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Entering the Digitized Era – Part 1 – By Warren Davis
In the beginning, there was the dot. The white dot. Alone in a void of blackness. This was the world of Pong, Computer Space, Breakout and many more. Crude graphics and no color. These were the earliest arcade video games – many implemented solely through hardwired...
The Ren & Stimpy Show Presents: Stimpy’s Invention
August 11, 1991 It’s a date that should be etched in the annals of time. It’s like July 20, 1969 (the date of the first moon landing), but much more important. It’s the day that The Ren & Stimpy Show first debuted on television. There aren’t enough superlatives to...
Pratt At the Arcade: The Darius Series – By Adam Pratt
Instead of trying to cram everything about a genre into one article, this time I am going to focus on a particular series within the realm of the shoot ‘em up. It is one that started off in arcades and was done in such a way that the home ports never could capture the...
Old Atari on Switch and New Atari on 4 Switchers – By Ryan Burger and Rice Pryor
New Atari-related releases are coming fast and furious, from many different directions recently. AtariAge. com has been publishing tons of new games, many of which were first released at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo and to the public quickly afterwards....
Introducing Evercade, a Mysterious New Retro Handheld
Access the mysterious Evercade website and the first thing that will grab your attention is the text; “EVERCADE - A BRAND NEW HANDHELD CONSOLE WITH UNIQUE MULTI-GAME RETRO CARTRIDGES FROM LEADING GAMES PUBLISHERS AND CONSOLE PLATFORMS”. It says a lot, but then again,...
Jersey Jack Announces Willy Wonka Pinball at MGC – By Brad Feingold
After passing out specially made Willy Wonka Candy Bars to mark the occasion at the first night of the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, Wi, Jersey Jack opened the doors and let the special guests into the presentation room to announce their latest pinball that...
Coffee Crisis – Grab a Cup and Kick Alien Butt!!! – By Brad Feingold
“The evil alien Smurglien race has taken notice of Earth’s fancy World Wide Web and have begun stealing its WiFi. In doing so, they have hacked their own version of the internet and hid it deep within the Earth’s web-based systems, calling it the Smurnet.” Now that’s...
Convention Update: Nov 2018 – Jan 2019 – By Old School Gamer
RETRO GAME CON SYRACUSE, NY - BY CONOR O’BRIEN The sixth Retro Game Con was held November 3-4 at the Oncenter in Syracuse, NY. Despite grey skies and cold rain, hundreds of attendees showed up at the venue. Some attendees came in costume and many were gamer parents...
This Day In Video Game History
