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Is the World Ready for an Arcades Comeback?
It’s an obvious truth that there are many millions of players out there who are hooked on the old-style gaming. They either get their fix playing on the original consoles rescued from the cellar, cleaned up and made ready for action or by using more modern tech to...
Video Game of the Day – April 26th – Animal Crossing
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...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Andrew Seklir
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Andrew Seklir, who is displayed on card number 2421, from the Superstars of 2016. His documentary film trading card is featured on card number 2495. Andrew is one half of the team that directed, produced and edited the...
NEC, The Hudson Bee and TURBOGRAFX-16
The late 80's and early 90's where breakthrough years for classic gamers, the Sega Genesis had hit the market in 1989, SNK released the mind-blowing arcade perfect home console, Neo-Geo in 1990, the Nintendo Entertainment System was still going strong and in late...
ADVENTURE VISION: A History of Entex
Handheld games, some referred to as Tabletop games for their bigger size, date as far back as the early 70's. One that stood out was the first cartridge based tabletop gaming system, The Adventure Vision, released in 1982. Now, let’s play the Song of Time on our...
Video Game of the Day – April 22nd – Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest
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...
Sinistar: Noah Falstein: More Than Words – By Patrick Hickey
All developers want their games to be remembered, but they don’t get to choose how. With super solid gameplay that had everything to do with a fantastic custom joystick, Williams’ Sinistar set the bar high for every shooter that followed. For that reason alone, it’s a...
Dual Reviews – By Michael Mertes
Breakout: Pilgrim in the Microworld - Book Review By Michael Mertes As a video game player, you can probably name a few different game titles that intrigued you so much that you could potentially be clinically Thoughts of the game and how to play it race through your...
NSERT COIN: The advance screening at the Museum of Play in Rochester, NY – by Warren Davis
It was a brisk 30 degrees in Rochester, NY on Friday November 8, 2019. Coming from Los Angeles, the cold was a shock to my system, but well worth it. I made thejourney east to a end a screening of Josh Tsui’s new documentary about Williams/Bally/Midway... Insert Coin....
Video Game of the Day – April 21st – DemiKids: Light and Dark Versions
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...
SCOTT PILGRIM Vs CGM!
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game Developer: Ubisoft Chengdu, Publisher: Ubisoft Format: Digital Download, Platforms: PS3, Xbox 360 Cost: $10/800 points Reviewed by: Scott Marriott Inspired by both the graphic novel series and Universal Pictures film, the video...
Words from the Weiss By Chris Cavanaugh
Pop-culture expert Brett Weiss has written numerous articles that have appeared in Comic Buyer’s Guide, Fangoria, Allgame.com, and past issues of Classic Gamer Magazine. Brett recently authored two books: Classic Home Video Games: 1972-1984 and Classic Home Video...
Stamp Out the Terrorists! – By Michael Thomason
Move over James Bond, there is a new secret agent to save the day! Be warned that the CIA agent in question, Roy Heart, throws stealth and espionage out the door. He is capable of sliding past security cameras to avoid detection, but primarily he is just a bad ass...
Video Game of the Day – April 20th – Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
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...
Why retro throwbacks still have a place among 2020’s groundbreaking games
In 2016 an anonymous Reddit user known only as The-King-of-Spain said they’d developed a way to play Virtual Boy games using newly released VR technology from Google and Samsung. Using an emulator – software enabling older operating systems to run on modern devices –...
Metal Storm – By Michael Mertes
The open elevator ride on the Pluto defense outpost has easily been the worst you’ve ever taken. Laser shots from almost every direction have almost hit you, and robotic cargo movers have malfunctioned and are blocking your attempts to get down the elevator shaft. Up...
Mac Attack! – Yes, Virginia, Mac Computers Had Shooters… Really!” – By Richard Moss
It may be strange to imagine, but there has never been a point in the Mac’s life where shooters weren’t available for it. I mean, when you think Mac, even if you think games, you probably don’t think shooters, except maybe Marathon (more on that later). Shooters...
Video Game of the Day – April 19th – Yukon Trail (ft. Adrian Simple)
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...
3D Dot Game Heroes: Inspiration or Limitation
From the outset of 3D Dot Game Heroes, two things are made plainly clear: The game is an unabashed clone of The Legend of Zelda, and the developers at From Software never let the task of emulating a classic franchise get in the way of lighthearted fun. Both...
RETROSPECTIVE: A Tale of Street Fighters
Days of Future's Past My nephew is 11 years old. He has just about every modern console known to man, a gaming PC, a powerhouse iPad and iPhone and the other day, in casual video gaming conversation, he happens to mention Street Fighter II. I paused immediately,...
Video Game of the Day – April 18th – Final Fantasy 3
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...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Chris Cavanaugh
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Chris Cavanaugh who is displayed on card number 512, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. Chris is also featured on card number 588. Chris is the Co-founder of Classic Gamer Magazine which was founded in 1999. Chris was...
Video Game of the Day – April 17th – Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!
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...
ARCADE…TO GO By Skyler Miller
Despite its promise of evolution, Atari Classics Evolved can't help but feel a bit stale. It contains the familiar lineup of Atari arcade games -- Asteroids, Missile Command, Centipede, etc. -- found in other compilations, with 11 games in total. Each game comes in...
This Day In Video Game History
