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...

War Games – By Leonard Herman The Father of Video Game History

by Leonard Herman | Apr 28, 2020 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview

A strit Begolli, commonly known as Polaki, is just an average video game collector like the rest of us. His niche is rare consoles and he boasts a collection of over 181 systems including some of the rarest and mostexpensive consoles, such as a Japanese Atari2800, a...

NSERT COIN: The advance screening at the Museum of Play in Rochester, NY – by Warren Davis

by Old School Gamer | Apr 21, 2020 | 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Events, Magazine Preview

It was a brisk 30 degrees in Rochester, NY on Friday November 8, 2019. Coming from Los Angeles, the cold was a shock to my system, but well worth it. I made thejourney east to a end a screening of Josh Tsui’s new documentary about Williams/Bally/Midway… Insert...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Chris Cavanaugh

by Todd Friedman | Apr 18, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Chris Cavanaugh who is displayed on card number 512, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection.  Chris is also featured on card number 588.  Chris is the Co-founder of Classic Gamer Magazine which was founded in 1999.  Chris was...