by Michael Thomasson | Jan 9, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade
The screen flickers “Your marker controlled with joystick. To draw stix press fast or slow. Claim areas by joining walls with stix.“ Or so the first three simple sentences of the original Qix attract mode boldly stated. It continues, “Scores based on area. Fast score...
by Brad Feingold | Jan 9, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade
There are hundreds and thousands of video games out there. And when you look at the list, it is almost a 50/50 split in the games that keep going and the games that have an end. Back in the 80’s though, finishing a game was not only a milestone in someones...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 5, 2018 | 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
On Saturday August 23,2017 the Galloping Ghost Arcade hosted it’s annual Mortal Kombat convention called the Kombat Kon! The event originated as Shang Tsungs Fight Night but after five years grew from being held at the arcade to a bigger venues. Now in its seventh...
by Brad Feingold | Jan 2, 2018 | 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld
Ok, before this blog gets going, I have a disclaimer: I hate basketball!!!! There’s just no other way to say it. No disrespect to the professionals that make millions in the industry, but I just hate it. I hate the squeaking of the sneakers going back and...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 2, 2018 | Arcade, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
When this magazine was started earlier this summer I knew a lot of people within the industry, some of them directly, but many of them indirectly. Two of our advisory board are friends I’ve had in this industry thanks to the Midwest Gaming Classic that I’ve attended...
by JasonBreininger | Dec 31, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Reviews
Data East’s BurgerTime was one of my go-to arcade games as a kid. I dug the concept of controlling the frantic and portly chef Peter Pepper, moving up, down and left and right across the stages, or dropping ingredients (buns, lettuce, tomatoes, burgers, etc.) down...