Obelix for the Atari 2600

Obelix for the Atari 2600

by | Nov 29, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

Asterix is the name of a very popular French comic that, like many Americans, I have never read. I can tell you that Asterix is the little guy, Obelix is the big guy and they both have Atari 2600  games named for them. That’s about it. Sales weren’t...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Joel West

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Joel West

by | Nov 27, 2017 | 1980s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Joel West, who is displayed on card number 11, from the Circus Card Collection of 2011.  Joel is also featured on cards 1236, 1911, 2103, 2189 and 2197.   Joel grew up in the early 1980’s when the arcade boom began.  He was one...
An Atari 2600 Review: Star Castle Arcade

An Atari 2600 Review: Star Castle Arcade

by | Nov 25, 2017 | 1980s, 2010s, Reviews

Star Castle Arcade is a frantic, single-screen space shooter for the iconic Atari 2600 video game console. You control a spaceship that navigates around a giant space cannon which is enclosed and protected by three oppositely rotating concentric energy rings. You must...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Now Boarding

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Now Boarding

by | Nov 24, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade

As a kid, I didn’t really travel that much.  Sure I went on those fun loving car rides with my mom and dad and my brother once in a blue moon.  But it seemed like those trips took forever.  Why, oh why didn’t we have iPhones back then.  Oh yeah, they...