Vintage Retro Web Sites

by Todd Friedman | Dec 8, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns

I am on my 10th year of co-promoting the Video Games Summit in Illinois (http://avc.atari-users.net/VGS/)  and I have met and worked with many vendors of Retro gaming.  I also have been to many video game conferences and met a lot of great people who have companies...

Games Deserving a Remaster: Burning Rangers

by Ken Horowitz | Dec 7, 2017 | Columns, Console/Handheld

Video game aesthetics have come a long way from the mid ‘90s, when developers made the transition from sprites to polygons. The rough look of these early 3D games didn’t seem to be an issue to most gamers at the time, and the prospect of playing in three dimensions...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Brett Weiss

by Todd Friedman | Dec 4, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Brett Weiss who currently is displayed on card number 221, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection.  He is also featured on cards 227, 1193,1207,1320,1393 and 1402.  These cards commemorate Brett’s books that he has written over...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Joel West

by Todd Friedman | Nov 27, 2017 | 1980s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Joel West, who is displayed on card number 11, from the Circus Card Collection of 2011.  Joel is also featured on cards 1236, 1911, 2103, 2189 and 2197.   Joel grew up in the early 1980’s when the arcade boom began.  He was one...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Richard Booth

by Todd Friedman | Nov 20, 2017 | 2000s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Richard Booth, who currently is displayed on card number 704 from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Richard has devoted the last 7 years to Twin Galaxies and is determined to keep Walters vision he had in 1981 alive.  ...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Michael Sroka

by Todd Friedman | Nov 13, 2017 | 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Michael Sroka who is displayed on card number 25, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.   Michael is also featured on card 1311.  Michael is one of the driving forces behind the old online podcast known as the “Twin Galaxies...