A Great Christmas Surprise.
Last year I talked about how my parents made a mix-up about which console I wanted for Christmas one year. This year I want to talk about one of the most memorable Christmas mornings I have ever had in my entire life. However, instead of video games, this one...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Frostbite?
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Activision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: AX-031 Rarity: 4 Programmer: Steve Cartwright This game just missed out on being an all-time classic on the 2600. You are Frostbite Bailey, an...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Gustavo “Gus” Rodrigueztr
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Gustavo "Gus" Rodriguez, who currently is displayed on card number 3494, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Considered an ICON of game culture in Mexico and Latin America, Gus is the founder of the prestigious Club...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Chopper Command?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Activision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: AZ-015 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Bob Whitehead This is one of the finest shooters in the 2600 catalog. Take control of a heavily armed...
Surprising retro games that raised eyebrows
We often take the 21st century’s technological advancements for granted. These days, thanks to the invention of smartphones, everybody carries round a tiny device capable of providing a seamless gaming experience. Whether you prefer to play poker on your phone on the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Pete “NukeAloiD” Corpeny
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Pete “NukeAloiD” Corpeny, who currently is displayed on card number 3489, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Pete is an exceptionally good arcade marathon player. In the 1980’s, Pete could be seen playing such games as...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Gremlins?
Publisher: Atari Release: 1984 Controller: Joystick Players: 1-2 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model: # CX26127 Rarity: 6 Programmer: Scott Smith In this take on the hit movie, you are in control of the hapless teenager Billy who must protect his town from being...
Five Reasons Why NHL 94 Rewind Needs To Hit the Switch
The NHL series is one of the most important sports franchises ever. So why has it yet to appear on the Nintendo Switch? While that trend won’t change with the main series this season in NHL 21, or most likely ever, there’s virtually no reason why the game’s new...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Pablo “Paul Jagger” Lezama
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Pablo “Paul Jagger” Lezama who currently is displayed on card number 3490, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Pablo was recently presented his trading card and award with a virtual trading card ceremony. Pablo is a...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Atlantis?
This is one of the finest shooters in the 2600 library. Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Imagic Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Shoot’em Up - Misc Alternate Title: N/A Model #: IA3203 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Dennis Koble Behold the legendary city of Atlantis!...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Brooke Mitchell-Wurr
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Brooke Mitchell-Wurr, who is displayed on card number 57, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. In 2010 Brooke was breaking all sorts of records on the game Just Dance. She would play as often as she could to break her own...
Why The Classics Never Die.
When reading the title of this you may think you know the answer. "Because they're GOOD!" Well you aren't wrong. When it comes to classic games the classics are known as "The Classics" for a reason. Either because they shaped the way we play games as we know it,...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Eggomania?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: US Games Controller: Paddles Players: 1 - 4 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: VC2003 Rarity: 4 Programmer: Todd Marshall / Wes Trager / Henrey Will IV Eggomania is a solid Kaboom! inspired game that provides a nice little twist....
New Leveling System Introduced in WoW Shadowlands
One of the most popular online games worldwide - World of Warcraft - is finally releasing a new realm called The Shadowlands. It offers players around the globe to enter a nightmarish realm that exists between Life and Death. Alongside new exquisite challenges and...
Game Developers Are Striving Hard to Offer Retro Games to the Modern Gamers
We are blessed with modern games with new technologies and high-resolution games, but still, retro games are very popular. Not only people who have been through the era of 80s and 90s are craving retro games, but the new generation is also impressed by the offerings...
More Love For Metroid Please.
This year is the 35th Anniversary for Super Mario and of course Nintendo is going all out on celebrating. Next year however we see another big anniversary, the 35th anniversary for the Legend of Zelda. These two mega franchises are the backbone of Nintendo's...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Piotr Delgado Kusielczuk
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Piotr Delgado Kusielczuk, who currently is displayed on card number 3492, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Piotr was recently presented his trading card and award with a virtual trading card ceremony. His...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Crossbow?
Publisher: Atari Release: 1988 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate: Title N/A Model # CX26139 Rarity: 2 Programmer: N/A This port of the arcade game does an admirable job of capturing the spirit of the original. Your friends have set off...
Atari 8-bit Encyclopedia: Do you know Conan: Hall of Volta?
Release Date: 1984 Publisher: Americana Software Limited Datasoft, Inc. Players: 1 Genre: Platform Alternate Title: The Good Knight, Visigoth Theme: Fantasy Developer: SE Software Programmers: Eric Parker and Eric Robinson One of the earliest entries into the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Alan Pinion
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Alan Pinion who currently is displayed on card number 976, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Alan is a lifelong fan of the laser disc arcade games. Dragon’s Lair series as well as Cliffhanger and Firefox. He collected so...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Mario Bros.?
Publisher: Atari Release: 1983 Controller: Joystick Players: 1-2 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model: # CX2697 Rarity: 4 Programmer: Dan Hitchens This port of the arcade classic does a great job capturing the spirit of the original. Here is your chance to control...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Activision Decathlon?
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Activision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 4 Genre: Sports Alternate Title: N/A Model #: AZ-030 Rarity: 3 Programmer: David Crane Once you get things rolling you have ten events to work through. They are the 100 Meter Race, 400 Meter...
6 games that deserve a remake
We all have some old video games we really loved playing, years or even decades ago. And while technology has progressed continuously, the video games have to keep up. But in some case it becomes difficult to play old games. The graphics are outdated, and the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dave Dean
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dave Dean, who currently is displayed on card number 614, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Dave was a top contender in major arcade tournaments in the 1980’s which was called the golden age of gaming. Dave took 1st...
Exploring The New Full Size C64
Retro Games LTD Brings Out A Pair Of Not So Mini Retro Minis The era of the mini classic plug ‘n play consoles is firmly upon us but, with a single exception, companies have been slow to bring gaming computers to this red-hot market here in North America. However,...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Halloween?
Publisher: Wizard Video Release: 1983 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model: # 007 Rarity: 7 Programmer: Tim Martin, Robert Barber Based on the classic movie, this is one of the most tense 2600 games. You are the babysitter who is...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan “Shoe” Hsu
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan “Shoe” Hsu who currently is displayed on card number 294, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. A former editor in chief for Electronic Gaming Monthly, Shoe has covered the gaming industry for multiple platforms. ...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Adventures of Tron?
Publisher: M Network Release: 1982 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre Arcade: Platformer Alternate Title N/A Model # MT4317 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Hal Finney This is one of the better movie based games on the 2600. Based on the ground breaking film Tron, you take...
Pac-Man Quarter Arcade Review – By Brett Weiss
Back in the fall of 1980, I was in junior high school, and I liked four things: girls, basketball, rock music, and, of course, video games. At the Quick Way convenience store near my school, they had three arcade games set up in a small corner at the back: Asteroids,...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tony Barnes
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tony Barnes who currently is displayed on card number 3366, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Tony has been producing games since 1984, doing everything from art, design, programing and music. He has been instrumental in...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside They Bleed Pixels
Old School Gamer chats with They Bleed Pixels developer Miguel Sternberg, who lets us know what makes the game a special one. Old School Gamer: How was this game born? Miguel Sternberg: They Bleed Pixels was originally released 8 years ago. Looking back at it now, as...
Console Wars: Another Fun Gaming Documentary
There seems to be a trend of video game documentaries that are coming out recently and most of them are pretty good. I already talked about Netflix's one High Score (which you can read here) but now the documentary I've been waiting arrived late September. Console...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Dig Dug?
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2677 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Douglas Macrae Despite the hardware limitations of the 2600, Dig Dug does an admirable job of capturing the look and...
Is The Sega Dreamcast Mini Really Going Be A Thing?
It Will Be One Of them - The Question Is Which The world at large is focused on the forthcoming PlayStation 5 and XBox Series X releases and amid all of the preorder frenzy, Sega quietly suggested that its next retro mini classic system is in the works. Sega creative...
AtGames® Announces 47 TAITO Corporation Arcade Classics Featured on its Legends Arcade Family
AtGames®, a leader in interactive entertainment products, in partnership with TAITO Corporation, a leading producer of legendary video games, today announced that 47 of TAITO’s original arcade classics, including Space Invaders, Rastan,...
The Dated Genius of Super Mario 64.
Ever since Super Mario 3D All-Stars released for the Nintendo Switch, I have been playing it steadily and in the weeks since the games release I have unlocked all 3 cap switches and have gotten over 90 stars in total on my way to the coveted 120. Putting as many...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – John Robertson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features John Robertson who is displayed on card number 3413, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. John is an extraordinary pinball restorationist. He has been repairing pinball machines since the 1970’s. He is passionate about his...
DK Arcade
The follow-up to DK Arcade (also known as D1K Arcade), which was a stunningly complete rendition of Donkey Kong (1981), D2K Arcade is nothing less than the best home version of the coin-op classic ever released for any system. There are two game modes in this...
Carnival
Easily available from a variety of sources for less than $5 (cartridge only—a boxed copy might set you back $10 or so), Carnival is an unusual game in that it’s one of relatively few slide-and-shoot titles not set in outer space. Rather, as its title suggests, it’s a...
Mutant League Football
Sega made one of the finest consoles known to man when they created the Sega Genesis. They also inadvertently created the sole reason for my parents thinking I was some sort of deranged sociopath. I’m not denying that my obsessions with fire and strategic...