by Michael Thomasson | Mar 10, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine Preview
Back in 1998, a small California cabinet making company called LAZER-TRON partnered with computer software developer id Software to bring high-end PC gaming into the arcade. Teaming up with Opus Entertainment and LBE Systems, the troop attempted to stir up the arcade...
by Todd Friedman | Mar 6, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events, Magazine Preview
E3, short for the “Electronic Entertainment Expo”, is the largest computer and video game show in the United States. Almost every name in the industry is present during this convention. There are leading pub-lishers, developers and manufacturers represented at this...
by Todd Friedman | Mar 6, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Columns, Console/Handheld
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Sam Tuff who currently is displayed on card number 3538, from the Superstars of 2021. Sam, from the North East of England, is a World Record Tetris player. He holds over 60 world records on the Twin Galaxies Scoreboard for...
by Michael Thomasson | Mar 4, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Certainly it is doubtful that Pokémon creator Satoshi Tjiri knew when he started up his hand-written and stapled video game fanzine, Game Freak, that his creation would cause such a fuss! The avid insect collector and video game hobbyist became enthralled with...
by Mike Mertes | Mar 2, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine Preview
Back in 1996 PlayStation players were introduced to the survival horror world of Resident Evil. Trapped in a mansion and armed with limited resources to defend themselves, players would fight for their lives against the biological atrocities that infested the halls of...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 22, 2021 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine Preview
Yeah, I live on 42nd street, but for me, it will always be 40 Deuce. That was the name that Ray Gilligan, my former drummer and all-around crazy guy, gave to the street we both lived on. At one time, there was a magical period on the 40 Deuce: Ray was the official...