by Eugenio Angueira | Feb 16, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Console/Handheld
In 1981, Williams Electronics released a horizontal shooter game by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar that took the arcades by storm. That game was Defender. In this game the player controls the Defender to protect humanoids, who have been stranded in some planet, from...
by Brad Feingold | Feb 15, 2023 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld
History has never been my favorite class in high school or college. I know there were very important facts, but flat out, I just couldn’t remember the dates and people involved… and it was boring. I needed a reason to stay engaged. Years after my education, there is...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 10, 2023 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld
Demon Attack: The Next Wave and Atlantis: A City Rebuilt are the first entry in what we call the Classics Reimagined for the ColecoVision, Coleco Adam and CollectorVision systems. CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Two reimaginings of classic games on one cartridge for the...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 3, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld
It was May 30, 1871, when Montague Redgrave of Cincinnati, Ohio was issued patent US115357A for his “Improvements in Bagatelles”. His invention was a smaller table top version of what had been a very popular French parlor game in the 1700s. In addition, Redgrave made...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 26, 2023 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld
Accessory maker Hyperkin just got everyone’s hopes up regarding a follow-up to the Sega Dreamcast – only then to proclaim that, if it got the chance, it would love to make the console happen. The original Dreamcast was Sega’s final foray into the world of...
by John McNichol | Jan 12, 2023 | 1980s, Atari, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Opinions
My oldest brother Richard wasn’t the master of sarcasm that our middle brother Steven was. But he still looked at my game’s box with a caustic smirk. “This-“ he said, first looking at the art on the box cover of cover of Atari’s Air-Sea Battle… and...