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Video Game of the Day – June 18th – Icewind Dale
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
6 Best Video Game Reboots
Just like Hollywood, the video game industry loves to reboot and remake old titles and franchises. It’s a great way of appealing to older gamer’s nostalgia, and introducing younger gamers to franchises past. In some cases, video game reboots are as “simple” as...
Darius Cosmic Collection Out Now
The Classic Shoot ‘Em Up is Out Today Two digital Collections of ground breaking games for PS4/Switch ININ Games and Taito are pleased to announce that the localised, digital versions of two Collections of classic Darus Shoot ‘Em Up titles are out today. Nintendo...
Adventure for the 2600
First! No I’m not talking about those annoying posters that have to be the "first" to make a post on a video, blog, or anything else you can leave a comment on. I’m talking about the "first" game to be an action-adventure game, "Adventure"! Original title right? Well...
The Legalities and Pitfalls of Fan Tributes
Fan enthusiasm. It's a beautiful thing. Really. I mean, sure, you have those who occasionally push the pendulum a bit too far in one direction. But for the most part, everything is done from a particular point of origin – that "fan" is short for "fanatic". Fanatic...
Strangest pivots by the Street Fighter franchise
Certain words have power. Maybe not quite the force to break down a brick wall or smash up a car with your bare hands, but a unique ability, nevertheless. Uttered alone and without context, they can conjure up an entire world or take us back in time. They are the...
RIP Steve Epstein
It is with great sadness that Steve Epstein has passed away on Saturday June 13th, 2020. He was 71 years old. He was a true ambassador and icon in the pinball industry. Steve's accomplishments are no less impressive as the owner/operator of the world famous Broadway...
Amiga: It All Started With Lorraine
Amiga, world famous for their computers and joysticks, was founded in 1982 by Jay Miner, a former Atari employee. Jay, and other Atari employees who sought more creative freedom in their work environment, formed Hi-Toro (the companies original name before it was...
An Interview with Eugene Jarvis – By Kevin Butler
Defender was created by a company that was, up to that time, much more known for its pinball machines than electronic arcade machines. In 1974, Williams released its first arcade game, Paddle-Ball, and acquired Magnavox’s Magnetic Corporation of America. The Pong...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ray Price
Our next Trading Card Spotlight is Ray Price who currently is displayed on card number 3084, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Ray is the founder and owner of an arcade coming soon called “Arcade816 Museum”. This new arcade located in the suburbs of Chicago,...
End of Days: Magic Knight Rayearth & the Sega Saturn – By Michael Mertes
The original Magic Knight Rayearthhas the dubious honor of being the last game released for the Sega Saturn in North America. Published in late 1998, the game was translated to English by Working Designs, a company known to RPG fans for their great packaging design...
How Play’n GO Slots Get inspiration from Classic Games
Sweden-based Play’n GO is one of the top five most popular software providers today. But when it started in 1997, it wasn’t big enough to create games independently. Instead, it created games for bigger companies. In 2004, Play’n GO stepped beneath the wings of bigger...
Donkey Kong: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Americans love a good monkey tale. From the legendary “King Kong” to “Planet of the Apes”, and other various cartoons, movies and television shows based on apes & monkeys. Americans are fascinated with these hairy creatures. So when Midway’s Pac-Man craze was...
MSX2: Game Changer – By Michael Mertes
The first time I heard the name MSX was when I stumbled upon a Metal GearFan Page on the internet in the mid-1990s. Browsing the website, a hyperlink popped up under the list of Metal Gear games that stopped me dead in my mouse clicks. It read:Metal Gear 2: Solid...
Sunsetriders Saddles Up for Switch and Playstation
HAMSTER Co. (Head Office: Tokyo-to, Setagaya ku ; CEO: Satoshi HAMADA; referred to below as "HAMSTER") would like to announce that from today June 11th, 2020, SUNSETRIDERS, by Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd., will be added for Nintendo...
Switch it Up: Missile Command Recharged – By Brad Feingold
It has been 40 years since the release of one of the most iconic arcade games ever. Protecting your cities with one oversized trackball and three buttons and firing a limited amount of missiles at everything that is coming at you. It's all...
Switch It Up: Aqua Lunger – By Brad Feingold
Aqua Lungers is one of those types of games that you really didn’t know about until you saw a video, review or come across it in the Nintendo Switch Store. Even though it was released for the PC, I’m Switching it Up for Old School...
How arcade games helped to build the success of online gambling
When you think of gambling, the first image that comes to your mind is probably a crowded bookmaker shop, or perhaps James Bond playing poker in a fancy casino in Monte Carlo. However, rather than a niche pastime for horse racing fans or an international spy, gambling...
Top 3 casino games on PS4
Since the PlayStation 4’s release in 2013 there have been endless games published for the more than 100 million players to enjoy. They come across a variety of genres – sport, fantasy, shooting among many others. Casino games are no different – available in both paid...
Escape From the Planet of the Robot Monsters – By Michael Thomasson
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters boasts what may be the longest coin-op title ever. So big, in fact, that the marquee is larger than the actual gameplay monitor! It is quite a sight to see, and screams of a classic B-movie bijou sci-fi serial showcasing...
Ad Wars By Dan M
I'm going to be blunt, the kind of blunt that comes from years of making my way through the trenches of gaming consumerism, and is delivered with the tone of one of those "back in my day" speeches. Today's video game advertising is neutered. Sure we get bombarded with...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – David Cruz
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features David Cruz who currently is displayed on card number 45, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. David is also featured on trading cards 1253, 1258, and 1752. David is an all-around great game player. David shares the Pac-Man...
Missile Command Recharged Out Now
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the original, Missile Command: Recharged™ is a reimagining of the beloved classic with fast-paced, arcade action where players must defend their bases by blasting an endless barrage of missiles...
Pong Quest: Thou Must Go – Review By Brad Feingold
Hear ye, hear ye. Thou has been bestowed with a quest. To go through the dungeons and collect gold coins and treasure and defeat the oversized dungeon monsters with your pong paddle. And you are to....wait, what? Yes your pong paddle. Pong quest is one of those games...
This Day In Video Game History
