by Todd Friedman | Mar 20, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Cary J. Hahn, who is displayed on card number 185 from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. After working at KTVO Ottumwa, Cary became “The Iowa Traveler” feature reporter for Cedar Rapids, Iowa CBS affiliate...
by David Oxford | Mar 14, 2019 | 1990s
After bringing color to the world of Game Boy in a largely unexpected way at the time, Nintendo would eventually set their sights on another issue with the original hardware: The matter of portability. You see, for all intents and purposes, the Game Boy was a portable...
by Todd Friedman | Mar 11, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Alan Radue, who is displayed on card number 383, from the Superstars of 2012. He is also featured on card 2210 from the Superstars of 2015. Alan is the current world record holder on the arcade games Sea Wolf & Sprint 2....
by Shaun Jex | Mar 10, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Reviews
This weekend I took a trip to the past, and I didn’t even need a DeLorean to get there. All I had to do was make the short drive to Frisco, Texas to visit the National Videogame Museum. Opened in 2016 by Joe Santulli, Sean Kelly, and John Hardie (founders of the Las...
by Brendan Meharry | Mar 10, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s
Welcome again, retro-playing friends, to another instalment of The Last Official Release. So far, I’ve chronicled the last games released for 25 different consoles and handhelds (all linked below). To say I’m running out of content wouldn’t be a lie – the list of what...
by Brendan Meharry | Mar 9, 2019 | 1990s
New review! Get it while it’s hot! Of all the companies that shouldn’t be involved in video games, I’d say McDonald’s rates pretty highly. But they are, and this game, Global Gladiators found its way onto the Sega Game Gear in 1992....