by Michael Thomasson | Apr 7, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns
Near the end of 1980, Atari released the first-person combat simulator Battlezone in arcades. With its twin stick controls, overhead radar, and innovative plastic periscope, it mimicked an early construct of today’s virtual reality set-ups. Since the viewfinder...
by David Oxford | Apr 4, 2019 | 1980s, 2010s, Arcade
At their SEGA FES 2019 event in Japan, SEGA made a variety of announcements of interest to retro enthusiasts. Foremost among them were the first details of the SEGA Genesis/Mega Drive Mini console, including its release date, price point, and 10 of the 40 total titles...
by Todd Friedman | Apr 1, 2019 | 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Keith Swanson, who is displayed on card number 60, from the Superstars of 2011. Keith is also featured on cards 972 and 1825. Keith is the world record holder of the arcade game Gorf (3 ships). His score of 1,129,660 was set...
by Walter Day | Mar 31, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Yes, there is an “art to shooting” in video game playing. Essentially, managing your bullets, especially when you are only given, more or less, one bullet at a time. This pertains particularly to the legendary games of the classic arcade era. In this article, I have...
by Shaun Jex | Mar 30, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, The Story Of...
Later this year, Disney will open Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, a theme park experience set in the world of Star Wars. Amongst the coming attractions is Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, which puts visitors in the Millennium Falcon. Guests will have specific jobs which...
by Michael Thomasson | Mar 29, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
It is a rare occurrence when a home console game makes its way to the video arcade, but that is what happened with the horizontal- scrolling shooter Thunder Force. Like a reverse chain of events, in the literary world it would be equivalent to a book being...