Remembering the Arcade Industry Trade Shows – By Q*Bert’s Dad Warren Davis

by Old School Gamer | Oct 22, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

One of the most enjoyable aspects of a career in the video arcade industry in the 1980s was attending the industry’s trade shows. These events (not open to the general public) were like video arcades on steroids. Game manufacturers brought dozens of their newest...

Analogue Announces FPGA-Based Third & Fourth Gen Sega Console

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 19, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

Sega fans, prepare to be delighted. Analogue, known for such hits as the Super NT and Nt Mini, is following up on its Nintendo based success with a complete Sega solution. The Mega Sg is no one-trick pony; not only will it support games from the venerable Mega Drive...

AtGames® and The Tetris Company Announce Iconic Puzzle Game Tetris® Featured in Legends Flashback Console and Upcoming Legends Ultimate Home Arcade

by Old School Gamer | Oct 18, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld

Value-Priced High Definition Console and Upcoming Home Arcade Machine Will Feature Legendary Video Games, Including Tetris® Los Angeles – October 17, 2018 – AtGames® Digital Media Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment products, and The Tetris Company, LLC,...

The Evil Dead And the “Video Nasties” Menace

by Shaun Jex | Oct 13, 2018 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

I believe I have made a significant find in the Kandarian ruins, a volume of ancient Sumarian burial practices and funerary incantations. It is entitled “Naturum De Montum”, roughly translated: Book of the Dead. The book is bound in human flesh and inked...

New Nintendo Patent Could Bring Game Boy Games to Mobile Devices (Officially)

by David Oxford | Oct 11, 2018 | 1980s, 2010s

Using an emulator to play classic Nintendo games on one’s mobile device isn’t anything new, and even the idea of Nintendo themselves publishing unique takes on games for mobile devices is old news at this point. But Nintendo bringing their retro titles to...

The Spooks and Chills of Atari’s Haunted House

by Shaun Jex | Oct 10, 2018 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Many years ago in the small town of Spirit Bay, there lived a mean old man named Zachary Graves… So begins the tale of Atari’s Haunted House, released in 1982 for the Atari 2600 console. As we lurch toward Halloween, let’s pay a brief visit to Old Man Graves’s house...