by William Schwartz | Nov 27, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Apple 2, Console/Handheld, Retro Computing, Reviews
It’s a bit strange to think of Madden Football in retro terms. Yes, the franchise dates to the eighties- but it still exists today, debatably as the most popular video game of our era, just not one we generally describe as a part of video game culture...
by William Schwartz | Nov 22, 2024 | 2010s, 2020s, Pinball, Stern
In a recent press release, Stern Pinball confirmed that it is now selling accessories for its new Metallica Remastered table. The five items now available for sale on Stern’s website here include an “…And Justice For All” Metallica...
by William Schwartz | Nov 10, 2024 | 1990s, Arcade
On October 21st, gaming journalist Mollie L. Patterson posted the first video for her Restart Fanzine YouTube channel, and it’s a doozy. Back in 1994, DieHard GameFan Magazine received a VHS tape from Data East designed as media outreach for their then...
by William Schwartz | Nov 2, 2024 | 2000s, Console/Handheld
Japanese feature phone games, also known as keitai games or I-Mode games, remain one of the stranger side quests in gaming history. At a time in the aughts that started to see more official releases for Japanese-only titles in the West, keitai games from the...
by William Schwartz | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Retro Computing, Reviews
As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and...