Back in the day when arcades and corner markets were after school hangouts, one could expect to hear the “whacka-whacka” sounds of Pac-Man, the lasers firing up in Defender and the crackling, shooting sound of Centipede. There weren’t any life-like PCM samples or 3D...
I don’t think the console wars of today have anything on the console wars of the late 70’s/early 80’s. You had a choice to make: The Atari 2600 or the Mattel Intellivision. For me the choice was always obvious: The Atari 2600. For some reason, I always felt superior...
When you ask the average Joe or Josephine which video game they associate most with the early 80’s, you get a variety of answers…Space Invaders, Donkey Kong, Asteroids, Galaga, and of course, Pac-Man and his family. Not ONCE will you ever hear somebody...
It can be difficult to write a magazine article. You have to sit down, focus, etc… It’s not really FUN. Actually, it’s quite easy to put off. I’d rather just play Bomberman on my Sega Saturn. What’s that? Did I just say I was playing on...
Atari’s motto was “Power without the Price.” It should have read “Power at a Price.” When Atari took their low-end computer, the Atari 400, gave her a facelift, a model number twice the value of the 2600 and called her their “Super...
It would seem video games are marketed primarily to males and whenever a female shows interest, every guy should stand, take notice and wonder, “What’s this girl thinking about?” In Joystick Nation, J.C. Herz describes how video games played an important part in...