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...
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....
by Mike Mertes | Feb 13, 2022 | 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
Well, it was a running joke with the Street Fighter 2 series that Capcom didn’t know how to count to 3. Originally launched on the Capcom Play System in 1991, Street Fighter 2: The World Warrior invigorated a dying arcade scene with fierce head-to-head...
by Michael Thomasson | Feb 11, 2022 | 1970s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
Germany-based Interton was originally a hearing aid manufacturer in the early 60’s, and still produces them even to this day. While it may sound odd that such a company would dabble with video games, in the early days of home console development, there were few...
by Todd Friedman | Feb 3, 2022 | 2010s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jarrod Kailef, who currently is displayed on card number 3143, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Jarrod is an all-around retro gamer. He has been involved in and around gaming since a young child. He is very technical...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 2, 2022 | 1970s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
When we think of music games today, we think of titles such as Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero or Rock Band, all of which have their positive attributes, but are mostly newer (with the exception of DDR which made its first appearance in the late 1990s). Even...