Five Classic Video Game Easter Eggs

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...

Basketball Classics Review: Stellar

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 1, 2026 | 2020s, Arcade, Gaming, 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...

Retro Review – Choplifter for the Sega Master System

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...

Video Game of the Day – Mario Tennis (GBC)

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...

10 Pac-Man Clones for the C64 for Pac-Man’s 45th

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...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Wes Copeland

by Todd Friedman | Mar 3, 2026 | 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Wes Copeland, who is displayed on card number 769, from the Superstars of 2014.   Wes is also features on card numbers 1838 and 2245.  Wes is the current world record holder, on what some people call the holy grail of arcade...