Atari VCS teases the future at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles

by Old School Gamer | Jul 22, 2019 | 2010s, Events, The Story Of...

E3 2019 kicked off on June 10th, 2019, in Los Angeles and the Atari VCS team hit the ground running, with a busy event schedule of meetings and demos flowing through the Atari hospitality suite from beginning to end. Everyone left LA feeling like it was “mission...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Travis Warnell

by Todd Friedman | Jul 20, 2019 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Travis Warnell, who is displayed on card number 171, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.   Travis is also displayed on card number 997.  He holds world records on multiple games such as Golgo 13, Lethal Enforcers and Bang!...

Contra to See Daylight on Two Different Handhelds

by Brendan Meharry | Jul 20, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

My Arcade is known for a plethora of miniaturised handheld retro gaming devices that range from handhelds and mini arcades, to accessories like gamepads and oddities including a Famicom to NES cartridge converter. Their products are also usually licenced,...

A Brief History of Bonk

by David Oxford | Jul 18, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

January 31st, 2001 was a historic date for the video game industry. On that day, SEGA, once a powerhouse console manufacturer who would be the first to truly take the fight to Nintendo on North American soil, announced that they were exiting the hardware industry and...

TurboGrafx-16 Mini and the PC Engine Core Grafx Mini Pre-Order Now

by Old School Gamer | Jul 15, 2019 | 2010s, Console/Handheld, Events

The compact version of the classic console currently features a range of 50 retro games containing select titles that overlap in both the TurboGrafx-16 and PC Engine lineup. The console will be available exclusively on Amazon from March 19th 2020, with an Amazon Prime...

Bundled Games and Pricing Announced for the TurboGrafx-16 Mini

by Brendan Meharry | Jul 13, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

Nearly one month ago – just about to the day, actually – we reported on Konami’s E3 announcement of the TurboGrafx-16 Mini. While called that in the US, there’s a slightly convoluted naming scheme depending on your region: in Europe, it will be the PC...