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Ad Wars By Dan M
I'm going to be blunt, the kind of blunt that comes from years of making my way through the trenches of gaming consumerism, and is delivered with the tone of one of those "back in my day" speeches. Today's video game advertising is neutered. Sure we get bombarded with...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – David Cruz
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features David Cruz who currently is displayed on card number 45, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. David is also featured on trading cards 1253, 1258, and 1752. David is an all-around great game player. David shares the Pac-Man...
Missile Command Recharged Out Now
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the original, Missile Command: Recharged™ is a reimagining of the beloved classic with fast-paced, arcade action where players must defend their bases by blasting an endless barrage of missiles...
Pong Quest: Thou Must Go – Review By Brad Feingold
Hear ye, hear ye. Thou has been bestowed with a quest. To go through the dungeons and collect gold coins and treasure and defeat the oversized dungeon monsters with your pong paddle. And you are to....wait, what? Yes your pong paddle. Pong quest is one of those games...
The Prince of Prince of Persia – By Ryan Burger
The first computer that I spent a lot of time on was an Apple IIc (after experiencing Apple IIe’s at junior high school) and one of the first games that I spent a lot of time on was Karateka - Jordan Mechner’s martial arts game that came out in 1984. I probably played...
Whatever Happened To That Atari Jaguar Thing?
It’s 1993. The Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis are warring over territory. The industry is growing and a name from the past aims to recapture what it once owned. The tactic? Raw power. The play? Hail Mary. The player? Atari. Atari made one last comeback attempt into...
Jonah: The Legend of The Pink Panther
The Pink Panther was born in the opening sequence of the eponymous 1963 United Artists film comedy starring David Niven and Peter Sellers. However, in the film, the Pink Panther was the name of a priceless jewel that thief David Niven was determined to pilfer and the...
Life, The Universer & Network Gaming
1972 was a very boring year. I Googled it and it was utterly depressing. The free spirit of the 60‟s was coming to an end, calculators were $150, and I wasn't born yet. It was simply a very bad year. Luckily, in 1973, NASA decided to take a break from the unimportant...
Meet The Latest Retro Mini: The Sega Game Gear Micro
When Sega Heard the World Wanted a New Retro Mini, They Took it Literally Admittedly, Sega has one of the most desirable backlog of hardware and game libraries due for the retro mini treatment (Master System, Sega CD, Saturn, Dreamcast) so when rumors of new hardware...
Nintendo NES Book Now on Kickstarter!
Nintendo NES Book Now on Kickstarter! Welcome to the Kickstarter for The NES Omnibus: The Nintendo Entertainment System and Its Games, Volume 1 (A–L)! Featuring a robust, hugely entertaining, 1,200-word foreword by The...
Galaga: The Race to 10,000,000
With multiple Galaga records falling recently and many new players and competitions being introduced, there has also been a drive to something no one thought imaginable as recently as 3 years ago – 10,000,000 (that’s TEN MILLION) points on Tournament Settings. Armando...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – John Newcomer
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features John Newcomer, who currently is displayed on card number 626 from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. John is the creator of the ever-popular game “Joust”. Joust is considered one of the golden age games from the original...
Video Game of the Day – May 29th – Aurion: Legacy of the Kori-Odan
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
Nuclear Green: The TRS-80 Color Computer
"So, do I turn this "Winger" tape into MP3's or do I just plop it to the bottom of the stack, never again to see the light of day?" This was the first question I posed to myself as I was sifting through the collection of audio cassettes my wife and I have accumulated...
Digging Deeper Into Big Announcement From Sega
Sega is About to Unleash Some Big News In case you haven’t heard, amid a global pandemic, domestic rioting and unrest, and seemingly endless troubling news, a rumor has escaped Japan that Sega is in the process of readying an announcement next week that will rile the...
The Atari XE Game System: A Closer Look
For Atari in the late 70s, the phrase, ―10 Years Ahead of Its Time‖ best describes the Atari 800 computer. To help bring the arcade home in the early ̳80‘s, Atari used the technology of their Atari 400 computer for the new Atari 5200 Game system, the best phrase to...
Video Game of the Day – May 25th – Evolution: The World of Sacred Device
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
The TMNT Arcade Machine Vs. TMNT II The Arcade Game
Enough green already, sheesh! I don‘t know about you, but when I see or hear those words...Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...I can‘t help but sing the whole song whether it‘s in my head or out loud! In fact, I‘ve sang it so much that my...
Video Game of the Day – May 24th – Mass Effect
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Karl Kuhlenschmidt
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Karl Kuhlenschmidt who currently is displayed on card number 2161, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Karl is an avid arcade preservationist, who loves to fix and restore old classic arcade machines to keep the nostalgia...
The Many Faces of: Oil’s Well
Let me first tell you that this series of reviews was originally published in the Retrogaming Times, and then continued into the Retrogaming Times Monthly magazines. [Editor’s note: Retrogaming Times Monthly is a GREAT magazine, check out Alan’s Bio on the contents...
Video Game of the Day – May 22nd – Wild Guns
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
Video Game of the Day – May 21st – NBA Jam
Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...
Sega’s Virtual Un-Reality
The early-to-mid 1990's were an amazing time if you were a video gamer. For starters, there were a LOT of options for your gaming dollar. At the turn of the decade, the market was bombarded by a flood of companies, all eager to take a slice of the freshly baked and...
