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Are gamers Mini crazy? I am.
I have been wanting to discuss this many time but never had the chance to until now. I wanted to voice my opinion on how the gaming world is going mini crazy. I am indeed am one of those gamers. I can't help but collect all the new mini versions of the same game,...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan “Shoe” Hsu
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan “Shoe” Hsu who currently is displayed on card number 294, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. A former editor in chief for Electronic Gaming Monthly, Shoe has covered the gaming industry for multiple platforms. ...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Adventures of Tron?
Publisher: M Network Release: 1982 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre Arcade: Platformer Alternate Title N/A Model # MT4317 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Hal Finney This is one of the better movie based games on the 2600. Based on the ground breaking film Tron, you take...
Intellivision Amico Update: Everything We Know So Far
A Lot Has Changed in 24-Months As we approach the tail end of the year, it’s a pretty safe assessment that nobody could have predicted just how brutally rough and tumble 2020 would prove to be. Yet for the video game industry, somehow, things are very prosperous. ...
Pac-Man Quarter Arcade Review – By Brett Weiss
Back in the fall of 1980, I was in junior high school, and I liked four things: girls, basketball, rock music, and, of course, video games. At the Quick Way convenience store near my school, they had three arcade games set up in a small corner at the back: Asteroids,...
Polycade to Launch 6 New Products on Indiegogo
Join us on Indiegogo on October 27 to be first in line to these awesome new products & to get special discounts that won't be available long. If you've been waiting for a discount to get your Polycade arcade...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tony Barnes
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tony Barnes who currently is displayed on card number 3366, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Tony has been producing games since 1984, doing everything from art, design, programing and music. He has been instrumental in...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside They Bleed Pixels
Old School Gamer chats with They Bleed Pixels developer Miguel Sternberg, who lets us know what makes the game a special one. Old School Gamer: How was this game born? Miguel Sternberg: They Bleed Pixels was originally released 8 years ago. Looking back at it now, as...
Console Wars: Another Fun Gaming Documentary
There seems to be a trend of video game documentaries that are coming out recently and most of them are pretty good. I already talked about Netflix's one High Score (which you can read here) but now the documentary I've been waiting arrived late September. Console...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Dig Dug?
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2677 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Douglas Macrae Despite the hardware limitations of the 2600, Dig Dug does an admirable job of capturing the look and...
Is The Sega Dreamcast Mini Really Going Be A Thing?
It Will Be One Of them - The Question Is Which The world at large is focused on the forthcoming PlayStation 5 and XBox Series X releases and amid all of the preorder frenzy, Sega quietly suggested that its next retro mini classic system is in the works. Sega creative...
AtGames® Announces 47 TAITO Corporation Arcade Classics Featured on its Legends Arcade Family
AtGames®, a leader in interactive entertainment products, in partnership with TAITO Corporation, a leading producer of legendary video games, today announced that 47 of TAITO’s original arcade classics, including Space Invaders, Rastan,...
iiRcade Announces More Games. Welcome ColecoVision
iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine for gamers of all ages to own and play their favorite retro and modern arcade games at home, is pleased to announce an agreement with ColecoVision that will bring 39...
The Dated Genius of Super Mario 64.
Ever since Super Mario 3D All-Stars released for the Nintendo Switch, I have been playing it steadily and in the weeks since the games release I have unlocked all 3 cap switches and have gotten over 90 stars in total on my way to the coveted 120. Putting as many...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – John Robertson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features John Robertson who is displayed on card number 3413, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. John is an extraordinary pinball restorationist. He has been repairing pinball machines since the 1970’s. He is passionate about his...
DK Arcade
The follow-up to DK Arcade (also known as D1K Arcade), which was a stunningly complete rendition of Donkey Kong (1981), D2K Arcade is nothing less than the best home version of the coin-op classic ever released for any system. There are two game modes in this...
Mexico Trading Card Ceremony LIVE FEED Oct. 10th, 2020
MEXICO TRADING CARD AWARD CEREMONIES, Saturday, October 10th, 2020 at 7:30 PM CST. Ceremonies to be hosted by Todd Friedman, Rick Barretto, Billy Mitchell and Walter Day. Eleven recipients have been chosen who represent Mexico's most devoted, brilliant and...
Carnival
Easily available from a variety of sources for less than $5 (cartridge only—a boxed copy might set you back $10 or so), Carnival is an unusual game in that it’s one of relatively few slide-and-shoot titles not set in outer space. Rather, as its title suggests, it’s a...
Mutant League Football
Sega made one of the finest consoles known to man when they created the Sega Genesis. They also inadvertently created the sole reason for my parents thinking I was some sort of deranged sociopath. I’m not denying that my obsessions with fire and strategic...
5 Great games that prove not all movie based games suck
There is an unwritten rule when it comes to video games and that is DON’T BASE IT OFF A MOVIE! The reason being that when these types of games are made it’s usually rushed to meet the release of the film so what we end up getting can be generic and boring or just...
The Second Hand Gaming Market and Tricks to Not Get Scammed.
The second hand market is the backbone for retro game collectors. There are stores dedicated to it, conventions, trade shows, websites. The ways we can go out and grow our retro video game collection is limitless. However, with this grand wonderland of used games...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Yesenko
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mike Yesenko who currently is displayed on card number 3444, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Mike is a world record holder on multiple games on systems such as the NES, Sega Genesis and PS2. His longest record is from...
Advergaming
It’s another fine day in the big city. And at the Big City Video Game Museum, it’s always better than fine. Usually. All these classic games are available, and my job is simple – choose among them and group them into an interesting display. Something that people will...
TinTin: Prisoners of The Sun
Unlike some other videogames I possessed, Tintin: Prisoners of the Sun was one of the few I played on my own. None of my classmates or my cousin, whom I used to play a lot with, liked the comics, The Adventures of Tintin. They were mostly interested in Spanish comics...
