Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Poor Stacking

by Brad Feingold | Oct 13, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

This is probably one of the few timely blogs that I am going to do.  But recently, my family and I finally moved out of our hell hole of an apartment and moved into a new house.  Well, not so new.  It was built in 1952, but you know what I mean.  And this happens to...

Downright Bizarre: Kool-Aid Man “OH YEAH!!”

by Michael Thomasson | Oct 10, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

This eighties pop-culture icon was so cool that it burst through the brick wall to become one of the most unmistakable product placements on record. OH YEAH! The game was available through conventional retail channels, but could also be acquired by submitting a mere...

The PlayCable: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 9, 2017 | Console/Handheld

After covering Nintendo’s Satellaview and the SEGA Channel, we’re taking a look at the actual first instance of video game ‘streaming’ on demand – The PlayCable. Using a cable TV connection (much like the SEGA Channel) but instead all the...

SUPERBRIEF: Star Trek

by Kristopher Purzycki | Oct 6, 2017 | 1970s, Console/Handheld

So far, SUPERBRIEF has focused on interactive fictions such as Zork and Colossal Cave Adventure as some of the earliest standout computer games. While both of these (and many, many others) claimed tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons and Dragons as one of their...

The World’s best-selling Home Computer – Reborn!

by Old School Gamer | Oct 6, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld

29 September 2017 – A timeless classic is being given a new lease of life with the launch of THEC64® Mini. Developed by Retro Games Ltd. – and distributed by Koch Media – THEC64® Mini  is a fully licensed reimagining of the 80’s bestselling home computer. Half...

Downright Bizarre: PaRappa the Rapper – Kick, Punch, It’s All in the Mind!

by Michael Thomasson | Sep 25, 2017 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

Parappa Rappa is a young scrappy pup that has a serious case of “puppy love” for Ms. Sunny Funny, an anthropomorphic flower. Accompanied by his peers PJ Berry, a/k/a “PJ the DJ” and disco diva Katy Kat, Parappa desperately competes with his arch-nemesis Joe Chin, an...