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...

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...