Retro Gaming Archives – Nintendo Edition: July/August 1987

by JasonBreininger | Jul 23, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...

The summer of 1987 proved quite the landmark season for a certain gray toaster-shaped home video game console. By the summer of ’87, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was wildly outselling both the Sega Master System and the Atari 7800. Their technique of...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – David Kaelin

by Todd Friedman | Jul 22, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features David Kaelin, who is displayed on card number 448, from the Superstars of 2013.   David is the CEO/President of Game Over Videogames & organizer of Classic Game Fest.  Game Over Video Games was started in 2005 and continues...

The Walter Day Report: G.O.A.T.s of the 21st Century – By Walter Day

by Walter Day | Jul 20, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview

Last issue’s examination off the Golden Age greats roused a vocal outcry from the gamers of the modern era They say: “How about giving recognition to the modern gamers who are just as good as the ‘golden oldies,’ but who, unfortunately, were born too late to get a...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Dungeons & Dragons – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Jul 16, 2018 | 1970s, Columns, Magazine Preview

 Welcome once again to Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin, where I point out inexpensive games worth playing. Great RPGs for retro consoles tend to be pretty pricey, so I have a different and historical angle for this issue’s role-playing theme. We’re traveling back in...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: I’m Running Out of Quarters!

by Brad Feingold | Jul 15, 2018 | Arcade, Columns

Oh the love of the video game,  Pacman, Donkey Kong, Popeye, Tron, Tempest, Tapper…… I could go on forever.  The fact that you go up to these video games, put a quarter in and start to play with 3 lives and you are done was a very satisfying concept back...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tim Mcvey

by Todd Friedman | Jul 15, 2018 | 1980s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tim McVey who currently is displayed on card number 56, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.  He is also featured on cards 162, 510, 612, 2095 and 2304.   Tim is an avid game player starting from the early 1980s in Ottumwa,...