Ben’s Fulfilling Find By Ben Valdes
From March until August of last year, I found nothing. It wasn’t for lack of trying. I pounded my thrift stores, yard sales, and flea markets with a vengeance, looking for a final found-in-the-wild rarity to cap off my collection of classic video games. “If I can bag...
AMAZON or Big Brown River! From the man formerly known as THE JADED GAMER by Bill Donohue
The following are excerpts from a tattered notebook recovered from the mummified hand of an unknown explorer. How the explorer got into his leathery condition is still a mystery that maybe these notes can solve. A bigger mystery is how this explorer was found under a...
1990 NWC vs. Dave “DLo” Lopez (Nintendo World Championship) Coins Detected in Pocket – By Steve DeLuca
W elcome to another installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers and Old School Games from the Golden Age of gaming. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin or token to start a video game. The earning of these coins was mostly...
Designing Yars’ Revenge: The Sizzle – By Howard Scott Warshaw
Having gone from a loose concept to a nicely playing game, where do I go from here? I set out to create a feast for the eyes and ears! I came to Atari with a bachelor’s in Mathematics, Economics and Theatre as well as a master’s in Computer Engineering. Most people...
30 Years of TurboGrafx-16 – By Rob Faraldi
Jeff Masser of Chicago, Illinois is a proud father and honorable veteran. He’s also an incredibly enthusiastic videogame collector with a fondness for the three-decade old TurboGrafx-16, a game console that’s notoriously expensive to collect for these days. Called PC...Latest Magazine
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