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45 Years of Arcade Gaming: The 1990s – By Adam Pratt
This is an update & re-write of an original article that was published on ArcadeHeroes.com on June 27th, 2012 entitled ‘40 Years Of Arcade Games’. You can still read that post here: http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/27/ 40-years-of-arcade-games/ In our quest to...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Invasion of the Box People’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Blake Petersen (Founder, Angry Giant Games) to lets us know how the addicting and retro-inspired dual-stick shooter on Google Play came to be and who will enjoy it the most. About the Game: In Invasion of the Box People, it all...
The South Park for Game Boy Color That Almost Was
Back in the late 90's, Comedy Central's South Park burst onto the cable television scene and became an overnight success, the talk of the schoolyard and water cooler alike. As such, it stood to reason that numerous companies were eager to cash in on the craze, and...
The Last Official Release: Intellivision – Spiker! Super Pro Volleyball (1989)
Hello and welcome back to The Last Official Release – the genuine article as far as tracking what the last games released worldwide for your favourite console are. “Genuine article” is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but in this series, I search the interwebs...
Tales of Derring-Do: DuckTales on the NES
For a kid born in the early 80s, there were no better cartoons than the Disney Afternoon: Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, and Gargoyles. My favorite was DuckTales. I adored Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey,...
Why I Wrote ‘The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers’
Even though technology has changed the way we get information, writing your first book is still a huge accomplishment, especially for a 30-something who was the first in his family to graduate from college. My book, “The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult...
Man Vs. Snake Review – By Brad Feingold
One thing that I have noticed about video game documentaries is that it turns into “Six Degrees of Iowa”. Every one of the movies I have seen always links back to Ottumwa, Iowa. And it should because that is where Walter Day started Twin Galaxies. But even better, it...
God of War for PS2 Review
Released in 2005 on PS2, God of War kickstarted a killer IP for Sony which has resulted in a highly rated entry (of the same name) on the PS4 this year. Since I own most of the games but haven't played any, I thought it would be prudent to start with the original!...
This Day In Video Game History
