Excerpts from the NES Omnibus – by Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Aug 27, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine Preview

At Christmas in 1987, I got an NES for Christmas and have been playing it on and off (mostly on) ever  since. I’ve always had a console hooked up in my living  room, bedroom, or game room, depending on where I  was living at the time. It’s one of the greatest...

Arcade Memories in Korea and the USA – By Jong-Wook Shin – CEO of iiRcade

by Old School Gamer | Aug 25, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Magazine Preview

My family moved to US in August 1984 and one and half  year later was when I experienced Showbiz Pizza Place  for the first time. It had a collection of arcade machines  that filled up the entire room that seemed to be as big  as a mall. There was Galaga, a game that...

The SNES: 30 Years Later.

by Ben Magnet | Aug 24, 2021 | 1990s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Opinions

The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or SNES as we’ll refer to it here, is quite possibly one of the most important systems ever made. Now it didn’t bring the American video game market back from the brink like its predecessor did but it’s impact...

Space Invaders Invincible Collection Review (Nintendo Switch)

by Mike Mertes | Aug 24, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Reviews

Space Invaders Invincible Collection In the year 1978, Japan’s citizens fell prey to the never-ending onslaught of Space Invaders. Of course, these were not actual alien invaders from space that struck the island country, but rather digital creatures from a...

A Climb to the Sierra Mountain – by Mike Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Aug 23, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview

The creation of Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers by Jane Jensen sparked a fire in the point-and-click  adventure game genre. That fire shined a light on a  less traversed path in the genre that was previously  thought to be one that could never sell games: Horror. ...

iiRcade Review – Dragon Master by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Aug 14, 2021 | 1990s, 2020s, Reviews

The fighting game you get free with your iiRcade cabinet is Dragon Fighter. The original arcade machine came out in 1994 and published by UNiCO Electronics. This game reminds me of the Street Fighter game in terms of graphics and game play. Travel around the globe and...