by Ric Pryor | Aug 6, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s
Even of you aren’t a fan of the Atari 2600, there’s a chance you’ve encountered the name Birthday Mania. Probably in one of those lists of The All-Time Rarest And/Or Most Valuable Video Games Ever. It typically appears near the top of those lists...
by Brett Weiss | Aug 5, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Entrepreneur and video game historian Kelsey Lewin is only in her mid-twenties, but she already has well over 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. She’s also the co-owner of Pink Gorilla Games in Seattle, and she spends her free time volunteering for the Video...
by Shaun Jex | Aug 4, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews
Duck Hunt was the only Nintendo game I ever played which required the Zapper. I spent more time shooting at the dog then I did the ducks. It was fun, and I wasted hours of my life playing it. That said, it wasn’t the only system to utilize the light gun, and it was...
by Magazine Writer | Aug 4, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
In last month’s edition of Gamer Memories, we began to take a look at the state of video game inspired children’s cartoons, examining a show known as Saturday Supercade. There were many other gaming related options on the television and one such program was...
by Walter Day | Aug 3, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Sometimes things just seem to go off the beaten path and you find yourself faced with the most surprising obstacles — even in the world of classic gaming. Chris Steele and I invite other gamers to submit their fondest memories of events that blindsided them back...
by Brendan Meharry | Aug 3, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s
Have you checked your parent’s attic or basement recently? Scott Amos of Reno, Nevada is certainly glad he did. He was recently cleaning out his Mum’s attic on Mother’s Day (what a nice son) and discovered a few boxes of his childhood possessions. What he wasn’t...