Happy New Years everyone! As we enter into yet another new decade we leave behind the ’00s which at some point will become “retro” themselves. It sure will be interesting to see if Retrogaming Times Monthly is still around at the end of this decade, and if so what systems it will be covering. I can only imagine that many of the games that we play today will be looked back at as being “the good ol’ days” of classic gaming. It’s scary, yet fun to think about! Anyway, as expected this issue is shorter than normal, especially the Retroworks section. I expected this considering both Christmas and New Years were fast approaching when the article deadline for this issue came around. No matter, there is still a ton of fun to be had this month and I do believe that compared to other January RTM issues that this is one of the bigger ones, so that’s something to be proud of right there.
This month you will notice that we have a guest columnist by the name of Doug Dingus who hails from Classic Video Gamer Magazine. Back in November Doug posted a message on AtariAge reminiscing about his days on rec.games.video.classic and I wrote to him asking if he would be interested in writing a column about rec.games.video.classic for us. Little did I know that it was Doug Dingus from ClassicVGM, as we all use handles on AtariAge that conceal our real identities. Needless to say, Mike (the editor of ClassicVGM) got word that I was trying to coax one of his best writers to our magazine and a bidding battle ensued for Doug’s services. In the end Doug decided to defect to RTM and write for us for a mere $20 an hour. Actually, I’m just kidding about that bidding war part! Mike was actually very cooperative and in the end urged Doug to have his column appear both here and ClassicVGM for the January issues. In the end it might help get word out about both of our magazines, since the retro gaming community is small and could use all the sharing of resources it can get.
The final bits of information I want to mention in this introduction is that Retrogaming Times Monthly will soon be getting a new looking main page. That should appear in January or February, so keep an eye out for that. Also, we now have out very own Facebook Page, so come and join the fun there. It’s a place where columnists and fans can comment or make suggestions for the magazine, as well as discuss retro gaming in general or keep up to date when each new issue comes out (which is always the 1st of the month, but it’s nice to have a place to go to remind you of that fact!). I encourage all retrogamer’s to join us there and hang out and talk about anything retro! Now on to this month’s issue…
Please read the entire issue of this great publication here.
