by Video Game of the Day | Jul 15, 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...
by Magazine Writer | Jul 13, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Those were the very first words I ever heard uttered by Bubsy Bobcat. Being a huge Sega Genesis fan, I was there when a blue blur called Sonic The Hedgehog was unleashed on an unsuspecting video game world. Many had tried games with...
by Old School Gamer | Jul 13, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, Gaming
Every gamer who spent their time in the arcade in their younger years, and still holds a console or PC to date, is familiar with the small, stout Italian plumber with a thick moustache, affectionately named Mario. You might’ve seen him inside a SNES system, jumping...
by Old School Gamer | Jul 11, 2020 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Press Release
A 1985 video game cartridge of Super Mario Bros. has sold for $114,000, Friday, July 10, setting the world record as the most expensive video game ever sold at public auction. Sealed for 35 years, the game was sold during a public auction of vintage comics and...
by Video Game of the Day | Jul 9, 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...
by Mike Pursley | Jul 8, 2020 | 1980s
I’m about to buy a Secret Passage. I’m playing Dragon Warrior. The landscape I traverse is lit in glowing 8-bit pixels, the terrain a beautiful, eye-frying saturation. I am Eldrick, questing for gold, a princess, and out to kill the Dragon Lord. It was endless...