International Video Game Hall of Fame Nomination Forms

by Todd Friedman | Apr 27, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Events, Pinball

Submissions for the International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of 2019 are now open.  As the preeminent voice, The International Video Hall of Fame respectfully requests your nominations for our Hall of Fame Induction.  IVGHOF Committees will select winners solely on...

A Killer App: Star Raiders – By Bill Lange

by BillLange | Apr 10, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Star Raiders, the iconic computer adventure game, was created for the Atari 400/800 home computer line, in fact, it was created at the same time as the development of the computers. It was programmed by Atari hardware designer Doug Neubauer. Neubauer was also on the...

Duck Hunt

by Shaun Jex | Mar 31, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

I am not a hunter. As a general rule, I don’t enjoy guns (with the exception of water guns and Nerf guns). So, it’s a bit odd to think just how MUCH I loved the game Duck Hunt. It could be that it’s one of the first games that I ever played on the Nintendo. Getting an...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Atari 2600 Shooters – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Mar 26, 2019 | 1970s, Columns

Despite limited horsepower, the Atari 2600 is home to ports of some of the greatest, most famous arcade shooters of all time. Each of them is missing certain aspects of its respective coin-op classic, but many retain the essential elements that made the originals...

The National Videogame Museum

by Shaun Jex | Mar 10, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Reviews

This weekend I took a trip to the past, and I didn’t even need a DeLorean to get there. All I had to do was make the short drive to Frisco, Texas to visit the National Videogame Museum. Opened in 2016 by Joe Santulli, Sean Kelly, and John Hardie (founders of the Las...

About Atari:Two Books by Jamie Lendino – By Bill Lange

by BillLange | Mar 5, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Reviews

Jamie Lendino, the Editor-in-Chief of ExtremeTech, recently released (June, 2018) a new book on the Atari 2600 titled Adventure: The Atari 2600 At The Dawn Of Console Gaming. It is his second Atari-related book and is the follow up to his earlier (March, 2017) Atari...