Vintage Retro Web Sites

by Todd Friedman | Dec 8, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns

I am on my 10th year of co-promoting the Video Games Summit in Illinois (http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS/)  and I have met and worked with many vendors of Retro gaming.  I also have been to many video game conferences and met a lot of great people who have companies...

Classic Home Video Games 1985-1988: Rolling Thunder

by Brett Weiss | Dec 7, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

Publisher: Tengen.  Developer: Tengen, Platform Shooter, 1 player 1989. Despite skinnier characters, less colorful graphics, and lack of two-player alternating mode, Rolling Thunder is an excellent port of Namco’s 1986 arcade classic.  On a mission to rescue the...

Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Golf

by David Oxford | Dec 7, 2017 | 1980s

There are all kinds of video game collectors out there: Some may focus on a specific platform, a specific publisher or developer, a specific series, or even just a certain character. Of course, when it comes to Nintendo’s Mario, he’s not “just”...

Super Mario Bros. (NES)

by JasonBreininger | Dec 6, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

  Home video gaming in the 1980’s was ultimately defined by two consoles, the Atari Video Computer System (2600) and the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Sure, there were many other popular, well received, and well made consoles during that time, but it...

Arcade Mania – The Board Game That’s Just Like Going to the Arcade

by Ric Pryor | Dec 6, 2017 | 1980s

Arcades of the 1980’s were dens of sin and vice. Despised by right-thinking American parents as dark, smoke-filled places that turned wholesome suburban tweens into dope smoking video game zombies. Or so I learned later from reading things like Charles...

A nice interview by the Switch Effect of Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | Dec 5, 2017 | 1980s

Joining The Switch Effect on today’s Industry Interview is Ryan Burger, Founder and Publisher of the newly launched Old School Gamer Magazine. Old School Gamer Magazine is a digital and print magazine that focuses on all games retro, whether it is the original Atari...