by Old School Gamer | Jan 12, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld
TORRANCE, CA – Jan. 9, 2018 – Retro gaming brand, My Arcade has acquired license from legendary video game developer, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, to release a new range of collectible table-top arcade machines and portable handhelds. A preview of the...
by Ric Pryor | Jan 11, 2018 | 1980s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld
Let’s say it’s 1983. You’re at the arcade, about to drop your last quarter into your favorite game when everything shakes. The quarter slips from your fingers, rolls across the floor, out the open arcade door and stops on the sidewalk. You run...
by JasonBreininger | Jan 9, 2018 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews
The Need for Speed, or it’s official long winded title, Road & Track Presents The Need for Speed, is the first entry in the long running 3D car racing franchise that got its start on the 3DO. Developed by Electronic Arts Canada and released for the console in...
by Michael Thomasson | Jan 8, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld
I Want My Mommy Atari 2600 1983 If the box featuring a crying teddy bear on the cover doesn’t pull on your heartstrings, you’re a cruel individual indeed! Teddy has had a bad dream, a nightmare actually, and he wants the comfort that only a mother can offer. To reach...
by Brad Feingold | Jan 5, 2018 | 2010s, Console/Handheld
MORTON GROVE, Ill. – Jan. 5, 2017 – After receiving heaps of threatening letters, angry late-night phone calls, and one unmarked box of manure (wrapped in holiday paper, natch), indie game developer Digital Dreams Entertainment has finally relented and...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 5, 2018 | 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
On Saturday August 23,2017 the Galloping Ghost Arcade hosted it’s annual Mortal Kombat convention called the Kombat Kon! The event originated as Shang Tsungs Fight Night but after five years grew from being held at the arcade to a bigger venues. Now in its seventh...