by Todd Friedman | Apr 1, 2019 | 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Keith Swanson, who is displayed on card number 60, from the Superstars of 2011. Keith is also featured on cards 972 and 1825. Keith is the world record holder of the arcade game Gorf (3 ships). His score of 1,129,660 was set...
by Walter Day | Mar 31, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Yes, there is an “art to shooting” in video game playing. Essentially, managing your bullets, especially when you are only given, more or less, one bullet at a time. This pertains particularly to the legendary games of the classic arcade era. In this article, I have...
by Michael Thomasson | Mar 29, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
It is a rare occurrence when a home console game makes its way to the video arcade, but that is what happened with the horizontal- scrolling shooter Thunder Force. Like a reverse chain of events, in the literary world it would be equivalent to a book being...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Mar 27, 2019 | 1980s, Columns
For many game developers, there’s always that one golden goose or white whale. That game or genre that appeals to them the most. The thing that will cement their legacy. The one that regardless of their success on other projects, they always come back to. For Dan...
by Brett Weiss | Mar 26, 2019 | 1970s, Columns
Despite limited horsepower, the Atari 2600 is home to ports of some of the greatest, most famous arcade shooters of all time. Each of them is missing certain aspects of its respective coin-op classic, but many retain the essential elements that made the originals...
by Todd Friedman | Mar 23, 2019 | 1990s, Columns, The Story Of...
You can’t talk about the history of simulation games without mentioning The Sims. The name itself is short for simulation. The Sims series is widely considered on the top of the list of franchise games. The Sims series has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and...