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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Steven Lucas

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steven Lucas, who is displayed on card number 178, from the   Superstars of 2011 Collection.   Steven is the 1991 Nintendo Campus Challenge National Champion, in which players contested over Super Mario Bros. 3, Pin-bot and Dr....

The Legend of Zelda on the C64

Emerging from the 80s, two of Nintendo's biggest franchises on its game systems were Super Mario Bros. and Zelda. While neither officially migrated the classic titles from their Nintendo console homes, that has changed in recent years. In 2012, the OG platformer...

Twinkle Tale confirmed for official English language release on Sega Genesis

  Earlier today, Limited Run Games confirmed that it will be releasing the classic Sega Genesis shooter Twinkle Tale on its original platform, with pre-orders for the game opening up on midnight November 10th and continuing onward through December 20th. The...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mitch Meerman

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mitch Meerman

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mitch Meerman, who is displayed on card number 1587 from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.   An avid arcade player at Star Worlds Arcade in DeKalb, IL, Mitch is a true contender at the arcade games such as Avalanche and...

Night Trap (Sega CD)

Night Trap (Sega CD)

Full motion video games, or FMV’s for short, were all the (short lived) rage back in the early 90s. CD technology had been around for a few years in the music industry, but, by 1992, it was finally mainstream to the point where just about everyone had traded in their...

Classic Home Video Games 1985-1988: NARC

Classic Home Video Games 1985-1988: NARC

Publisher: Acclaim.  Developer: Rare, Platform Shooter, 1 Player 1990 Based on Williams' 1988 arcade game, NARC for the NES was approved by Just Say No International, which was a product of the Reagan-era War on Drugs.  Players, as Max Force, must battle their way...

Phoenix IV: Dancing Revolution

Phoenix IV: Dancing Revolution

The Interactive Achievement Awards recognized the year’s best console and computer games, but not arcade videogames. For years, arcades had been consistently stereotyped as breeding grounds for violence, but fortunately, they began changing for the better. Disney...

Hyperkin N64 Handheld Prototype Leaked

Hyperkin N64 Handheld Prototype Leaked

Hyperkin, the manufacturer known for the RetroN 5, the recently released SmartBoy and a bunch of other retro related goodies might be entering the retro handheld arena if their Senior Account Manager has his way. Posted on his personal Facebook account, Ramon...

This Day In Video Game History

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