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King of Kong: Where it All Began – By Shawn Paul Jones and Walter Day
Twin Galaxies is the world authority on player rankings, gaming statistics, and championship tournaments, with pinball statistics dating from the 1930s and video game statistics from the early 1980s. As the electronic gaming indus- try’s premiere statistician, Twin...
Just 4 Qix: How High Can You Get? – By Michael Thomasson
When Donkey Kong’s cut-scene animation inquires, “HOW HIGH CAN YOU GET?,” it isn’t referring to recreational drug use, but to how many meters you can climb in the construction site that is the setting of the game. However, if you thought that a green leafy plant...
Atari Finally Showing the Ataribox Project
As the future of gaming is growing, one of the biggest kept secrets is from Atari and the Ataribox Project. Now, this month, people will be able to get first hand information about the system and experience some of the games and controllers that will be part of the...
Mr. Postman for the Atari 2600
I have no idea how the postal system works. Nearly every day, things from around the country, around the world even, appear in the metal box bolted to the front of my house and I don't have a clue how they got from those far away locations to my door. But, thanks to...
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)
Blast processing. Sega had it, Nintendo didn’t. I had no idea what it was and most other kids didn’t either. Of course, we now know it was a made up term used by the Sega marketing department, but that didn’t matter to us in 1991. All we knew was that there was this...
Versus Mode: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game vs. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Game
A few weeks ago, I kicked off a new series that looks at games that may possibly never see a full release again, starting with Konami's wide range of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles titles. This week, I want to take a closer look at their first arcade game, as well as...
The Last Official Release: Atari 2600 – Klax
Hello retro friends, and welcome back to The Last Official Release! Kicking off a few weeks ago with the Game Boy, in this series we investigate what the last official release of a console was. In today’s edition, we’re examining Atari’s long-lived 2600. Released on...
RETROSPECTIVE: What Ever Happened to Bits?
Making Sense of the Pieces and Bits Have you ever wondered why the numbers in the names of today’s consoles have more to do with the generation of the hardware family than they do processing power? Let’s cut to the chase on this one - technology has surpassed the...
This Day In Video Game History
