by Todd Friedman | Jan 26, 2026 | 1990s, 2010s, Press Release
We hit $50,000 over the weekend – and that means the Compendium officially upgrades to an Expanded Edition. More pages. More codes. More games. More of what made GameShark legendary in the first place. This is only the start of Week 2, and the support so far has...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 24, 2026 | 1980s, 2000s, 2020s, Events
This is the ONLY shirt that we sell with the event dates on it, and it is ONLY available via pre-order! If you’re interested in it, you can get it on our site now here: https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/attend/ I’m really excited about this one –...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 18, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan Yamnitz who currently is displayed on card number 3319, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Dan is a multi-world record holder on the arcade version of Pole Position II. He holds the record on all four tracks of the...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 14, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview
People of all ages have done some sort of maze or maze game in their life. Whether it’s on a piece of paper, an activity book, or a Halloween corn maze…mazes are all around us. The same can be said for video games past and present. Some would say the...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 8, 2026 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine Preview
If you ask a gamer to name some popular shooter titles, they will tell you games like Call of Duty, Doom, Halo, Grand Theft Auto and Goldeneye. Before all of these hit the shelves, Nintendo had a vision of providing a shooter game with the new Nintendo Entertainment...