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A review of Everquest from Boss Fight Books

  While not, strictly speaking, the first massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), Everquest has a notorious reputation as the first such title to truly break into the mainstream. In his Boss Fight history, Matthew S. Smith covers pretty much...

Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System Retro Games Of All Time

How often do you play games that are quite old, but still relevant and nostalgically appealing to you? Surely everyone has a couple or three games that are pleasant to remember, noting any events associated with them, or just to note how far ahead of time the game...

Tassei Denki to Bring Back Time Crisis in New Plug and Play Device

  Earlier today, Tassei Denki set up a Pre-Launch Kickstarter page for its upcoming Time Crisis plug and play lightgun device. Tassei Denki also appears to have acquired the rights to include Steel Gunner, Steel Gunner 2, and Point Blank in this device. A Vimeo...

December 31st – Myst

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...

Lost Arcade Classic: Guzzler

Lost Arcade Classic: Guzzler

Odd. That's the word; the word that perfectly sums up Tehkan's Guzzler, a 1983 entry into the “cute” genre of arcade games. It's a maze game, but one quite unlike the myriad of Pac-Man clones that populated game rooms during this era. It's more of a Wizard of Wor...

CVG 101: The Comic Book Connection

CVG 101: The Comic Book Connection

In the early 1980s, video games were everywhere as everyone was trying to cash in on the booming video game business. This included the comic book companies. First of all, both DC and Marvel, two of the largest publishers at the time, were licensing their characters...

The Atari 7800: A Closer Look

The Atari 7800: A Closer Look

Ever wondered what would happen if the Atari 2600 mated with the Atari 5200? When the video game world crashed in 1983, the gaming universe needed a savior. Atari had a system in mind: The Atari 7800 ProSystem, which featured a design that was a hybrid of previous...

A Parental Christmas Mix-Up

A Parental Christmas Mix-Up

Christmas time and video games practically go hand in hand.  New consoles are launched around November aiming to be the top spot on people's lists, games go on sale and a few new ones are released, it truly is a wonderful time of year for gamers.  Now this can also be...

To Knock Off Or Not To Knock Off

To Knock Off Or Not To Knock Off

Many of us classic gamers became entranced with arcade games back in the early 80's. Magazine articles, TV news reports, and, of course, actually seeing blockbusters like Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Pac-Man wherever we went got us curious. Video arcades, however,...

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