Keep Calm and Insert Coin: I’m Getting to Old For this *@#!

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....

Phoenix IV: Polygonal Graphics

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...

GameShell Launches on Kickstarter and Redefines the Portable Game Console

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...

Donkey Kong for the Atari 2600

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...

Other Magazine Update: Retro Gamer October 2017

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...

An Atari 8-bit Home Computer Review: War Room

by BillLange | Nov 12, 2017 | 1980s, 2010s

Welcome to the War Room! War Room is a new, fast-action, shoot ’em up arcade game for the Atari 8-bit family of home computers. The game was written by Rob Schlortt and Eric Henneke. It was released on Halloween, October 31, 2017. From the game manual: You have...