Chris Alaimo 
The best-laid plans of mice and men… Kaze no NOTAM is a 1997 hot air ballooning game released for the Sony PlayStation by Artdink, the developer responsible for the A-Train series, Aquanaut’s Holiday, Carnage Heart, Tail of the Sun, and No One Can Stop Mr. Domino. July 30, 2023 – I know more than one … Read more
Fans of Nintendo’s home consoles were treated to top-quality pack-in games during the 8- and 16-bit years. Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and Super Mario World are among the best games on their respective systems, and were included with the systems to add extra incentive to purchase the console. Even Sega’s own 8-bit home console came … Read more
It’s time for volume 3, and is the third time the charm? You bet it is! This mixtape is all about PC Engine HuCard shooters, and this one is my favorite tape so far! Shooters were one of the most popular genres of video game in the late 80s and very early 90s, and games … Read more
On the second episode of CGQ Mixtape, let’s head to the other side of the tracks to check out the music of the Super Nintendo in it’s first calendar year on the market. Konami was a major presence on the console with both Super Castlevania IV (which has some of my favorite SNES music) and … Read more
CGQ Mixtape Vol. 1 – The Sega Genesis in 1991 On this first episode of CGQ Mixtape, we take a look back at the music of the Sega Genesis in 1991. The year was noteworthy for the release of a couple of blockbuster titles; Streets of Rage and Sonic The Hedgehog, but there were other … Read more
This obviously has nothing to do with video games, but every time I post a pic cooking Guinness beef stew, people ask for the recipe. I have never found a recipe online that I thought was particularly good, so here’s mine. I apologize for not front-loading this recipe with four or five paragraphs of my … Read more
One of the most exciting projects in the realm of retrogaming today is the MiSTer, an open-source, FPGA-based emulation device that uses hardware description languages to re-create the hardware from your favorite old home consoles, arcade games, and even home computers on a chip-by-chip basis. Unlike software-based emulation platforms like the Raspberry Pi, RetroArch, OpenEmu, … Read more
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Episode 54 – When the TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Genesis were both launched in the late summer and fall of 1989, neither was able to supplant the Nintendo Entertainment System at the top of the North American Home gaming market, and as a result their only real competition was each other. Both systems had some great … Read more
Episode 53 – TurboPlay was the first magazine released in North America dedicated to NEC’s pseudo-16-bit sit system, the TurboGrafx-16. Published by LFP and edited by the same folks who put out Video Games & Computer Entertainment, each of the 14 bimonthly issues of TurboPlay was only 32 pages long, but had a cover price … Read more
Episode 52 – The last Nintendo Power read-through I did ended up being the most popular video in the series, so let’s do it again! This is the 1-year anniversary issue and only the 7th issue of the magazine. A great line-up of games includes Mega Man 2, Dragon Warrior, Journey to Silius, Super Off-Road, … Read more
Episode 51 – We’re trying something new this time in that I am doing a “blind” read-through, meaning that I have not read this issue prior to recording. This is, for me, the “long lost” PSM issue #3, in that I bought #’s 1 & 2 off of the newsstand, and my subscription started with … Read more
Episode 50 – When the Super Nintendo launched in August of 1991, its launch lineup was solid, but small. The legendary Super Mario World was of course the pack-in game, but the only other games on the shelf that day were Pilotwings and F-Zero. While Sega would latch on to the fact that, having released … Read more
Episode 49 – The premiere issue of GamePro, from May/June of 1989. A multi-platform magazine based in the Bay Area of California, it started out as a bimonthly periodical, but switched to monthly after just 3 issues. GamePro and Electronic Gaming Monthly were the two most-popular multiplatform gaming magazines in the 1990’s, covering both sides … Read more
Episode 48 – The premiere issue of Nintendo Power, from the summer of 1988. Nintendo had been sending out a free newsletter, the Nintendo Fun Club News, to registered Nintendo owners. But in the summer 0f 1988, they made the shift to a full-blown, Nintendo-centric magazine. Nintendo Power was available on the news stands for … Read more
Episode 47 – Let’s read Mega Play magazine, issue #5 from July/August of 1991. This was a Sega-centric magazine from the publishers of EGM. By the summer of 1991, the Genesis had been out for just shy of 2 years. The Super Nintendo was about to be released, so Sega needed to bring their A-game, … Read more
Episode 46 – Although the history of 3D gaming stretches all the way back to the very early 1980’s, outside of the arcades it didn’t start in earnest until the early 90s. The 3DO Interactive Mulitplayer and Atari Jaguar both launched in 1993, Nintendo used the Super FX chip to create polygonal 3D games like … Read more
Episode 40 – On this second episode of “CGQ&A”, I announce a new part of the CGQ media empire, and of course field some more viewer questions. You should buy a Sega CD but probably avoid the Atari Jaguar unless you have a high tolerance for games that, instead of aging like a fine wine, … Read more
Episode 45 – Let’s read Electronic Gaming Monthly issue #6 from January of 1990. This is the oldest issue of EGM that we have in the CGQ archives. At this time, Nintendo controlled about 90% of the video game market with the NES, but NEC’s TurboGrafx-16 and Sega’s Genesis had both been out for about … Read more
Episode 44 – The launch of the Sega Genesis in 1989. Sega first entered the home console market in 1983 with the SG-1000, which was released in Asia, Australia, and some parts of Europe. In 1985, the hardware was upgraded and a new system, the Mark III was released. This would become the “Sega Master … Read more
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