by Jason Breininger | Sep 28, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, AV Network, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, The Story Of...
Continuing the topic of the early Nintendo black box titles and their box art, I wanted to quickly highlight a few more from some of the other series that really caught my attention in the 80s, such as the light gun, programmable and arcade series. Arcade series games...
by Jason Breininger | Sep 20, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, The Story Of...
Nintendo Power was an enormous resource when it came to helping NES owners determine what games were worth buying, renting, or better off skipping entirely. However, not everyone was blessed enough to be a Nintendo Power subscriber, and there were very few other ways...
by Jason Breininger | Jul 23, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, The Story Of...
The summer of 1987 proved quite the landmark season for a certain gray toaster-shaped home video game console. By the summer of ’87, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was wildly outselling both the Sega Master System and the Atari 7800. Their technique of...
by Jason Breininger | Jun 26, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...
Crazy special effects that make you feel like you’re in a virtual reality movie. Big (bigger! biggest!) budgets! A-list movie stars and directors! Summer blockbuster season is officially here. Beyond the traditional summer movie fare of superheroes and sequels...
by Jason Breininger | May 15, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...
Consoles When any sort of new technology is made available for public consumption, there’s a portion of the population that will resist it and a portion that will embrace it wholeheartedly. Consumers of video games are no different in this regard. 1991 was a couple of...