Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ken Williams

by Todd Friedman | Feb 6, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Ken Williams, A.K.A “Sushi-X”, who currently is displayed on card number 30, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.  Ken was on the staff of Electronic Gaming Monthly in the early 1990’s.  In 2006 Ken, along with Terry...

Sega’s Game Gear by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Jan 31, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Gaming, Magazine Preview

In the latter 1980s, Sega made a big push to compete with Nintendo in the home console market. The Sega Master System brought a whole new generation of gamers to decide whether they should be team Sega or team Nintendo. Then, in the early 1990s, there was the 16-bit...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Ghostbusters?

by Derek Slaton | Jan 30, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1985 Publisher: Activision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: AZ-108 Rarity: 4 Programmer: Dan Kitchen This sub-par game based on the popular movie is a slog to get through. You are the world famous Ghostbusters,...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Kyle Goewert

by Todd Friedman | Jan 30, 2021 | 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Gaming

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Kyle Goewert, who is displayed on card number 26 from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.   Kyle is also featured on cards 327A and 554.  Kyle is one of only a few that have competed in the Kong Off, an annual Donkey Kong arcade...

Game Boy: The Early Arcade Ports

by Brett Weiss | Jan 29, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Gaming, Magazine Preview

Despite being outgunned by the Atari Lynx and Sega Game Gear in terms of color palette, lighting, screen size, and sheer processing power, the original Game Boy trounced the competition in the category that mattered most to Nintendo: unit sales. The success was driven...

Hold That Tiger! Tiger Electronic LCD

by Mike Mertes | Jan 27, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Despite Tiger Handheld games being considered video games, they often did not sit in the electronics section where one would expect to find a Game Boy and its games. Instead, Tiger’s LCD games would sit in the toy aisles at stores. Having Tiger games next to...