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Just For Qix By Michael Thomasson

Just For Qix By Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Mar 3, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

This issue’s arcade game of choice is none-other than the immensely popular side scrolling beat-em up Double Dragon. The initial game was released in 1987 by Technos in Japan, and licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution in the United States and Europe. The...
Just for Qix: Hopping Zombie Vampires And the Last Apostle Puppet Show – By Michael Thomasson

Just for Qix: Hopping Zombie Vampires And the Last Apostle Puppet Show – By Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Feb 12, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns

Many video game fans believe that 1992’s Mortal Kombat was the first fighting game to use digitized sprite graphics. Others recognize Atari’s 1990 hit Pit-Fighter as the premiere beat ‘em up boasting the technology. The truth is that a rather obscure title, released...
How Contagious Was Pac-Man Fever? – By Michael Thomasson

How Contagious Was Pac-Man Fever? – By Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Dec 7, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Gary Garcia and Jerry Buckner were grade school friends in the early sixties who formed a local band known as Wild Butler. “We were writing songs, playing in bands, and, like most guys at the time, musicians trying to get by — trying to make it,” states Buckner....
Video Games Live, Tommy Tallarico and the Intellivision – By Michael Thomasson

Video Games Live, Tommy Tallarico and the Intellivision – By Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Dec 5, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Video Games Live features video game music performed by a complete live orchestra presented in tandem with various video game content including gameplay footage, dynamic stage lighting, and over-the-top special effects. There is nothing that adds more POP to...
Diff’rent Strokes and the Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade! – By Michael Thomasson

Diff’rent Strokes and the Shoot-Out at the O.K. Arcade! – By Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Nov 19, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview

The world don’t move to the beat of just one drum. At least that is what we learned growing up watchin’ the weekly antics of Arnold, played by Gary Coleman, when the sitcom Diff’rent Strokes was beamed across the airwaves. Of particular interest is the fifth episode...
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