retro forever

Celebrating retro gaming, one pixel at a time.

RetroDodo was founded in 2019 with the goal of becoming the leading buyer’s guide for retro gaming enthusiasts and nostalgia collectors. It was funded and created independently by Brandon Saltalamacchia, with community at the forefront of our brand mission.

Our mission is quite simple: To educate and entertain retro gamers, with high quality content that gives them an overwhelming sense of nostalgia.

Our story started way back when we first began working in the publishing industry in 2014, for other well known gaming websites. But it quickly become evident that the brands we were working for weren’t truthful to the reader, nor did they align with our personal passions. So we left with very little money in our pockets to risk building the website of our dreams. Now, here we are building a brand that our community can trust and built independently so that we can say what we want when we want without conforming to shareholders, advertisers or algorithms.

Our community is what allows us to do this. The memberships, the sharing, the commenting, the advising, it all helps us build a publication that the retro gaming community can enjoy.

Our Team

brandon saltalamacchia

Brandon has worked in the gaming industry for over 10 years, collaborating with large brands such as Gamesradar, PC Gamer and TechRadar. He is a retro gaming expert with 14 years experience creating content on technology and gaming products. Now he wants to build a place for retro gamers to learn, laugh and inspire.

Sebastian Santabarbara

Editor in chief

Sebastian has been a video games journalist for over 4 years with a passion for Zelda, Banjo Kazooie and Nintendo consoles. Not only does he write about video games but is also an aspiring author, spending his spare time writing fantasy novels and travel books while travelling the world as a digital nomad.

Jason has been an avid gaming professional for over 10 years, born in the 70’s he has had lots of experience trialling games consoles from many different eras. He also runs his own website with over 700 articles, thousands of readers and is very well known in the retro gaming industry, making him the perfect addition to the team.

Our Supporters

The names of our core Patreon supporters.

John Grant McColley – Sebastian Burgstaller – Austin Ernst – Luke Cai – Petie – Federico Viticci – Noelle – devyl – iwishiwasdeinonychus –Adrian Jantzi – Philipp B. – EmbraceBecoming – Gabriel Meredith – Pyro Ranger – Marc Hull – Ryan Litwin – James Webb – Joseph – Azlaroc – John Whalen – Christian Stump – Finn Campbell – GameXData – Eric Czarny – Pete Campbell – Case – Tim Rachor – Alex Willis – stsp – Paul Stellingwerf – Trond Kjetil Bremnes – Tom Rosenow – Paul Sweeney – Simon Therien – Carlo – Farrah Bostic – Tobias Wolfram – Syaoran1190 – gm00 – Jacob Tyler – Jonathan Kade – chad royal- Andrew Stott – That One Girl – D Amos – Derek Nuzum – Tyler McKinley – Jacob Iyamu – DankLord – Sara Vieira – Spencer McIntyre – Old School Gamer Magazine – Igor Zubov – Patrice Mallette – Daryl – Paul Robein – Baymoo – Aaron Smith – stephenbelanger – Eoin McNamara – Richard McMullan – Shane Burgess – Tom – Jamesy – Courtney Pure – Isegrimm – Anthony Arakelian – SW PL GAMING – Steel Sand Gaming

Our Partners

Brands we have worked with in the past.