Hey Hey Hey… Fat Albert Saves the Day – By Michael Thomasson
This is Michael Thomasson comin’ at you with a historical pop-culture article, and if you’re not careful, you may learn something before it’s done. So let’s get ready, OK? Hey, hey, hey! Despite your current feelings about Bill Cosby, he was a major influence on many...
Rampage Double Feature – By Michael Thomasson
Brian Colin is a filmmaker and animator who reluctantly found himself thrust into the video game industry kicking and screaming…. During the golden age of arcade video games, Colin answered a Bally Midway ad thinking, “What does the pinball company want with an...
Just for Qix: From Pigskin to Pixels: Going Long for Atari Football – by Michael Thomasson
A t first glance, Atari Football (1978) appeared to be a no-thrills gaming experience. The monochrome screen displayed simple field lines and a few statistics in a rudimentary sans-serif font. The single-channel rarely beeped, and when it did, it was a muffled sound...
Just for Six: Cadash – By Michael Thomasson
The game design model that shouldn’t have worked in the arcade… BUT DID! In an industry designed to capture a quarter every ninety seconds, the role-playing genre seemed nearly impossible to bring into the arcades. However, during the summer of 1989, Taito Corp....Plugin by Social Author Bio
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