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Burning Force – A Hidden Gem
You know, it’s hard to remember a time when video games weren’t ubiquitous. Today, we experience video games everywhere, from Twitter to Twitch. Even if you could afford every video game magazine that was published in the 80’s and 90’s, what you really learned...
Pinball: From Arcade to Home TV
During the early 1930’s, Pinball was a staple in drugstores and taverns. It was a rather simple game of luck based on the French game Bagatelle, using spring launchers to score points. Electrification and active bumpers added more excitement, but the game didn’t...
End of Days – Sonic and the Sega Master System
What if you took Sonic the Hedgehog and toned down every gimmick that brought him to the public eye? No, I’m not talking about his love for chili dogs. I’m talking about tweaking his super-sonic speed that SEGA’s marketing department touted was only possible due to...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – George Spanos
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features George Spanos, who currently is displayed on card number 3333, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. George is one of the great arcade mechanics in the Chicagoland area. He has serviced machines at all the top arcade...
The RETROSPECTIVE Mailbag
Long Overdue On account of a seemingly endless series of non-gaming related distractions (sometimes referred to as life), I've been regretfully slow at responding to some of the great reader questions that find me on social media. Let's take a look into the digital...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Double Dragon?
Release Date: 1989 Publisher: Activision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Arcade Alternate Title: N/A Model #: AK-050 Rarity: 5 Programmer: Dan Kitchen This port of the arcade classic came along very late in the 2600 lifespan and stands apart from every...
Music is the Weapon – How Aerosmith Rocked the Arcade
Aerosmith’s signature video game almost didn’t include Aerosmith. In 1993, Midway Games was working on a new coin-op to be titled ‘Generation X’, and if one listens carefully to the opening sequence, Revolution X is referred to by its original title. However, that...
Once a NES Kid, Always a NES Kid
Those were the EXACT words I screamed when I laid my eyes on the Nintendo Entertainment System for the very first time. The moment has been vividly burned into my brain. It was January, 1986. I was sleeping over at my friend John Gaines’ house. I assumed we’d...
Coins Detected in Pocket – Recent World Records
In 1999 and his 2005 Donkey Kong record score. In a video released by Guinness World Records, Editor-in Chief Craig Glenday stated, “reviewing both: existing evidence and newly sourced eyewitness testimony, plus some new expert gameplay analyses and hardware...
Space Invaders: 10 Things You Never Knew
In 1978, the world was gifted with Space Invaders. It’s been called an ‘arcade classic’, the ‘original first-person shooter’ and the little alien symbols are instantly recognizable to this day. But aside from the fact that you have to take control of the little craft...
Coins Detected in Pocket – Robbie Lakeman vs. Donkey Kong
THE GAME Like sand at the beach, an ARCADE has zero legitimacy without one, if not two, Donkey Kong cabinets. Nintendo’s 1981 explosive launch put them at the top of the North American ARCADE scene. Stubborn Gorilla versus fearless Jump Man… can this helpless damsel...
Tiger Electronics: The Handheld on a BUDGET.
In the late 80's and early 90's gaming on the go wasn't a distant dream anymore. We had the Game Boy, SEGA Game Gear and the Atari Lynx. These systems were great in their own right and of course the Game Boy would be the one to take the crown and become the most...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Vinny DelRusso
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Vinny DelRusso who currently is displayed on card number 3531 from the Walter Day Superstars of 2021. Vinny is the founder of Video Game 911. This company specializes in repairing gaming items ranging from consoles to arcade...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Gas Hog?
Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Spectravision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: SA-217 Rarity: 8 Programmer: Mark Turmel This shooter simply runs out of gas before getting entertaining. Hop behind the wheel of an...
ADAM F. GOLDBERG Wrote the Foreword to my new NES Book!
Those were the EXACT words I screamed when I laid my eyes on the Nintendo Entertainment System for the very first time. The moment has been vividly burned into my brain. It was January, 1986. I was sleeping over at my friend John Gaines’ house. I assumed we’d...
Mark Flitman: Virtual Bart
From their debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System to their classic arcade game and plethora of other games on seemingly every console ever created, The Simpsons have always had a stake in gaming history. Connected with publishers the likes of Konami, Electronic...
The Halley Project or Walking the Dog
Space… deep Space… infinite in all its dimensions.. as black as Satan’s heart… punctured by the occasional star, bleeding light in a half-hearted attempt to push back the cold, black depths… to no avail… and deep in the darkness below, a small silver dot crawls...
Does Wrecking-ball from Overwatch need nerfing?
Since the summer of 2018, when Wrecking-ball was first released, he has been one of the strongest heroes in Overwatch. Especially, strong is the hate we have for Wrecking-ball while playing against him. It seems weird for a tank, that is naturally strong to be able to...
An Interview with Jeff Peters
If you have been around the gaming scene for the past 35 years, you’ve probably heard of Jeff Peters. You may have even met him. Jeff is one of the co founders of the Utah Digital Entertainment Network (UDEN), whose mission is to connect, inform and grow the local...
Final Fight!
Double Dragon’s plotline and kidnapped Jessica Haggar, the daughter of the new Metro City Mayor. Too bad the Mad Gears never called the Black Shadow Warriors, because had they done so, they would have found out that kidnapping someone’s daughter or girl friend...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Lori Mangione
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Lori Mangione who currently is displayed on card number 3301, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. She is also on card number 3264 with her husband Michael. Lori is the artist behind “Silly Rabbit Crafts”. Her pixelated...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Astroblast?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: M Network Controller: Joystick/Paddles Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up - Space Invaders Alternate Title: N/A Model #: MT5666 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Hal Finney This may be one of the fastest paced games in history. The Earth is under attack...
NHLPA 93: Fighting For Fun
“If it’s in the game, it’s in the game,” the mega publisher’s sports titles were about much more than realism. While they were always about providing a realistic experience, there was always an effort to simultaneously maintain a massively fun environment. While...
Sorry Sony: From Playstation to Switch – By Brad Feingold
Ever since the first Playstation system came out, I have always been a loyal player. In fact, I remember when the Playstation 2 came out, I was camping out in the Wal-Mart layaway area waiting to be the first person to get one at midnight. The first three games I...
This Day In Video Game History
