by Old School Gamer | Mar 23, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine Preview
This piece originally appeared in the Video Game Collector Magazine, but has been updated and added to with more current information including from an interview at Galaxy of Games in Ottumwa, Iowa. Q: The film King of Kong made you a celebrity in even more people’s...
by Todd Friedman | Mar 20, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview
On October 8, 1983, Walter Day of Twin Galaxies had a vision. He dreamt of having a Video Game Hall ofFameinOttumwa,Iowa. Heknew this would be the perfect place to host the event being that Ottumwa, Iowa was crowned the Video Game Capital of the world one year before....
by Ric Pryor | Mar 18, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Console/Handheld
Adventure is one of the Atari 2600 games. It’s a game you either love profoundly or say you love profoundly to avoid being shunned by the classic gaming community. Almost everyone old enough to have had a 2600 as a kid has fond memories of sitting on the living...
by David Oxford | Mar 17, 2018 | 1980s
As briefly touched upon in our look at Alleyway, though the Game Boy did not come with a Mario title per se, Nintendo’s entire first-party lineup in the west nonetheless had the mustachioed mascot’s fingerprints all over the place. Unlike the Nintendo...
by Brad Feingold | Mar 16, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
A long time ago, in a…. wait, wrong movie. Documentaries are normally a weakness for me. I sometimes have difficulties connecting with the people and the topics involved such as war, gold mining, criminals and claims of alien abductions.. But lately, I have...
by Ric Pryor | Mar 10, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld
I have no idea how the postal system works. Nearly every day, things from around the country, around the world even, appear in the metal box bolted to the front of my house and I don’t have a clue how they got from those far away locations to my door. But,...
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