by Shaun Jex | Jul 28, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Reviews
Everyone knows that pumpkins are evil. It’s a well established fact. Put a pumpkin in a position of authority and it will definitely, 100% guaranteed, abuse its power. This is such a well known truth, that it’s baffling that the produce of the Salad Kingdom ever...
by BillLange | Jul 26, 2019 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview
An Early App Store Long before the advent of the Google Play Store, the official app store for the Android operating system, or the Apple App Store for the iOS operating system, and even before the idea of Shareware, there was the Atari Program Exchange (APX), an...
by Old School Gamer | Jul 24, 2019 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview, Reviews
“Talent borrows, genius steals.” -Oscar Wilde When Oscar said this in the late 1800’s, his medium was the written word. He said many new things, but his medium was firmly established and didn’t change much during his lifetime. He stood on the shoulders (and picked the...
by Brett Weiss | Jul 22, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Platformers were ubiquitous during the ’80s and ’90s, so I could have picked from any of hundreds of titles for this installment of Old School Bargain Bin. I decided to focus on an early platformer based on a cartoon I didn’t care about and a sequel to one of the most...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 22, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Let’s face it- game developers have to manage a tough situation. While the need to share their art and experiences is always the most important thing, making money also plays a role. That’s the reason why the industry is flooded with sequels. However, as we all know,...
by Mike Mertes | Jul 21, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Reviews
In the future, machines have taken over the world, and only a small rebellion against these cybernetic terrors have a chance to save the world. Sure, the story is pretty much a carbon copy from the Terminator series, but the real reason you want to play Blazing Chrome...