Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Dishonest Gamer

by Brad Feingold | Jan 30, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade

Oh, I’m probably not going to be liked after this one, but I was assigned write my memories about video games.  But keep in mind, I was a kid and there wasn’t any money stolen, but here we go. As a kid, I was always wanting to find that outlet to play the...

Space Invaders (Atari VCS/2600)

by JasonBreininger | Jan 30, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

It has been well documented that Space Invaders was a quarter-hogging phenomenon back in the late 1970’s, and Atari catapulted themselves into 1st place during the early home console wars when they procured the rights to port it on their Video Computer System in 1980....

Tempest 2000 (Atari Jaguar)

by JasonBreininger | Jan 25, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Atari, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

Back in 1994, Atari were in need of a flagship game for their latest console, the Jaguar. The launch titles they had released for the console weren’t doing the trick in moving systems out the retailer’s doors. Thankfully, Jeff Minter had been designing a game that...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Hunt Is On, Unless You Are A King……..

by Brad Feingold | Jan 23, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade

Yeah, I wasn’t to sure how to title this one.  But when it gets to the point, it’s the same thing.  Back in 1982, there were a whole lot of games being released in the arcade and not a lot of quarters in my pocket.  But that really didn’t stop me...

Phoenix IV: Magazines Reach Their Peak

by Leonard Herman | Jan 22, 2018 | 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Interest in videogames reached an all-time high during 1994. In January, GamePro became the rst videogame magazine to sell 500,000 copies of a single issue. EGM broke a di erent type of record when its December issue contained 404 pages. So much news concerning...

Retro Gaming Archives – Winter/Spring 1984

by JasonBreininger | Jan 21, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld

1984 was a tough year for video gaming releases. For many of us, 1984 was just another year and the words “video”, “game” and “crash” were never uttered consecutively. There was still a plethora of Atari, Intellivision and...