Moon Patrol – by Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Feb 23, 2020 | 1980s, Arcade, Reviews

Luna City Police Department Seeks Trigger-Happy Hero. Apply Within! WC reated by Irem and co-published with Williams Electronics, Moon Patrol was one of the premiere side-scrolling video games. It is recognized as the first arcade game with parallax scrolling, a...

Video Game of the Day – February 22nd – Panzer Dragoon

by Video Game of the Day | Feb 22, 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...

Video Game of the Day – February 21st – Sonic the Hedgehog 2

by Video Game of the Day | Feb 21, 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...

The Game Scholar – Let’s Go to the Videotape By Leonard Herman The Father of Video Game History

by Leonard Herman | Feb 21, 2020 | 1980s, Columns

Video game software can reside on many different types of media. In the early dedicated consoles of the seventies, the games were built into the consoles themselves. The introduction of cartridges in 1976 eventually gave way to CDs in 1988 and DVDs in 2000. Magnetic...

The Best Atari 2600 Games (That Never Existed)

by Magazine Writer | Feb 21, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Some do it to fulfill a fantasy of a game they wish had existed. Some do it just to see if they can create something that reminds them of past joys. Others just want to mess with your head. They are the creators of fake Atari labels. Surprisingly, there are several...

Video Game of the Day – February 19th – Shadow Bug

by Video Game of the Day | Feb 19, 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...