Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Drink Up Y’all

by Brad Feingold | Sep 20, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade

Every so often, you run into a game that you look at and think to yourself, who the heck came up with this?  I thought the standards of a video game are to drive a car, rescue a princess, shoot an alien or even jump into your lily pad.  So how is a game like Tapper...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Get a New Idea Capcom

by Brad Feingold | Sep 13, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade

Wow, there are a lot of different video games out there in the world.  From fighting to mazes, driving and shooting, there has been a great amount of games to choose from.  In addition to that, you are also choosing which “company” to support.  Sega,...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Shut the *#@! UP!!!!

by Brad Feingold | Sep 6, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade

I actually had a colleague read the first three blogs I did and she asked, “How are you remembering such childish things?”  I told her that they were exciting times in my life that are triggered when recently exposed to them again.  She didn’t...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: HEY YOU GUYYYYYYSSSSS!!!!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!

by Brad Feingold | Sep 2, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade

June 1985.  Now that was a helluva a summer!  RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco.  Coca Cola announces they’d bring back their 99-year-old formula.  That went well. (Sarcasm).  18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched.  Weird Al...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Eat Me!

by Brad Feingold | Sep 2, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade

What triggers a good memory?  A smell, a taste, a sight, or even a sound.  Our senses are our most important factor in our lives.  If you smell ribs, you may remember the fair.  If you see a logo, you remember the product.  If you smell a fart, you remember that...

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