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Barbie Rewind Now Available on PC, Consoles
Barbie Rewind is now available on PC, Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5. With over a dozen games on the compilation and special numbered Deluxe collector’s edition that includes a Barbie doll wearing an Atari shirt, this may be the perfect gift...
Chicago’s little known secret – “Chicago GameSpace” REWIND
Q*bert endures as one of the most inventive and endearing games from the early history of arcade video games. Created by designer Warren Davis, artist Jeff Lee, composer David Thiel and others for D. Gottlieb & Co. in 1982, the game stars the cute, stout-nosed...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Steven Lucas
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steven Lucas, who is displayed on card number 178, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Steven is the 1991 Nintendo Campus Challenge National Champion, in which players contested over Super Mario Bros. 3, Pin-bot and Dr....
The Legend of Zelda on the C64
Emerging from the 80s, two of Nintendo's biggest franchises on its game systems were Super Mario Bros. and Zelda. While neither officially migrated the classic titles from their Nintendo console homes, that has changed in recent years. In 2012, the OG platformer...
Twinkle Tale confirmed for official English language release on Sega Genesis
Earlier today, Limited Run Games confirmed that it will be releasing the classic Sega Genesis shooter Twinkle Tale on its original platform, with pre-orders for the game opening up on midnight November 10th and continuing onward through December 20th. The...
The Zelda Clock – The Untold Story
The Legend of Zelda Clock This is a cool but sad story of a classic game and how it became a permanent keepsake in my collection as well as my life long memory. One of my favorite games of all time is original The Legend of Zelda for the NES. I remember when it...
Retro Review: NASCAR 14
Things get real-real, real fast in “NASCAR 14” NASCAR racing may seem like just a bunch of right turns to the casual sports fan, but the precise driving exhibited in every race is no joke. NASCAR drivers have a plethora of poise and stamina-it takes a ton of patience...
Fighting Solo, not Franchise – by Marcus Albers
In the 90s, Capcom, SNK, and Midway dominated the 1-on- 1 fighting space, with massive franchises around Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, Samurai Showdown, Mortal Kombat, and others. If you were looking to play a fighting game, you were likely to be faced with a massive...
This Day In Video Game History
