s freaking out...
View ArticleGame Overture! #5: Playstation & Friends
Hey folks! Tenno here with a new Game Overture, piping fresh with glorious tunes for you to devour at your leisure. This was a bit of a attempt by myself to do something new and I think it sounds ok...
View ArticlePinekast 224: PlayStation 20th Anniversary!
Sorry for the delay in this week’s show, my Garage Band kept locking up, making it almost impossible to convert the freaking show… (Ugh) Delay was also due to having to literally edit out Adam and...
View ArticlePinekast! – Episode # 236: The Great Game Intro Show Part 1 (of 2)
Apologies for the lateness everyone — this show is a doozy. Here on PCA we pride ourselves on trying to make the show as cohesive and amazing as possible, all on a tight budget no time and little...
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