Hidden Gems: Total Recall

by Magazine Writer | Aug 9, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

According to the June 1990 issue of Videogames & Computer Entertainment, Acclaim took an unexpected turn in the development of the Nintendo Entertainment System version of Total Recall. It commissioned Interplay to transform the expected summer blockbuster into...

Protecting your retro video game boxes

by Todd Friedman | Aug 7, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Opinions

I was organizing my video games the other day and came across an unopened Pokemon SoulSilver with Pokewalker Accessory in box. I looked up what an unopened box would be and to my surprise saw a range between 250 -350 dollars on Ebay.  I wanted to make sure this game...

Aliens Vs Predator Games

by Magazine Writer | Aug 5, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Very few film and comic franchises have yielded positive results when translated into the video game medium. Pick any random five video games based on either a film or comic and the odds of just one of those games being remotely decent are pretty slim. As gamers we‘ve...

How Casino Games Have Featured In Video Games Throughout Time

by Old School Gamer | Aug 4, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

Image: Pexels  Developers recognise the entertainment value of incorporating casino games into their own titles. Some games get it wrong by bombarding players with loot crates — tedious tack-ons, which ruin immersion and squeeze every penny from your pockets. Others...

Intellevision

by Brett Weiss | Aug 3, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

As a kid in the late 1970s, before I had a video game system of my very own (Santa didn‘t come through until 1982, when he brought a ColecoVision to our house), I would make any excuse I could think of to visit friends who owned an Atari 2600, an Odyssey2,or even a...

Video Game of the Day – August 1st – Dragon Slayer

by Video Game of the Day | Aug 1, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...