Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Pete “NukeAloiD” Corpeny

by Todd Friedman | Dec 13, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Pete “NukeAloiD” Corpeny, who currently is displayed on card number 3489, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Pete is an exceptionally good arcade marathon player. In the 1980’s, Pete could be seen playing such games as...

iiRcade Steps Into The Ring with Addition of RetroMania Wrestling

by Old School Gamer | Nov 26, 2020 | 2020s, Arcade, Press Release

        iiRcade adding RetroMania Wrestling, official sequel to the 1991 arcade hit WrestleFest Chicago –  iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine for gamers of all ages to own and play their favorite retro arcade games and modern...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Alan Pinion

by Todd Friedman | Nov 15, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Alan Pinion who currently is displayed on card number 976, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Alan is a lifelong fan of the laser disc arcade games. Dragon’s Lair series as well as Cliffhanger and Firefox. He collected so...

Boom Shakka Lakka! Insert Coin, the Ultimate Midway Games Documentary, Releases November 25 as Part of Alamo Drafthouse On Demand

by Old School Gamer | Nov 6, 2020 | 2020s, Arcade, Press Release, The Story Of...

      NEW YORK, NY Today, Cargo Film & Releasing — a global film sales and distribution agency — is pleased to announce the upcoming digital release of Insert Coin, a documentary focused on the history of Midway Games, a ragtag team of game...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dave Dean

by Todd Friedman | Nov 1, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dave Dean, who currently is displayed on card number 614, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Dave was a top contender in major arcade tournaments in the 1980’s which was called the golden age of gaming.  Dave took 1st...

Pac-Man Quarter Arcade Review – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Oct 22, 2020 | 1980s, Arcade, Reviews

Back in the fall of 1980, I was in junior high school, and I liked four things: girls, basketball, rock music, and, of course, video games. At the Quick Way convenience store near my school, they had three arcade games set up in a small corner at the back: Asteroids,...