Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Rick Barretto

by Todd Friedman | Oct 4, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Rick Barretto, who is displayed on card number 3242, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection.    Rick is an all-around gaming enthusiast.   He is a collector, author, inventor and an industry entrepreneur.   In 1998 Rick...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Donald Hayes

by Todd Friedman | Oct 3, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

This weekend the International Video Game Hall of Fame will be inducting its new members into the Class of 2019.  One of these inductees is Donald Hayes.  Donald has been on the scene since the early 1980’s.  Today he will be part of the Class of 2019 in...

Hey, Paisanos! It’s The Super Mario Bros. Super Show Video Game!

by David Oxford | Oct 3, 2019 | 1980s, 2010s

You may recall a few months ago, when discussing various ways to play Darkwing Duck video games, a gent by the name of Jesus Lopez came up. A Lead Animator for WayForward, he presented what DuckTales Remastered-like remake of The Duck Knight’s Nintendo...

Atari and Arcade1Up Announce Exclusive Partnership for Iconic Titles

by Old School Gamer | Oct 1, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade, Press Release

Atari® and Arcade1Up announce an exclusive partnership to strengthen their relationship and ensure the future of arcade gaming is true to the experience consumers remember.  Arcade1Up launched in October of 2018 with multiple games from Atari® and other licenses which...

Atari® Partners With Antstream Arcade To Deliver Thousands of Retro Games to Atari VCS™ Video Computer System

by Old School Gamer | Oct 1, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

  Atari VCS to Launch with Unique Version of Revolutionary Game Streaming Platform, Offering Thousands of Classic Retro Games, Including Atari’s Vast Library of Console and Arcade Titles NEW YORK, NY (SEPTEMBER 30, 2019) – Atari® — one of the world’s...

These scale models of the PS1 & Saturn include the Internals too

by Brendan Meharry | Sep 30, 2019 | 1990s, 2010s

Miniature versions of consoles are all the rage at home – and seemingly everywhere else. It feels like every other week a new, little emulation box is released onto the market to satisfy the retro gaming cravings of the general public. While these are usually smaller...