by Old School Gamer | Feb 3, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld
It was May 30, 1871, when Montague Redgrave of Cincinnati, Ohio was issued patent US115357A for his “Improvements in Bagatelles”. His invention was a smaller table top version of what had been a very popular French parlor game in the 1700s. In addition, Redgrave made...
by Todd Friedman | Oct 19, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Pinball
This weekend, October 19th-22nd, the Pinball Expo with be entering its 38th year since the start in 1984. One of the founders and promoters of this event from Day 1 is Rob Berk. Lets look back at the interview I did with him back in 2019 when the event was located in...
by Todd Friedman | Oct 15, 2022 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Columns, Pinball
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jaden Berk, who is displayed on card number 1324, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Jaden has been around pinball in some sort of fashion his whole life. His father, Robert Berk, would create and start a pinball expo...
by Todd Friedman | Oct 7, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Pinball
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Todd Tuckey who currently is displayed on card number 1712, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Todd is also on card # 4117. Todd is the owner of TNT Amusements, Inc. located in Southampton, PA. Todd started TNT in 1979,...
by Derek Slaton | Jul 19, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Spectravision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade – Maze Alternate Title: N/A Model #: N/A Rarity: 8 Programmer: Mike Schwartz This is quite possibly the first (and only) example of a video game being based on a television...
by Derek Slaton | Jul 11, 2022 | 1970s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns
Release Date: 1977 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: Target Fun Model #: CX2602 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Larry Kaplan Given that this is one of the earliest 2600 games to be released, it comes as no surprise...