by Brendan Meharry | Nov 22, 2017 | 1980s
Originally announced at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Coleco is returning to manufacturing the mini-arcade tabletop machines they were so renowned for in the 1980’s. This time around, it will be based on the popular anime, Robotech, that was the first anime viewed by...
by Brad Feingold | Nov 17, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade
Yeah, we have all played them some time or another. And they always seem to bring back that special memory of our youth. But sometimes there is a line that is crossed that may say, aren’t I too old for video games? Well, I will start by saying not in my case....
by Leonard Herman | Nov 15, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade
Polygonal Graphics Ironically, one of the last projects that the old Atari, Inc. released to the arcades reaffirmed the fact that the company’s designers could be as innovative as ever: I, Robot was the first game that featured state-of-the-art 3D polygonal...
by Old School Gamer | Nov 15, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld
GameShell, a modular, portable, and programmable handheld console comes preloaded with games and is the perfect DIY mini-computing platform. No matter how advanced smartphones and gaming apps become, there is no substitute for a quality portable gaming console with a...
by Ric Pryor | Nov 14, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld
The first place I saw Donkey Kong on the Atari 2600 was an in-store display sometime in late 1982 or maybe early 1983. By this time my family owned a Colecovision and I’d played the arcade game a few times, so I had a pretty good idea what Donkey Kong should...
by Old School Gamer | Nov 13, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Reviews
Continuing the tradition I started in September with reviewing other industry magazines, lets go after the October issue of Retro Gamer from the UK. I personally subscribe to it via my ipad instead of picking up at a local Barnes and Noble anymore. This issue’s...