by Old School Gamer | Sep 11, 2021 | 1980s, Antstream
For young sci-fi nut George Allan, the computer boom of the Eighties was a revelation. “I was a big sci-fi fan the one day it turned out computers were real!” he laughs. Antstream Arcade talks to the ex-Gremlin coder to discover more about the games he worked on...
by Brett Weiss | Sep 10, 2021 | 1980s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
The Legend of Zelda, one of the most iconic video games in the history of the industry, turned 35 earlier this year. Yep, the epic quest that kept many a Gen-Xer up late into the night, exploring the world of Hyrule, is now three-and-half decades old. The game was...
by Mike Mertes | Sep 8, 2021 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Those who stepped in front of a Famicom Disk, Writer Kiosk in April of 1992 may have scratched their heads when they saw the latest and last title available via the disk writer service with Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Clu Clu Land. New Clu Clu Land is an updated...
by Old School Gamer | Sep 6, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Have you ever had a moment of nostalgia thinking about just how much you would love to go play a few of your favorite old games again? With much excitement, you dust off the old system and start hooking it up only to find that the connectors on your wires do not...
by Derek Slaton | Sep 5, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Seichow & Righter Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Word Game Alternate Title: N/A Model #: 87 Rarity: 9 Programmer: N/A This is a relatively fun word game, provided you are into that sort of thing. From the creators of...
by Mike Mertes | Sep 2, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview
Computer purists during the late 1980s and 1990s were blessed with many excellent adventure video games and would often scoff at the thought of playing a functional adventure game with depth on an 8- or 16-bit console. Contrary to those beliefs, though, both the...