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The History of Starpath Corporation and the Supercharger – By Eugenio Angueira
The Atari 2600, or Video Computer System (VCS), as it was originally known, first launched in 1977 in North America (1978 in Europe), and was among the first consoles to use cartridges to allow owners of the system the ability to play different games on the same...
What Made Gaming so Popular in Youth?
A lot of people in the world, especially the youths enjoy playing video games for long hours. More than 97% of American teens play video games at least one time in their lifetime. It is extraordinary to find these kinds of numbers enjoying other forms of activities...
Super Mario Land DX Patch Celebrates 30 Years of Game Boy by Bringing Color to Sarasaland
Topple Tatanga again for the first time.
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
I still remember the overwhelming excitement I felt when I first acquired the Sega CD system. I had owned a Commodore 64, an NES and a Sega Genesis, but the Sega CD was going to change everything. After all, it’s games were on compact disc, not dusty, old cartridges....
Jason Knigge: A Completist From the Chicago Area – By Todd Friedman
I am a huge video game collector. I have about 3,500 individual games and 26 consoles and handhelds. I always knew people had a bigger collection than I did, and I knew a lot of people had more complete collections as well; but years ago, I met a person who lives...
Dan Kitchen: 2600 to Modern and Back – By Old School Gamer
Old School Gamer staff members have had the privilege of meeting many programmers from the heyday of the 1970s and 1980s, notably, David Crane, Garry Kitchen and Dan Kitchen, all of whom were influential during the Atari 2600 Generation and also the founding of...
The Wonderful World of Arcade Simulators – By Adam Pratt
The gaming business loves to abbreviate descriptive terminology. VR is one of those that has made headlines over the past few years, although it is hardly the only “Reality” technology that is worth writing about. You have Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MXR)...
Oh My Gosh, They Are So Small! – Tiny Arcades From Superimpulse – By Paige Burger
Recently, there has been an influx of miniaturized versions of arcade classics. For example, I can collect small arcade machines and fit them all in my spare bedroom. For example, I have Frogger, Galaga, Dig Dug, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaxian and Space Invaders...all...
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