Keep Calm and Insert Coin: You Got Balls!!

by Brad Feingold | Oct 5, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade

Ok, the blogs that I normally do involve anything from my old school arcade days. But after leaving the Old School Pinball and Arcade in Grimes, Iowa, I had this burning in my head and figured it would be cool to let this out in this special blog.  You pay one low...

Another day. Another SNES clone.

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 4, 2017 | 1990s, 2010s

Hot on the re-emergence of the SNES in the public eye thanks to the Mini, SNES fever is rampant. That might be the reason the website, Old Skool Games (in partnership with the distributor, Video Game Advantage) have announced pre-orders for a new console called the...

The SEGA Channel: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 1, 2017 | 1990s

It’s time for another episode of Wonders of the Retro Gaming World! After checking out the Satellaview and the Net Yaroze, today we’re taking a look at the SEGA Channel. Released in 1994, this service allowed SEGA’s Genesis to hook up to cable...

Downright Bizarre: Smash TV! “Good Luck! You’ll Need It!”

by Michael Thomasson | Oct 1, 2017 | 1990s, Arcade

It’s a hands-on, no-holds-barred, do-or-die adventure! “The year is 1999. Television has adapted to the more violent nature of man. The most popular form of television remains the game show. One show in particular has dominated the ratings. That show is Smash TV, the...

Downright Bizarre: PaRappa the Rapper – Kick, Punch, It’s All in the Mind!

by Michael Thomasson | Sep 25, 2017 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

Parappa Rappa is a young scrappy pup that has a serious case of “puppy love” for Ms. Sunny Funny, an anthropomorphic flower. Accompanied by his peers PJ Berry, a/k/a “PJ the DJ” and disco diva Katy Kat, Parappa desperately competes with his arch-nemesis Joe Chin, an...

Orange is the New Grey: The Evolution of the NES Zapper

by David Oxford | Sep 21, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s

The Zapper light gun is an icon of classic gaming for the Nintendo Entertainment System, appearing across multiple forms of media, including as the trusty sidearm for the eponymous protagonist of the 1989 DiC Entertainment animated series Captain N: The Game Master....