Maybe it was the recent Atari 2600 milestone anniversary that fueled nostalgia for the golden days of computer and console gaming. Every Game Boy must ponder his roots from time to time. But whatever is driving the current retro gaming craze, one thing is certain: classic games are back for a big second act, and they're being played in both old and new ways.

Whether you've just been attacked by Space Invaders for the first time or you've been a Pong junkie since puberty, Chris Kohler's Retro Gaming Hacks is the indispensable new guide to playing and hacking classic games....

The planet-destroying Worldmind stands poised to annihilate the Earth, but our mightiest defenders are gone Ultraa confronts an alien tribunal on the far side of the galaxy. Vanadium faces charges of treason against his own kind. And so Pulsar and her remaining few teammates have no choice-- as zero hour approaches, they must launch a daring-- and terrifying-- raid into the very heart of the Worldmind. "A fantastic writer." --Lyndon Perry, THE FIX

The Worldmind has dispatched his top lieutenant, the murderous Vanguard, to Earth-- with orders to open the way for ultimate planetary annihilation. Standing in the way: Ultraa, Pulsar, and a motley collection of heroes-- and villains-- who must overcome their old rivalries and work together, if Earth is to have any chance at all. "A fantastic writer... His projects make for fascinating reading." --Lyndon Perry, THE FIX

The situation is dire. Four vast and powerful cosmic entities stand poised to destroy the Earth, while the spaceborne nano-virus called the Blight turns everyone--human and alien--into mindless zombies. With the mighty Ultraa near death and powerful Vanadium a captive of the enemy, Lyn Li and Esro Brachis have no other choice. They must lead a ragtag group of heroes and villains on a desperate mission. If they're going out, they're going out with a bang. It's one last hurrah-- before the end of the world Filled with action and adventure, SENTINELS: STELLARAX sees our heroes through their...

Fate has brought these diverse people together: heroes and villains, aliens and androids, showboats, students and government agents. Somehow they must confront and defeat the cosmic menaces converging upon Earth--without killing each other first Here are the first three novels from Van Allen Plexico's epic superhero/space opera saga in one omnibus volume, introducing the Sentinels and their deadliest foes. Contains "When Strikes the Warlord," "A Distant Star," and "Apocalypse Rising." Complete with fifteen full-page interior illustrations by Chris Kohler.

Book Two of the Greatest Superhero Novel Saga of All Having saved the world from the sinister Warlord, Esro Brachis wanted nothing more than to relax and work on his wondrous suit of armor. But then the superpower-adapting robot attacked... And alien soldiers landed in his back yard... And a strange force hurtled him across the galaxy, with only a beautiful alien starship officer at his side. Come to think of it, the whole situation actually might not be so bad--if only she didn't want to kill him Continuing the saga following the momentous events of Sentinels: When Strikes the Warlord,...

Volume 3 in the best-selling Sentinels superhero novel series The climax of the Grand Design trilogy Trapped between a horde of superpower-adapting robots intent on devouring the planet, and an alien starfleet determined to wipe out both the robots AND the Earth, Pulsar and the Sentinels must find a way to defeat BOTH monumental menaces. Of course, this would be the worst possible time for the dimension-hopping villain known as the Warlord to make his return... Includes five full-page illustrations by series artist Chris Kohler. FROM THE BOOK COVER: Menaced by super-powered villains,...

In the wake of the Worldmind/Stellarax Crisis, the Sentinels have scattered to the four winds. But there's little time to relax and recover, as the dangers facing Earth have never been greater. Esro and Mondrian cross the depths of space in a desperate attempt to stave off galactic civil war, while Pulsar and her sister work to assemble an entirely new team of heroes back on Earth. Now time is short, and the supply of heroes shorter, and enemies old and new lurk at every turn; foremost among them the deadly mechanoid from space--the being known only as METALGOD Presenting the first volume in...

VOLUME 8 IN THE GREATEST SUPERHERO NOVEL SERIES OF ALL

With 5 new full-page illustrations and cover art by series artist Chris Kohler

Masquerading as the heroic "Law," the arch-villain known as the Black Terror has seized control of a vast starfleet and set out to conquer the mighty Kur-Bai Empire.
Trapped on opposite sides of a galactic civil war, Esro and Mondrian fight alongside the Elites, Shiva battles inner demons, and a weakened Vanadium finds himself held captive, while the Red Star pursues his own mysterious agenda.
Now, as war engulfs the galaxy,...