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Bitmap Books – So many great published books
NEOGEO: A Visual History 🎮SNES/Super Famicom: a visual compendium ⌨️Commodore Amiga: a visual compendium 🌈Sinclair ZX Spectrum: a visual compendium https://us.bitmapbooks.com/?shpxid=5a2016a7-a647-40d6-b5d0-6e23f9554118...
Rob-Ball – An Arkanoid clone makes an appearance on the C64 via Hanyic.Robert
The Commodore 64 scene gets another Arkanoid clone as developer Hanyic.Robert releases Rob-Ball, the highly anticipated follow-up to the hit Rob-Man. Far from a standard clone, this latest offering is a masterclass in 6502 assembly programming, pushing the aging 8-bit...
The Trading Card Video – Box Sets!
Thanks to Carl Delinden for posting this terrific video on the Walter Day Trading Cards that I help Walter with. It shows the history of how these cards started as well as the new packs and boxes created. If you look closely, you will see my trading card, myself in a...
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...
This Day In Video Game History
