by Magazine Writer | Aug 28, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
In each month’s Tech Talk, one of our resident experts will give all of our readers their knowledge on a particular subject pertaining to the manufacture, repair and care of classic video games and systems. This month features contributing writer John Meadows from the...
by Magazine Writer | Aug 24, 2019 | 1990s, Other Magazines Preview
Basketball is a pure American creation, being the one major sport to have it’s origins completely in the United States rather then being an altered version of a popular sport elsewhere in the world, such as baseball, which is derived from Cricket. A simple game with...
by Magazine Writer | Aug 22, 2019 | 1990s, Other Magazines Preview
In the mid 1980’s the once booming arcade industry was coming to an end. From 1981 to 1986 the arcade industry was cut in half, going from $8 million in revenue down to $4 million. By 1991, the industry was a shell of it’s formal self only taking in $2.1 million....
by Magazine Writer | Aug 20, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
Each month in Retro Revisited, Classic Console’s very own Brandon Poe picks one classic game to play. This month’s classic: Capcom’s 1942. This month I decided to sit down with a game I really did not have much experience with. I had only heard of this game when I was...
by Magazine Writer | Aug 20, 2019 | 1990s, Other Magazines Preview
The road to Sony’s involvement in the video game industry began way back in 1986. It is a story littered with broken promises, court cases and Sony almost walking away from ever being involved in video games. Eventually redeeming themselves with the creation of a...
by Magazine Writer | Aug 18, 2019 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview
Prior to the creation of Activision, third party publishers did not exist. This is not just some statement thrown out to explain this publisher’s importance, it is a literal fact. Activision, formed in October 1979, was the first ever independent publisher to exist in...