Retro Games Service

Welcome to the Retro Games Service, broadcasting continuously on this frequency since whenever you loaded this page. There is no scrolling feed here and nothing will refresh itself — this is a videotext service in the old style, and you turn its pages the old way: by keying in a page number, or by following one of the links below.

This service exists for one reason: to talk about video games the way people used to talk about them before every opinion came with a thumbnail and a countdown timer. Four pages follow this one. Key in a number, or use the index above.

110 — Game Reviews

Three cartridges, three verdicts, no half stars. Scored out of ten and argued about in under a paragraph each.

120 — Console History

A database page of the machines that mattered, in the order they arrived, with the numbers that made each one worth arguing over at the time.

130 — Cheat Codes

Codes worth remembering, typed from memory, before anyone needed a second screen open to finish a level.

140 — About This Service

Who keeps this service running, why it looks like this, and a page of messages left by earlier visitors.