Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Atari Video Cube?

by Derek Slaton | Apr 5, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Puzzle Alternate Title: Rubik’s Cube Model #: CX2670 Rarity: 7 Programmer: N/A This is a surprisingly robust and challenging puzzle game that will give fits to even the most seasoned of puzzle...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Carl Klitzke

by Todd Friedman | Apr 4, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Arcade, Interviews

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Carl Klitzke who currently is displayed on card number 3975, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection.  Carl is a masterful arcade game and pinball technician. Anything you need he can fix. He worked on his very first pinball...

Five Wrestling Games You’ve Forgotten About or Didn’t Know Existed

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 1, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Lists

With Wrestlemania right around the corner, we take a look at five wrestling games we know you forgot existed! WWF Microleague Wrestling: The first WWF Wrestling game ever isn’t really much of a wrestling game, but it’s something you have to try. Fire Pro Wrestling 2-...

Roger Sharpe – by Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Mar 25, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Interviews, Pinball

Roger Sharpe is all about pinball. He’s most famous for being the “man that saved pinball” after he successfully convinced the New York City Council to legalize the game after demonstrating that pinball was not a game of chance, but instead a game of skill. Roger has...

Nothing – The speed and performance are unprecedented on a ZX Spectrum 128k in this new game by Gogin!

by Indie Retro News | Mar 24, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Once again we are going back to the ZX Spectrum for some more awesome news, as thanks to Tom contacting us recently through our Twitter page, he has told us that Gogin has finally released the full version of his rather eye opening game of ‘ Nothing ‘; an...

Classified Information – Nintendo Power – by Mike Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Mar 23, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview

On January 31st, The Video Game History Foundation hosted a charity event with four power players straight from the pages of Nintendo Power. Hosted by Frank Cifaldi, Howard Phillps, Gail Tilden, Leslie Swan, and Jeff Bafus reminisced about many behind-the-scenes...