Game and Market Watch – By Dan Loosen
In prior Game & Market articles, I discussed factors that increase awareness of games, and can be a large factor in driving their value up. This time, we’re going to look at an entire segment of games that is generally overlooked by those factors, why they are...
Going For Golden Eye – By Ryan Burger
Sometimes Reality is Too Close to Fiction I’m a fan of the movie of King of Kong and I have the pleasure of knowing many the personalities from the movie. So when I heard about this mockumentary, I had to see it. Clocking in at just under an hour, it starts out with,...
Just for Qix: From Pigskin to Pixels: Going Long for Atari Football – by Michael Thomasson
A t first glance, Atari Football (1978) appeared to be a no-thrills gaming experience. The monochrome screen displayed simple field lines and a few statistics in a rudimentary sans-serif font. The single-channel rarely beeped, and when it did, it was a muffled sound...
The Sporting Life – By Leonard Herman, the Father of Video Game History
Since the beginning of videogame history, sports have always played a major role. Higinbotham’s Tennis For Two, Baer’s video table tennis, and Bushnell & Dabney’s Pong are also video versions of tennis or table tennis. But no matter how much you tell yourself...
I Didn’t Know My Retro Console Could Do That! – Old School Gamer Staff
One of my favorite games to play in the yard when I was a kid was Pickle, and now Good Deal Games is bringing it to the Atari 2600! A simple game that kept me playing for much longer than any baseball game that Atari put out back in the day! gooddealgames.com AtariAge...Latest Magazine
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