Get Your Kicks From QIX By Michael Thomasson
The screen flickers “Your marker controlled with joystick. To draw stix press fast or slow. Claim areas by joining walls with stix.“ Or so the first three simple sentences of the original Qix attract mode boldly stated. It continues, “Scores based on area. Fast score...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: “Molo Ram! Prepare to meet Kali…in hell!”
There are hundreds and thousands of video games out there. And when you look at the list, it is almost a 50/50 split in the games that keep going and the games that have an end. Back in the 80’s though, finishing a game was not only a milestone in someones...
Downright Bizarre Games: I Want My Mommy
I Want My Mommy Atari 2600 1983 If the box featuring a crying teddy bear on the cover doesn’t pull on your heartstrings, you’re a cruel individual indeed! Teddy has had a bad dream, a nightmare actually, and he wants the comfort that only a mother can offer. To reach...
Gene Medic – A Homebrew Edutainment Game for the Atari 2600
I’ve always liked being edutained. As a kid I’d keep an eye out for interesting episodes of Nova to watch instead of whatever the family TV would normally be tuned to that night. I even played the educational video games my parents bought for me. Some of...
BurgerTime (Arcade, Colecovision, Intellivision)
Data East’s BurgerTime was one of my go-to arcade games as a kid. I dug the concept of controlling the frantic and portly chef Peter Pepper, moving up, down and left and right across the stages, or dropping ingredients (buns, lettuce, tomatoes, burgers, etc.) down...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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