by Todd Friedman | Jun 4, 2021 | 2020s, Columns
Hi everyone. I just wanted to put out there my new YouTube Channel I created. I am really in the beginning stages of creating something and do not know where it will take me but after a month or so of having the channel I have over 230 subscribers and over 100,000...
by Ken Horowitz | Jun 3, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Midway and Jarvis had a long history, one filled with collection of arcade hits. It was also a relationship that wasn’t entirely planned. What was clear from the beginning was that the video game industry was the career of choice for Jarvis; he spent far too many...
by Todd Friedman | Jun 1, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
There have been many racing games before and after Mario Kart, but none of them compare to the popularity of Nintendo’s series of racing games that have been created for multiple consoles. Every console and handheld that proceeded after Super Nintendo had a new...
by Old School Gamer | May 30, 2021 | 2020s, Arcade, Columns, iiRcade, Magazine Preview
This is an article to tell you a little about my friends at iiRcade and the great product that I’m now excited to have in my own family room next to my Atari Breakout and Atari Star Wars Vector…it’s my iiRcade. When I first heard about the iiRcade I...
by Derek Slaton | May 29, 2021 | 1970s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns
Release Date: 1977 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Education Alternate Title: Fun with Numbers Model #: CX2611 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Gary Palmer This early example of “edutainment” surely ruined many a Christmas back in the day. This...
by Kevin Butler | May 28, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview
At the start of the 1980’s, games such as Galaga, Tempest, and the big one, Pac-Man, consumed my quarters in droves. That’s when I noticed a new driving game… Turbo! Unlike the previous games, Turbo was different in every way. Not only did it have the usual...