Ninja Gaiden – By Michael Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Jul 5, 2019 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

By the beginning of 1989, the Nintendo Entertainment System already had a plethora of platforming titles available, but none of them had evolved the genre as much as one title in particular. Just a few short months into 1989, Ninja Gaiden set itself apart from other...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jon Klinkel

by Todd Friedman | Jun 30, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jon Klinkel, who is displayed on card number 66, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.  Jon is also featured on cards 2916 for Galaga Forum and soon-to-be-released 2918 in a Score Wars group picture. Current Administrator of...

the Game Chasers – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Jun 25, 2019 | 1980s, Columns, The Story Of...

Billy Chaser and Jay Hunter travel all over Texas and beyond, far from their homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, searching for electronic artifacts housed in plastic— and people can’t get enough of their quests. Chaser and Hunter host The Game Chasers, a...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – “Dr. Scott” Sheridan

by Todd Friedman | Jun 23, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Pinball

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Scott Sheridan, who is displayed on card number 2259 from the Superstars of 2015 Collection.   Scott is also featured on card number 2605.  Scott’s love for pinball started in college.   He gradually ended up collecting pinball...

The Game Scholar: What’s in a Name? – By Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Jun 20, 2019 | 1970s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Since the dawn of time, or at least since 1975 when every Tom, Dick and Harry began releasing their own forms of videogame console that used General Instruments’ AY- 3-8500 chip, people have been referring to all video tennis consoles as Pong consoles. This is quite...

Contra vs. Paul Tesi – By Steve DeLuca

by Old School Gamer | Jun 18, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns

Coins Detected in Pocket Welcome to another installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers and Old School Games from the Golden Age of gaming. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin or token to start a video game. The earning...