Boy, Oh Game Boy: Pocket Power

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...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Alan Radue

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....

The National Videogame Museum

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...

The Last Official Release: Neo Geo AES – Samurai Shodown V Special (2004)

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...

Global Gladiators for Game Gear Review

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....

ARpiCADE – Raspberry Pi Your Jamma Cabinet – By Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | Mar 8, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine Preview, Reviews

ARpiCADE is the solution to a whole slew of issues that retro video gamers have. It is an extra board set that you hook up to your Raspberry Pi computer. It allows you to do the equivalent of RetroPie, which so many people are using to build handheld computers and...