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A review of the Tetris My Play Watch

  I have to be honest. When I first heard of the concept of the My Play Watch, I was skeptical. Wristwatches aren't exactly the best fit for gaming. They're certainly not a great fit for Tetris, a game famous for requiring often precise movements, something which...

Growing Up Gaming: What Life Was Like for a Gamer Kid in the ’80s and ’90s Part 1

When you walked through the doors of a store in 1988, video games did not live in a big, uniform storefront advertising the latest releases, and there were no midnight releases. They were physical, chaotic, and awesome. If you wanted a new release, you went to the...

Trapped on Doomed Hardware: The Strange, Brilliant Legacy of Lucienne’s Quest

When you walked into a game store in the mid-90s looking for a legitimate, awesome Japanese RPG to play on whatever console you had, your options were surprisingly slim. The SNES was winding down its legendary run, the Sony PlayStation was still finding its footing...
Robin Of The Wood for the Commodore 64

Robin Of The Wood for the Commodore 64

Release Date: 1985 Publisher: Odin Computer Graphics Players: 1 Genre: Maze game, Arcade adventure Theme: Fantasy Developer: Steve Wetherill, Paul Salmon, Fred Gray Robin of the Wood was an imposing title on the Commodore 64 platform, and the developers pulled out all...

Mike Ditka’s Big Play Football

Mike Ditka’s Big Play Football

Mike Ditka’s Big Play Football is yet another miserable football game created for the NES. The one thing that separates this game from the pack is that it was never released. Nintendo Power mentioned it in their "Coming Soon" section for almost an entire year while...

This Day In Video Game History

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