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Ultima: A Legend Through Time By Earl Green
If Adventure and Haunted House defined adventure games for the early consoles, it would be hard to find a game that exemplifies that genre on vintage computer systems, as well as the Ultima series. Richard Garriott created the first Ultima game, an extremely...
Castle Hassle By Kyle Snyder
The Atari home computer series is not typically what one thinks of when asked about the better video game systems of the early 80's. But why not? The Atari 8-bit computer line (400, 800,1200) provided some of the best graphics, gameplay, and outright fun that could be...
Adventure By Kyle Snyder
What is it exactly that keeps Adventure so close to the hearts of most classic gamers? This year marks the game’s 20th anniversary, and certainly in that time frame we've had hundreds of games surpass Adventure's primitive charms. There was Advanced Dungeons and...
Craig Pell: Indenture’s Servant
Craig Pell, aside from being an avid classic gamer and collector, is also known for programming an amazing port of the Atari 2600 cartridge, Adventure, in assembly, entitled “Indenture.” In his words, Indenture will work on: "any PC from the lowliest 8088 to a Pentium...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Tearle
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan Tearle who is displayed on card number 671, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Michael is also featured on card 1153, 1326, and 1352. To say Dan is an artist is an understatement. Dan is very talented and has...
Affordable Virtual Pinball Machine “Sharpin” Launched on Kickstarter – By Brad Feingold
Kickstarter and Indiegogo are, to me, two of the most original and unique sites on the internet to date when it comes to the level of creativity. If you have an idea and you want everyone to know about it and get involved, these two sites are the best ways to go. If...
Whatever Happened to Skill? By Terrell Gibbs
The release of Crazy Taxi has highlighted a split among game players. While most people love the game, there are clearly a few who just "don't get it." Typical of the complaints is the remark that "Anybody who thinks [Crazy Taxi] has replay value must also feel that...
Lost Arcade Classic: Blue Shark
There’s something that I’ve been in the dark about for over 20 years now: An obscure, dinky little toy that I was fascinated with but never actually got to see. At least I think it was a toy. Honestly, I don’t know what the hell it was. Its name? The “Smoking Pet.”...
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