RetroNomicon Quarterly — Issue Two

As the veil thins and the harvest moon rises, RetroNomicon Quarterly returns with an issue devoted to the darker currents running through retro gaming’s past and present. Issue Two descends into haunted cartridges, cursed code, and the uneasy spaces where nostalgia curdles into something stranger. This is an autumnal tome. It’s equal parts celebration and confrontation where we are examining how fear, faith, and obsession have shaped both legacy classics and the modern homebrew underground. Inside, you’ll find: • a feature-length excavation of homebrew horror, including cult favorites like Deadeus and Sasha Darko’s Sacred Line Genesis (NES, Game Boy, N64, C64, and more) • an exhumation of unsettling retro terrors like Splatterhouse and Friday the 13th: The Computer Game • the documentation of living ritual gatherings where the community bleeds passion into plastic • an interview with none other than the 8-bit Slasher • a full-length exposé on the indie horror darling Faith: The Unholy Trilogy Issue Two is not about cheap scares. It’s about why flickering pixels and brittle sound chips still get under our skin. Printed as a seasonal rite for collectors, developers, and devotees, this volume asks: – Why does horror persist on obsolete hardware? – What makes limitation such fertile ground for fear? – Why do some games refuse to stay buried? The lantern is lit. Step carefully into the Spiral.