Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – John Robertson

by Todd Friedman | Oct 11, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features John Robertson who is displayed on card number 3413, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. John is an extraordinary pinball restorationist. He has been repairing pinball machines since the 1970’s. He is passionate about his...

High Score: A Really Neat Netflix Documentary.

by Ben Magnet | Aug 29, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, ESports, Reviews

Netflix had some good video game documentaries for a while.  It was where I first watched Game Over: The Story of Atari and for fun they also have the original anime Hi Score Girl (which I would definitely recommend if you like anime) and recently Netflix released...

What is behind the retro gaming craze?

by Old School Gamer | Aug 19, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be, as the old joke goes. People get nostalgic about all sorts of things, and psychologists have written tomes that attempt to explain some of the reasons. There’s always been a market for retro, whether it is in the clothes we wear,...

Video Game of the Day – August 17th – Chrono Trigger

by Video Game of the Day | Aug 17, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

Video Game of the Day – August 14th – Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

by Video Game of the Day | Aug 14, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

Protecting your retro video game boxes

by Todd Friedman | Aug 7, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Opinions

I was organizing my video games the other day and came across an unopened Pokemon SoulSilver with Pokewalker Accessory in box. I looked up what an unopened box would be and to my surprise saw a range between 250 -350 dollars on Ebay.  I wanted to make sure this game...