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Switch It Up: Match of the Millennium – So Many Fighters! Review By – Brad Feingold
Fighting games are a dime a dozen on home systems. If it’s not a Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat or a Fatal Fury, it’s always going to be something new and different. The series of port over games from the NeoGeo Pocket to the Nintendo Switch...
It Figures : A Sephiroth story – by Michael Mertes
It's not uncommon in today's world to walk down the toy aisle of any big box store and see action figures from games like Halo, Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, Pokemon, Street Fighter, and Mindcraft. Before the late 1990s, any action figures related to video...
The Nostalgia Dollar – paying the price for our emotional connection to childhood favourites
By Brandon Keenen, Chief Marketing Officer for Antstream Arcade. 2020 was a financial success for the games industry, but nowhere has this expressed itself as uniquely as in the retro gaming space, where prices spiked thanks to a wave of renewed interest in the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Justin Pursell
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Justin Pursell, who is displayed on card number 3530, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Justin is one of the most talented artists I have seen in a long time. His artistic precision makes all his artwork look realistic...
Clock Tower – by Michael Mertes
The blood-curdling scream of one of your friends tears through the halls of the Barrows mansion like a sonic boom. The sound startles you so bad that you lose your footing and smash face-first into the mansion floor. Fearing that you could be the next person...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Gyruss?
Release Date: 1984 Publisher: Parker Brothers Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: PB5080 Rarity: 4 Programmer: N/A This port does a pretty good job emulating the arcade title. You are marooned just outside of Neptune and...
Crocodile Hunter : Lights, Lava, Action – by Patrick Hickey, Jr.
Nintendo is often considered the king of video games, mainly because their original characters have endured for decades. Mario, Luigi, Link, Bowser, Donkey Kong and the rest of Nintendo’s crew are timeless. However, the brand is far from perfect. Their infamous...
Five Nintendo Games That Deserve a Sequel
The Nintendo Switch is a force of nature, but there are several notable holes in the console’s library. Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. shares his thoughts on what old first-party titles from Nintendo could be brought back to make millions of gamers happy....
This Day In Video Game History
