Nintendo’s R.O.B.: Your Video Game Playing Robot Buddy

by Shaun Jex | May 2, 2019 | 1980s, The Story Of...

What do you do when your industry collapses and you are looking for an innovative way to stay viable? If you are Nintendo, you create a video game playing robot and hope for the best. In 1983, the bottom fell out of the video game industry. After reaching revenues...

Nintendo Switch Online’s SP NES Games Miss the Mark in Fine-Tuning the Classics

by David Oxford | May 2, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

I don’t tend to editorialize in this space very often, so I hope you’ll permit me this. Amidst all the recent (and recurring) discussion about how easy or accessible a game should be, there have been a wave of recent releases I feel have been overlooked....

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Stephen Burnett

by Todd Friedman | Apr 29, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Columns, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stephen Burnett, who is displayed on card number 2478, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection.  Stephen was present during the birth of Twin Galaxies in 1982, and played with the best of the best in the early 1980’s.  He had...

The Last Ninja for the Commodore 64

by Ric Pryor | Apr 28, 2019 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

No, not the Last Ninja you’re thinking of. You’re probably thinking of the Last Ninja created by Mark Cale and released by System 3 in 1987. It’s an understandable mistake. That Last Ninja was one of the best selling games for the Commodore 64 and...

New Evercade Info, Atari Partnership Announced

by Brendan Meharry | Apr 27, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

A few weeks ago, we reported on the mysterious Evercade handheld console. Not a whole lot was known then, but in recent days the manufacturer has started releasing new information via email and social media. Straight up, we actually know what the Evercade looks like...

International Video Game Hall of Fame Nomination Forms

by Todd Friedman | Apr 27, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Events, Pinball

Submissions for the International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of 2019 are now open.  As the preeminent voice, The International Video Hall of Fame respectfully requests your nominations for our Hall of Fame Induction.  IVGHOF Committees will select winners solely on...