Game and Market Watch – By Dan Loosen

by Dan Loosen | Sep 18, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview

In prior Game & Market articles, I discussed factors that increase awareness of games, and can be a large factor in driving their value up. This time, we’re going to look at an entire segment of games that is generally overlooked by those factors, why they are...

Just for Qix: From Pigskin to Pixels: Going Long for Atari Football – by Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Sep 14, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview

A t first glance, Atari Football (1978) appeared to be a no-thrills gaming experience. The monochrome screen displayed simple field lines and a few statistics in a rudimentary sans-serif font. The single-channel rarely beeped, and when it did, it was a muffled sound...

The Sporting Life – By Leonard Herman, the Father of Video Game History

by Leonard Herman | Sep 11, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview

Since the beginning of videogame history, sports have always played a major role. Higinbotham’s Tennis For Two, Baer’s video table tennis, and Bushnell & Dabney’s Pong are also video versions of tennis or table tennis. But no matter how much you tell yourself that...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Greg Mott

by Todd Friedman | Sep 10, 2018 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Greg Mott, who is displayed on card number 34, from the Superstars of 2011.   Greg has been around the gaming scene since 1999 when he joined UKvac group on line and first met up with other UK collectors.  He holds a record on...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Sooner Or Later Everyone Goes to the Zoo

by Brad Feingold | Sep 7, 2018 | 1980s, Columns

In life, there are too many games to even think of that creates memories.  And ever since my trip to Pittsburgh, PA for the ReplayFx, my brain almost went into self destruct mode.  The question of why is that?  Because I pretty much have played 99% of the retro games...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Stuart Rankin

by Todd Friedman | Sep 3, 2018 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stuart Rankin who is displayed on card number 192, from the Twin Galaxies Superstars Collection of 2011.  From Glasgow, Scotland, Stuart is a huge Space Harrier collector.  He holds many Space Harrier World Records on the Twin...