Classified Information – Nintendo Power – by Mike Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Mar 23, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview

On January 31st, The Video Game History Foundation hosted a charity event with four power players straight from the pages of Nintendo Power. Hosted by Frank Cifaldi, Howard Phillps, Gail Tilden, Leslie Swan, and Jeff Bafus reminisced about many behind-the-scenes...

Electronic Gaming Monthly – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Mar 21, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview

When I was young in the late 1980s, the console wars were just beginning between Nintendo and Sega. For whatever reason, I was always on team Sega back then. I was the only one of my friends and took pride in the Sega products and played the games almost daily. I...

DieHard Gamer – by Kevin Butler

by Kevin Butler | Mar 19, 2022 | 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Diehard Gamefan (the name later was changed to just Gamefan with the November 1995 issue) was a magazine started by = Tim Lindquist, Greg Off, George Weising. and Dave Halverson in September 1992. Their goal was to create a gaming magazine that was unlike any other...

Game Players – by Bill Donohue

by Old School Gamer | Mar 17, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview

You know, I’ve had a lot of different jobs in my life. I’ve been a construction worker, a dishwasher, a CFD retardant loader, a municipal maintenance worker, a computer programmer, and an inventory clerk at a Metal Shop. At one time though, I had the best job in the...

What The Fall of the Amico Really Means

by Jason Russell | Mar 2, 2022 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Thanks in no small part to the widely publicized antics of company front-man Tommy Tallarico and a host of questionable money-raising stunts by Intellivision, the world at large has been seemingly all too thrilled to watch the slow and torturous unraveling of the...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Football?

by Derek Slaton | Feb 13, 2022 | 1970s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns, Magazine Preview

Release Date: 1978 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 2 Genre: Sports Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2625 Rarity: 1 Programmer: Bob Whitehead   Not only is this the first football game on the 2600, it’s one of the earliest games on the entire system....