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A Final Fantasy Retrospective.
Final Fantasy has been around for over 30 years, and the franchise is still going strong today. There was a joke back in the 90's I remember about there never being a real FINAL Final Fantasy. Look how far the series has gone since it premiered back in 1987. 15...
Merlin’s Walls (Atari 2600) by Igor Barzilai
Available from AtariAge.com for $25 Any creative art, from movies to novels to video games (yes, I called video games art), has to move forward with new techniques and big ideas. And any designer who hits on something that's never been done before will give it their...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Andrew Breyer
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Andrew Breyer, who is displayed on card number 14, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Andrew was the 1981 Atari 2600 Asteroids Champion, which earned him a $5,000 prize. As one of the most completive Atari 2600 console...
Nolan Bushnell: Entrepreneur, Pioneer… Legend
Those of us who have tried, know how extremely hard it can be to start your own business and become successful. However, an aspiring entrepreneur by the name of Nolan Bushnell beat the odds and forever changed the world of gaming. Nolan K. Bushnell, was born February...
The NEOGEO POCKET fighter SNK GALS’ FIGHTERS is now available on the Nintendo SwitchTM!
Osaka, Japan, – SNK CORPORATION (Corporate HQ: Suita-city, Osaka, Japan, Company President & CEO: Koichi Toyama) is pleased to announce that SNK GALS’ FIGHTERS is available now on the Nintendo Switch via Nintendo eShop. SNK's wondrous heroines duke it out...
Why Online Slots Are the Original Retro Games
When we think of retro games, a select number of classic titles often come immediately to mind. Pac Man, Zelda, Taxi Driver, Super Mario, and Doom are classics of the genre, games that instantly evoke that strong feeling of nostalgia that draws us to retro games in...
System Profile: Atari 2600
I have a question. “Have you played Atari today?” When the Fairchild Channel F came along, Atari realized that the market for home video game consoles that could only play one game, like Pong, was fading fast. So, in 1976, Atari frantically started working on project...
Tales of the Turbo: The Exotic Import to Sheboygan
I can tell some of you have read the title of the topic and are wondering how, by Alcorn's beard, is the TurboGrax-16 considered "exotic"? And what the hell's a "Sheboygan" anyway? Fear not, noble reader, all will be explained. Note: please, don't hurt yourself trying...
RETROSPECTIVE: A Fight of the Heavyweights
Capcom & SNK: Best Frienemies It is almost impossible to overstate Street Fighter II’s influence over the gaming world, arcades in particular, in the early 1990s. In just about every arcade the world over, gamers flocked around the cabinet - some to try their...
Ulimate Guide to the NES Library 1985-1995 – Review By Ryan Burger
Knowing of Pat Contri since I started up Old School Gamer Magazine, I knew I wanted to check out one of his books. Recently, at the Retro Game Con in Syracuse, NY, I asked him what book I should start out with. He said while he has the SNES book released more...
You Can’t Call It… Stories from a life making video games a book by Warren Davis – Review By Ryan Burger
Meeting Warren a couple years ago has started out a relationship where I’ve spent some nice time with him - first talking at E3, then later in Des Moines when he was in town, and hanging out at a couple retro gaming expos. When I first met him he told me he was...
A Talk With Jim Levy – By Brett Weiss
In 1979, programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, and Bob Whitehead left Atari to begin creating games independently of the company. They were dismayed with their relatively low salaries, especially given the millions their games were bringing in. Withmusic...
War Games – By Leonard Herman The Father of Video Game History
A strit Begolli, commonly known as Polaki, is just an average video game collector like the rest of us. His niche is rare consoles and he boasts a collection of over 181 systems including some of the rarest and mostexpensive consoles, such as a Japanese Atari2800, a...
Video Game of the Day – April 27th – StarCraft
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...
Is the World Ready for an Arcades Comeback?
It’s an obvious truth that there are many millions of players out there who are hooked on the old-style gaming. They either get their fix playing on the original consoles rescued from the cellar, cleaned up and made ready for action or by using more modern tech to...
Video Game of the Day – April 26th – Animal Crossing
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 – Andrew Seklir
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Andrew Seklir, who is displayed on card number 2421, from the Superstars of 2016. His documentary film trading card is featured on card number 2495. Andrew is one half of the team that directed, produced and edited the...
NEC, The Hudson Bee and TURBOGRAFX-16
The late 80's and early 90's where breakthrough years for classic gamers, the Sega Genesis had hit the market in 1989, SNK released the mind-blowing arcade perfect home console, Neo-Geo in 1990, the Nintendo Entertainment System was still going strong and in late...
Video Game of the Day – April 24th – Mario Tennis (GBC)
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...
ADVENTURE VISION: A History of Entex
Handheld games, some referred to as Tabletop games for their bigger size, date as far back as the early 70's. One that stood out was the first cartridge based tabletop gaming system, The Adventure Vision, released in 1982. Now, let’s play the Song of Time on our...
Video Game of the Day – April 22nd – Castlevania 2: Simon’s Quest
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...
Sinistar: Noah Falstein: More Than Words – By Patrick Hickey
All developers want their games to be remembered, but they don’t get to choose how. With super solid gameplay that had everything to do with a fantastic custom joystick, Williams’ Sinistar set the bar high for every shooter that followed. For that reason alone, it’s a...
Dual Reviews – By Michael Mertes
Breakout: Pilgrim in the Microworld - Book Review By Michael Mertes As a video game player, you can probably name a few different game titles that intrigued you so much that you could potentially be clinically Thoughts of the game and how to play it race through your...
NSERT COIN: The advance screening at the Museum of Play in Rochester, NY – by Warren Davis
It was a brisk 30 degrees in Rochester, NY on Friday November 8, 2019. Coming from Los Angeles, the cold was a shock to my system, but well worth it. I made thejourney east to a end a screening of Josh Tsui’s new documentary about Williams/Bally/Midway... Insert Coin....
