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Five Entertaining Games!? by Patrick Hickey, Jr.
When the world ponders the thought of education in video games, they think of boring games, things on tablets for kids, or classics such as Where in the World is Carmen San Diego and Oregon Trail. However, there are so many games out there that actually changed the...
Firefighter – Put out the flames in this new Atari XL/XE beta tease!
The Atari XL/XE games just keep on coming, as thanks to another heads up earlier today from our good friend Saberman, he has told us that Bill Kendrick has made available a beta version of his new twin-stick firefighting action game for the Atari XL/XE called...
Enter the Wasteland in Atari’s Ravenous Roguelite Days of Doom, Now Available on PC and Consoles
Title: Days of Doom Genre: Tactical RPG, Roguelite, Turn-based Tactics, Strategy Players: Single Platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 & 5, Xbox One, Xbox S|X, Nintendo Switch, Atari VCS Release Date: Fall 2023 Developer: SneakyBox Game Overview The apocalypse wasn’t the...
WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? – by Kevin Butler
In 1980, the Apple II series of computers was the most popular microcomputer of its day. One company that sought to take advantage of this was a company named Broderbund. Broderbund was founded in 1980 and they were involved in many aspects of software created for...
Lemmings – This classic game that so many love, has been completely rebuilt for the Plus/4!
Lemmings was a game published by Psygnosis way back in the early 90's for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC and regarded by many as one of the greatest games ever, especially as it featured many blue, green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and dropped...
The Oregon Trail – by Bill Lange
The Oregon Trail is a series of educational computer games that simulate a family’s twothousand-mile trek along the Oregon Trail, from Independence, Missouri, to the Willamette Valley in Oregon by covered wagon in the mid-1800s. For those that have never played the...
LOCK AND RELOAD; CONTRA: OPERATION GALUGA REIGNITES THE CLASSIC RUN’N’GUN ACTION SERIES
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) and WayForward announced that Contra: Operation Galuga – a new entry in the legendary Contra run-‘n’-gun video game series – is on its way to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC...
THE EVOLUTION OF EDUCATIONAL GAMES – By Curry Blaha
Consider your earliest memories of educational video games. Does the image of your entire class trooping to the computer lab to practice typing skills come to mind? Perhaps it's the satisfying clunk of inserting a CD-ROM for a session of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing...
This Day In Video Game History
