We want to make retro gaming an inclusive place.
RetroDodo is the leading buyer’s guide for retro gaming enthusiasts. With over 12 years experience testing products, over 1,000,000 monthly visitors and more than 50 million video views, Retro Dodo is widely known for digging up the best of the best retro gaming products. With new gear posted every day, Retro Dodo plans to become the ultimate place for those with a passion of collecting and hunting down retro gaming products.
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Our story.
Retro Dodo was founded in 2019 with its pure aim of entertaining and educating retro gamers about the latest and greatest products within the niche.
It was bootstrapped by our founder while working full-time in the gaming industry, and after many months of writing, producing videos and learning about SEO he managed to get it off the ground with zero funding. Now years later it has grown into the world’s leading retro gaming website with millions of readers, and hundreds of thousands of followers.
Retro Dodo is built on passion, and still to this day we are proud to be independently owned.
Meet The Dodo’s
Brandon Saltalamacchia
Founder/CEO
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 he is also an aspiring author, spending his spare time writing fantasy novels while travelling the world as a digital nomad.
Anthony Wallace
Staff Writer
Anthony has been a video game enthusiast ever since he can remember. He became a fulltime nomad in 2018, living throughout most of Asia. He now focuses his passion for gaming creating a game for the Game Boy Color while living in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He hopes to dive deeper into the retro gaming world through journalistic content for Retro Dodo.
Jason Brown
Staff Writer
Jason has had a lifelong interest in video games, which all started when he discovered Space Invaders in the early 80s. He is a passionate writer – and has been writing about retro gaming since the late 90s, making that over 30 years of experience.
Emma Flint
Guides Specialist
Emma has loved video games ever since she first saw Alex Kidd platforming across her TV screen. Since then, the 32 year old has dedicated an obscene number of hours to playing as many games as possible. When she isn’t obsessing over games, she spends her time honing her vinyl collection.
Our Contributors
Mike Diver
Mike Diver has written and edited a number of books on retro and modern gaming, and contributed to gaming-focused websites, magazines, podcasts, radio shows and TV documentaries. His new book THE CON50LE is released in 2023. He will beat you at Sensi.
Wesley Copeland
Wesley Copeland is a gaming and tech journalist with over 10 years of experience writing online. Originally starting in video games before specialising in tech and toys, you can find his bylines at IGN, VG24/7, Kotaku, Tech Radar, Games Radar, PC Gamer, and many more.
Our Mission
We want to build Retro Dodo into a highly respected source for retro gamers to visit knowing that they will learn about cool new products from trusted, talented content creators.
If we can do this while supporting creative individuals with reliable work, celebrating the awesome products that this industry has to offer and donating a share of profits to a mental health charity, then our mission is complete.