Digging Deeper Into Big Announcement From Sega

by Jason Russell | May 29, 2020 | 2020s, Columns, Lists, Magazine Preview

Sega is About to Unleash Some Big News In case you haven’t heard, amid a global pandemic, domestic rioting and unrest, and seemingly endless troubling news, a rumor has escaped Japan that Sega is in the process of readying an announcement next week that will rile the...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Karl Kuhlenschmidt

by Todd Friedman | May 23, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Karl Kuhlenschmidt who currently is displayed on card number 2161, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection.  Karl is an avid arcade preservationist, who loves to fix and restore old classic arcade machines to keep the nostalgia...

RETROSPECTIVE: The Licensed Fighters

by Jason Russell | May 18, 2020 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Lists, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Two Great Trends That Trend Great Together As the popularity of the versus fighting grew in the early to mid 90s, it didn’t take long for developers and publishers to see the appeal in coupling the genre with licensed properties to capitalize on two trends...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Leyla Hasso

by Todd Friedman | May 16, 2020 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Leyla Hasso who is displayed on card number 933, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Leyla is also on error card 933 which says Superstars of 2013 collection. Leyla lives in South London, UK and is a top competitor in...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Rusty Key

by Todd Friedman | May 9, 2020 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Rusty Key who is displayed on card number 2111, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection.  Rusty is a huge arcade preservationist, with an enormous collection of rare and arcade games.  By 2014, his arcade collection hit 30...

RETROSPECTIVE: The Best of the Rest

by Jason Russell | May 9, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Lists, Magazine Preview

After Street Fighter II came Mortal Kombat. After Mortal Kombat came a tsunami. As the Street Fighter II phenomena grew in arcades and then again when ports of the popular games came to home consoles, nearly every company in the industry suddenly found themselves in a...