Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Halloween?

by Derek Slaton | Oct 31, 2020 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Publisher: Wizard Video Release: 1983 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model: # 007 Rarity: 7 Programmer: Tim Martin, Robert Barber Based on the classic movie, this is one of the most tense 2600 games. You are the babysitter who is...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Adventures of Tron?

by Derek Slaton | Oct 24, 2020 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Publisher: M Network Release: 1982 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre Arcade: Platformer Alternate Title N/A Model # MT4317 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Hal Finney This is one of the better movie based games on the 2600. Based on the ground breaking film Tron, you take...

Pac-Man Quarter Arcade Review – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Oct 22, 2020 | 1980s, Arcade, Reviews

Back in the fall of 1980, I was in junior high school, and I liked four things: girls, basketball, rock music, and, of course, video games. At the Quick Way convenience store near my school, they had three arcade games set up in a small corner at the back: Asteroids,...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tony Barnes

by Todd Friedman | Oct 18, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tony Barnes who currently is displayed on card number 3366, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  Tony has been producing games since 1984, doing everything from art, design, programing and music. He has been instrumental in...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Dig Dug?

by Derek Slaton | Oct 17, 2020 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2677 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Douglas Macrae   Despite the hardware limitations of the 2600, Dig Dug does an admirable job of capturing the look and...

Is The Sega Dreamcast Mini Really Going Be A Thing?

by Jason Russell | Oct 15, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Magazine Preview

It Will Be One Of them – The Question Is Which The world at large is focused on the forthcoming PlayStation 5 and XBox Series X releases and amid all of the preorder frenzy, Sega quietly suggested that its next retro mini classic system is in the works. Sega...