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Dungeon of Death: An RPG For The Commodore PET
I don’t remember the first text based adventure game I ever played. It seems like the sort of thing I should know given my love for the genre, but the title has vanished from my memory. Because of this I suspect, the games have attained something of a towering,...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: 1984-1989 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 last issue’s...
Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: Jurassic Park by Ocean
Welcome to Jurassic June! This month marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the movie Jurassic Park in theaters, and with a new entry in the series on the way, I'm celebrating all month long by looking back at where it all began -- in video game terms, at least....
Polymega Announce Included Controllers and their Snazzy Boxes
On the cusp of Polymega re-revealing its self in late April with a tantalising, if short video of a 14-layer PCB being printed, they’ve made an additional announcement about the included controllers. Let’s rewind a bit, though. If you’re not aware of the Polymega...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ryan Burger
Our next Trading Card Spotlight Features Ryan Burger of Old School Gamer Magazine who is displayed on card number 2761, from the Superstars Collection of 2017. Ryan is the founder and creator of Old School Magazine, which is an online and publication magazine. The...
Impossible Mission And the Rise of Digital Voices in Video Games
Another visitor. Stay awhile...stay FOREVER!!!! Those sinister words, spoken by the maniacal Professor Elvin Atombender, welcome players to the perilous world of Impossible Mission. Released for the Commodore 64 in 1984, the game has long been regarded as one of the...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin – By Brett Weiss
Welcome to the third installment of Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin, where I direct you to games worth playing that won’t send you to the poor house. This time the spotlight is on the Atari 2600 version of Mouse Trap, which is good despite its shortcomings, and Ms....
Dog Star Adventure And the Foundation of Text Based Gaming
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… George Lucas released the film Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977, beginning a pop culture phenomenon that continues to this day. People around the world latched on to the story of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, and the...
This Day In Video Game History
