by Magazine Writer | Oct 13, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
When I was growing up, there was a quaint little country store about a mile from home called Maloney’s. In addition to candy, milk, cigarettes, and trinkets, they featured two arcade games for their patrons to play. Most of the biggest hits cycled through this...
by Magazine Writer | Oct 11, 2019 | 2000s, Other Magazines Preview, Reviews
You’re invited to Pac-Man’s 20th birthday party! In celebration of our favorite yellow dot’s birthday, Namco has released Pac-Man World, a 3D version of the classic game. While at first it may appear Namco has released this 3D game in order to keep up with the Joneses...
by Magazine Writer | Oct 9, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
When I was in high school, the only friend of mine who had an Atari videogame was Rosalind Goldberg. Roz, as we called her, was from a family that not only owned the most ultimate high tech video game player available—the Atari 2600—but also had a home computer! They...
by Magazine Writer | Oct 7, 2019 | 1990s, Other Magazines Preview
As collectors of classic video games we know how frustrating it can be when we hit upon a dry period of finding classic cartridges and game systems. We know the feeling of wanting to spit nails when seeing the mother lode of rare cartridges walk off with somebody else...
by Magazine Writer | Oct 5, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
An underdog in the arcade became a winner in the living room. Based on Universal’s sleeper arcade game, Cosmic Avenger became a huge hit for the Colecovision. As with many of their arcade ports, Coleco took a chance in bringing this game to the home market. However,...
by Magazine Writer | Oct 5, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
Midnight Magic – The game that brought it all back for me. I remember when I first saw this game for the Atari 2600. It was on clearance at a video store in one of our local malls. Having played the game of the same name for the Apple back in the early 80’s, I...