by Raiford Guins | Apr 6, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade
My most recent book, King PONG: How Atari Bounced Across Markets to Make Millions, shows how Atari established not one but two massive consumer technology categories by adopting innovative product positioning and market development strategies. I conclude the short...
by Marcus Albers | Apr 5, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Atari, Console/Handheld
The first use of the term “Easter Egg” is widely attributed to Steve Wright, then director of software development at Atari, circa 1980. He was, of course, referring to the now classic hidden credit room in Warren Robinett’s Adventure for the Atari...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 1, 2026 | 2020s, Arcade, Gaming, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
The 2K Basketball Empire has manifested itself on every console to the point where they even took over the NBA Playgrounds series once that showed some potential. The end result was a monopoly on the roundball gaming experience that cost gamers looking for something...
by Marcus Albers | Mar 29, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Reviews
Set the wayback machine to the early ’80s. While we had recently gotten our first home computer, the Commodore VIC-20, my cousins had been enjoying the Apple II system that my uncle used for writing sermons and the like. One of the first home computer games that...
by Video Game of the Day | Mar 9, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
by Marcus Albers | Mar 8, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, C64 Vic20
In the world of video game clones, most people will point to Doom as the most cloned game of all time. But, likely that title is held, or at least challenged, by the one and only yellow dot gobbler, Pac-Man. The first time I played Pac-Man outside the arcade was on a...