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Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Captains Log, I Still Love Star Wars!
With all of the video games that are created and played, and with all of the graphics and controls, how is it possible to go back to the basics? Sometimes, it is all about the memories of the game. But at the beginning of January, it was a lot more than that. During...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ιlias Florakis
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Ιlias Florakis who is displayed on card number 70, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Ilias lives in Athens, Greece and is an avid game player on multiple game consoles. Ilias is the record holder on many games such as...
Preserving the Past: Patrick Scott Patterson
Texas native Patrick Scott Patterson is a video game advocate, historian, and preservationist. He works tirelessly to ensure the legacy of the industry and culture so they are not lost to time. Patrick took time out of his busy schedule recently to answer a few of my...
Phoenix IV: Neo Geo
SNK’s Neo•Geo Many of the third-party publishers that had released games for the Famicom, such as Konami, Capcom and Enix, went on to produce games for the Super Famicom as well. However, SNK, a publisher of nine Famicom games, didn’t have anything initially available...
Downright Bizarre Games: Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire? – Seriously, can I phone a friend?!?!?
Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire? Sega Dreamcast 2000 At the turn of the century, Regis Philbin’s primetime trivia game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was wildly successful. Often when popular phenomena reach critical mass, they tend to be parodied and that is...
GPD WIN 2, a Handheld Console for PC Games, is Now On Indiegogo
GamePad Digital, a hardware startup, previously released a handheld device and 7-inch pocket PC based on Intel’s Atom mobile chipset. It was called the GPD WIN, and on Monday, the company announced the Indiegogo campaign for the second-generation version, the GPD WIN...
NESmaker On Kickstarter to Make Your Own NES Game: NO CODE!
With over $17,000 over the Kickstarter goal and with less than 27 days left for the campaign, NES lovers will have the chance to create their very own Nintendo game without knowing one line of code. NESmaker, launched by Joe Granato will literally be the game changer...
System Spotlight – Atari 7800
There aren’t very many consoles in my collection that I’ve ignored in the manner that I’ve ignored the Atari 7800 ProSystem over the years. I’ve owned Atari’s 3rd (2600 x 3 = 7800) foray into home console gaming for many years but after my initial purchase along with...
This Day In Video Game History
