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One Game, Five Systems – Choplifter
Most popular video games eventually end up on platforms other than the one for which they were initially created. Obviously, there are exceptions. You wouldn't have seen a Super Mario Bros title on a Sega console, just like you weren't going to see the blue hedgehog...
Five Retro Games We’d Love to See Modern Remakes Of
Old School Gamer Senior Writer Patrick Hickey Jr. shares his thoughts on five awesome retro experiences that would be a ton of fun with modern gameplay mechanics and visuals. Desert Strike: Fans have wanted a new game in this series for over 20 years. EA needs to make...
Sonic the Hedgehog – by Matthew Owen
In the 1990's Nintendo had a small part thanks to Super Mario Bros. Sega, who had seen decent success with their own home consoles, decided to challenge Nintendo, hoping to grab their slice of the profit pie. To do so, they created Sonic the Hedgehog, an ambitious...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tim Kitzrow
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tim Kitzrow who is displayed on card number 3091, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Tim is also featured on card number 4110. You can hear the legendary voice of Tim Kitzrow on dozens of popular video game franchises...
Street Fighter II – by Brian Lesyk
A proper sequel to their first 1v1 arcade fighting game. Video game designer Yoshiki Okamoto once revealed, “The basic idea at Capcom was to revive Street Fighter (Capcom, 1987), a good game concept, to make it a better-playing arcade game.” And, WOW, did they ever...
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The Addams Family – An enhancement is in the works with backgrounds for the Amiga version [UPDATE]
Chances are you would've heard of The Addams Family, either by watching it at the Cinema or playing it at home on a computer or console. Well, if you played the 1992 Amiga version however, compared to say, the Atari ST, Mega Drive or SNES, it was one of the only...
Sim City – by Marcus Albers
In 1984, game design found Bungeling Bay, he was having more fun making the levels than playing the game. This was the seed that eventually bloomed into the granddaddy of simulation games, SimCity. As the game took shape, one of the key aspects Will brought was the...
Original Street Fighter II art now available for purchase
On March 13th, Art Whirled announced through a press release that it was bringing 26 original Street Fighter II sketches by Mick McGinty to auction. The pieces can be seen here. This artwork was created for marketing purposes in the United States. Capcom hired...
This Day In Video Game History
