The Wonderful Weirdness of IK+

by Shaun Jex | May 30, 2018 | 1980s

If you created a Venn diagram with circles for the Commodore 64, Jackie Chan, John Travolta, and the ancient art of karate, the overlap would be International Karate +. The game, typically referred to as IK+ (released in the United States as Chop N’ Drop), was not the...

The rise of retro gaming

by Old School Gamer | May 30, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

The rise of retro gaming In a world obsessed with innovation and progress, we also do great deal of looking back at the past. In fact, retro is such a phenomenon these days that it’s reaching into virtually every area of our lives. Of course, it’s always played a huge...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Thanks for the Nightmares

by Brad Feingold | May 29, 2018 | 1980s, Columns

In a childs’ life, if he/she sees something so scary at one point in time, they could be scarred for life.  For some it’s clowns, for some it’s spiders.  And believe it or not, for some it’s eating bananas after 8PM at night that causes...

Jupiter Lander and the Birth of the Commodore 64

by Shaun Jex | May 23, 2018 | 1980s

LOAD “JUPITER LANDER” ,8,1 SEARCHING FOR JUPITER LANDER LOADING READY RUN By 1982, the video game industry already had two titans that dominated the home video game market. The Apple II and Atari 2600 were both released in 1977 and were wildly popular....

NES Oddities & The Homebrew Revolution Book Review – Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | May 23, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The original NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), or Famicom in Japan, is one of the most popular gaming system ever made, and, as a result, is the most written about console system. There are dozens of books about the system, it’s games, it’s re-release as a Mini...

Cave Fighter for the Commodore 64

by Ric Pryor | May 21, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

Junior high was a rough time for me. Not for the reasons you might expect junior high to have been rough for a guy who’s now in his forties and writes about video games. I wasn’t harassed by bullies or painfully awkward around girls or constantly picked...