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...

Switch It Up: SNK Gals’ Fighters a Five Minute Review on a Ten Minute Game – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | May 8, 2020 | 2020s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

Fighting games on the early handheld systems is not an easy accomplishment. We are not here to discuss the failure of Mortal Kombat for the Game Boy Advance, but that was just one example. To find a game that allows quick and easy movement and decent visualizations...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Andrew Breyer

by Todd Friedman | May 2, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Andrew Breyer, who is displayed on card number 14, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.  Andrew was the 1981 Atari 2600 Asteroids Champion, which earned him a $5,000 prize.   As one of the most completive Atari 2600 console...

RETROSPECTIVE: A Fight of the Heavyweights

by Jason Russell | Apr 29, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Capcom & SNK: Best Frienemies  It is almost impossible to overstate Street Fighter II’s influence over the gaming world, arcades in particular, in the early 1990s. In just about every arcade the world over, gamers flocked around the cabinet – some to try...