Game Boy: The Early Arcade Ports

by Brett Weiss | Jan 29, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Gaming, Magazine Preview

Despite being outgunned by the Atari Lynx and Sega Game Gear in terms of color palette, lighting, screen size, and sheer processing power, the original Game Boy trounced the competition in the category that mattered most to Nintendo: unit sales. The success was driven...

Arcade Classic Lode Runner Coming Soon to iiRcade

by Old School Gamer | Jan 28, 2021 | 1980s, Arcade, iiRcade, Press Release

            iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine that allows gamers of all ages to play their favorite retro and modern games in arcade style at home, is adding four officially licensed Lode Runner games from Tozai, Inc. to...

Welcome to the Video Game Capital of the World

by Walter Day | Jan 27, 2021 | 1980s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Gaming, Magazine Preview

I started making plans to have the Scoreboard grow into  becoming the “crossroads” of gaming. It was perfectly  fine that the scoreboard had existed so far as a free  service to help all the arcades, but I thought of all the fun  we would all have if the players came...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Battlezone?

by Derek Slaton | Jan 23, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up – 3D Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2681 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Michael Feinstein This is one of the more technically impressive games in the 2600 catalog. The year is 1999...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Double Dragon?

by Derek Slaton | Jan 16, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1989 Publisher: Activision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: AK-050 Rarity: 5 Programmer: Dan Kitchen This port of the arcade classic came along very late in the 2600 lifespan and stands apart from...

Once a NES Kid, Always a NES Kid

by Old School Gamer | Jan 15, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, Columns

Those were the EXACT words I screamed when I laid  my eyes on the Nintendo Entertainment System for  the very first time. The moment has been vividly  burned into my brain. It was January, 1986. I was  sleeping over at my friend John Gaines’ house. I  assumed we’d...