by Kevin Butler | Sep 26, 2019 | 1970s, Arcade, Magazine Preview
Space Wars was the first vector-driven arcade game. Its success would enable Atari to create their own vector generator creating games such as Asteroids and Battlezone. Space Wars also enabled a fledgling company called Cinematronics (established in 1975) to finally...
by Michael Thomasson | Sep 24, 2019 | 1970s, Arcade, Magazine Preview
Sometimes that amazing crossing of paths happens and you just get so excited that you have to jump on it. That opportunity came for our publisher, Ryan Burger at CES this past year when he ran into Tyler Bushnell who is working to make his place in the gaming industry...
by Jason Russell | Aug 21, 2019 | Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews
Genesis Does What Nintendid In the event that you’ve been living under a rock, retro mini consoles are a hot commodity right now. Nintendo got the ball rolling with the NES Classic Edition (then again with the SNES), Sony did their best to compete with the poorly...
by Brad Feingold | Aug 7, 2019 | 2000s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
Sit down with a bunch of retro video game enthusiasts and you might have an argument about the best platform game of the 80’s and 90’s. Some will say the Mario series, some will say Kirby, and some will even say Sonic the Hedgehog. But one series that I loved to...
by Brett Weiss | Aug 5, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Entrepreneur and video game historian Kelsey Lewin is only in her mid-twenties, but she already has well over 100,000 subscribers on her YouTube channel. She’s also the co-owner of Pink Gorilla Games in Seattle, and she spends her free time volunteering for the Video...
by Walter Day | Aug 3, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Sometimes things just seem to go off the beaten path and you find yourself faced with the most surprising obstacles — even in the world of classic gaming. Chris Steele and I invite other gamers to submit their fondest memories of events that blindsided them back...