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The Fourth Annual Northwest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts Swap Meet
On the morning of January 20, 2018, barely three months after the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, gamers from in and around Portland Oregon ready for more lined up outside the DoubleTree hotel for the Fourth Annual Northwest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts Swap Meet. While...
The Game Scholar: Conversations with Consoles
In today’s gaming climate a microphone is practically just as standard as a controller, but it’s usually used for conversations between players. But one goal has always been for verbal interaction, where players could actually speak their commands into voice...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Hunt Is On, Unless You Are A King……..
Yeah, I wasn't to sure how to title this one. But when it gets to the point, it's the same thing. Back in 1982, there were a whole lot of games being released in the arcade and not a lot of quarters in my pocket. But that really didn't stop me from going to the...
Downright Bizarre Games: Jaws Unleashed – Dah Dumm….Dah Dumm
Jaws Unleashed Microsoft X-Box and Playstation 2 2006 There are not many titles that allow you to play as the antagonist. Jaws Unleashed, a free-roaming action game, fulfills that adolescent wish. Exactly how bad-ass is Jaws? Well, the tutorial alone teaches players...
Phoenix IV: Magazines Reach Their Peak
Interest in videogames reached an all-time high during 1994. In January, GamePro became the rst videogame magazine to sell 500,000 copies of a single issue. EGM broke a di erent type of record when its December issue contained 404 pages. So much news concerning...
Retro Gaming Archives – Winter/Spring 1984
1984 was a tough year for video gaming releases. For many of us, 1984 was just another year and the words "video", "game" and "crash" were never uttered consecutively. There was still a plethora of Atari, Intellivision and Colecovision consoles and games available in...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: The 1970s
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/ Video...
My Arcade Delivers a Nostalgic Blast from the Past with New Line of Micro Player TM Arcade Cabinets
Data East Classics BurgerTime, Bad Dudes, and Karate Champ are Now Available in Mini Arcade Form TORRANCE, CA - Dec. 4, 2017 - My Arcade, manufacturer of retro gaming products and classic console accessories, has licensed the rights for classic titles from legendary...
This Day In Video Game History
