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...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Pac Man Fever

by Brad Feingold | Nov 10, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade

Ok, normally I write about the video games that I played in my youth years.  But this time, I am going to do something different.  I want to talk about music for a moment.  Oh man, the 80’s.  I don’t care what you say, I think that the best music of MY...

A Biased List of my Favourite Retro Gaming YouTubers [Part I]

by Brendan Meharry | Nov 10, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

While I don’t claim to be very good at many things in life, one pastime I excel at is sitting on my butt and watching the Tubes. I’ve been a fan of many YouTube channels since I started watching them regularly about eight years ago – and since then, have built...

100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987: Solar Fox

by Brett Weiss | Nov 9, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

Solar Fox for the Atari 2600 was a tough call for the inclusion in this book.  I love the game and still play it, but it has some of the most simplistic graphics of any cartridge produced in 1983 – a grid of squares, some enemy projectiles, and a trio of...

Gigolo and Cathouse Blues for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Nov 8, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

Send the kids to bed. These games are for mommies and daddies only. Now for many of you reading this, “adult” Atari 2600 games are old hat, but if they aren’t, open a new browser tab, Google “Custer’s Revenge” and take some time to...

Galaxies Of Gaming this weekend

by Todd Friedman | Nov 7, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Come Join us this weekend,  November 10th-12th, 2017 in Ottumwa, Iowa for a weekend of retro gaming,  tournament, trading cards,  and the International Video game Hall of Fame Ceremony. Special guests include Walter Day,  Billy Mitchell,  “Tri-Force”...