Sega & Nintendo Retro-Bit Goodies at CES 2019

by Brendan Meharry | Jan 12, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Way back in the December of 2017, Retro-Bit signed a deal with Sega of America to manufacture officially licenced accessories for consoles such as the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. We didn’t hear much about this arrangement until last August, where prototypes for...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Bill McEvoy

by Todd Friedman | Jan 12, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Bill McEvoy who is displayed on card number 2116, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection.   Bill is the main editor of an online magazine called “Arcade Culture”.  Bill and his wife Stephanie reside in Ontario Canada and...

Boy, Oh Game Boy: A Look at the Varied Versions of Nintendo’s Landmark Handheld

by David Oxford | Jan 10, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Originally released in 1989, Nintendo’s Game Boy took the world by storm in a way that few — if any — had a hope of competing with. Its reign over the handheld market lasted until early 2003, just shy of a good 14 years. That kind of run for hardware...

Use your Game Boy as a Gamepad with this Modified Cartridge

by Brendan Meharry | Jan 4, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Everyone loves playing Game Boy games through the Wii’s Virtual Console or the GameCube’s Game Boy Player, but the controls are just never exactly right. Sure, the Game Boy didn’t exactly rep the most complex control system ever that was needing replication, but the...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Carrie Swidecki

by Todd Friedman | Dec 30, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Carrie Swidecki, who is displayed on card number 922 from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.   Carrie Swidecki is a Multi Guinness World Record Holder who is best known for setting the overall longest video game marathon of all...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jack Gale

by Todd Friedman | Dec 22, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns

 Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jack Gale, displayed on card number 103, from the Superstars of 2011.  Jack is also on card numbers 929 and 2155.   Jack was one of 22 gamers of the 1985 Twin Galaxies Coronation Day tournament held in Los Angeles, CA.   Jack...