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Video Game of the Day – July 26th – Enter the Matrix
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 – Greg Degeneffe
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Greg Degeneffe, who is displayed on card number 2647 from the Superstars of 2017 Collection. When it comes to Atari 2600, Greg is among the best in the world. He holds over 150 records on Twin Galaxies International...
Video Game of the Day – July 25th – The Wolf Among Us
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...
Just 4 Qix
The screen flickers "Your marker controlled with joystick. To draw stix press fast or slow. Claim areas by joining walls with stix." Or so the first three simple sentences of the original Qix attract mode boldly stated. It continues, "Scores based on area. Fast score...
Video Game of the Day – July 24th – The Settlers
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 – July 23rd – Halo: Combat Evolved
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...
Twinklestar Sprites
This month I‘ll be talking about one of my favorite games, Twinkle Star Sprites. Twinkle Star Sprites was released on the Neo-Geo MVS and AES in 1996 by ADK, who also made games like Aggressors of Dark Kombat, Ninja Masters and World Heroes. The only time Twinkle Star...
The Future of Retro Gaming
As retro gaming enthusiasts, there is one overarching problem that constantly stands in our way. This is the issue of access. Despite having systems today that are many hundreds or even thousands of times more powerful than the gaming setups we had years ago, poor...
Dragon’s Lair
Debuting in 1983, Cinematronics‘ Dragon‘s Lair Arcade expanded and redefined our definition of video games away from just crudely drawn flickering blocks, with the advent of fresh, detailed, cinema-style animation. Leaving the squared bits of quarter-munchers behind,...
Intellivision Entertainment™ Reveals Exciting New Licenses to Expand Its Diverse Portfolio of Sports Themed Video Games
All-Star Licenses to Include Major League Baseball, Evel Knievel and The American Cornhole League Available Exclusively on Intellivision Amico™ IRVINE, Calif. – Intellivision Entertainment LLC, the video game industry pioneer, announced today several...
Hidden Gems: Blue’s Journey
Back in the day as a gamer, you where the coolest kid on the block if you owned an SNK Neo-Geo AES (Advanced Entertainment System) home system. Since the AES was essentially the "home version" of SNK‘s arcade hardware, the MVS (Multi Video System), and retailed for...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Greg Bond
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Greg Bond, who currently is displayed on card number 190, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. You can see Greg in the documentary, The King of Kong. Greg was around for most of the movie footage when the Donkey Kong...
Phantasm
Phantasm For the Atari 2600 Original Gameplay and Programming - David Weavil Additional Programming - Fred Quimby (BATARI BASIC Phantasm Title Music - Fred Quimby (BATARI BASIC Produced by - Scott Dayton (NEO GAMES Label Artwork Provided by - Ray Catuto...
Spike: Alive and Well in the Land of Vectors
It‘s pretty obvious that the Vectrex is different. It‘s the only games console that‘s ever used vector scan graphics. While competing consoles used raster drawn pixels for the imaging, vector scanned graphics are sharp lines drawn dot to dot, making Vectrex games very...
Video Game of the Day – July 15th – Sonic Shuffle
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...
From Social Activity to Online Gaming: Arcades Then & Now
Many industries evolve massive as the sands of time pass and that is certainly the case where the gaming sector is concerned. Gaming’s early roots date back to the Second World War, although it wasn’t until the 1970s and 80s that things really began to take off. Fast...
The Secret Cow Level in Diablo 2
The ever-popular game of the 1990s, Diablo became a hub of many gaming rumors. The Jersey's Jersey quest for one of its extensions, Diablo: Hellfire, was rumored to have a secret level. Well, secret levels in online quest-based games are nothing new for any of us....
Hakuna Matata: A Bit by Bit Guide to Must Play Disney Games By Matt Dawson
Whether it’s early mornings with Mickey or feature length blockbusters at the movies, Disney has been a part of nearly everyone’s life. Not only has Walt and his team basically built the animation genre, but with the help of some of the industries biggest studios,...
Bubsy: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Those were the very first words I ever heard uttered by Bubsy Bobcat. Being a huge Sega Genesis fan, I was there when a blue blur called Sonic The Hedgehog was unleashed on an unsuspecting video game world. Many had tried games with...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Slayin’ 2
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with the team behind Slayin’ 2 to find out what went into making the indie gem on the Nintendo Switch. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Tom "Reggie" Schreiber (Owner, Pixel Licker LLC): After the first Slayin was...
Atari VCS Partners with AirConsole Cloud-Based Gaming Service to Offer Over 150 Original Single-Player Casual and Multiplayer Party Games
Explore Dangerous Dungeons, Tear up the Track in High-speed Racing, Score the Winning Goal on the Pitch, and Much More as AirConsole Helps Turn the Atari VCS into the Ultimate Couch-Party Gaming System! NEW YORK, NY - Atari® — one of the world's...
iiRcade Adding Online Multi-Player Capabilities to its Home Arcade
Online arcade-style party game, BombSquad, is the first announced online enabled title added to iiRcade library of games. iiRcade has raised over $350k on Kickstarter early in its campaign. CHICAGO -- iiRcade the ultimate connected arcade...
Make your own Nintendo Switch games for only £0.79p / $0.99 – with PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker!
Including community-made levels and games! PQube (London, UK) - PQube and developer Super Icon announce a 95% discount for PlataGO! Super Platform Game Maker on Nintendo Switch! Create levels and whole games in a breath, upload them and try out your friend's on...
Mario: The Granddad of Video Game Success
Every gamer who spent their time in the arcade in their younger years, and still holds a console or PC to date, is familiar with the small, stout Italian plumber with a thick moustache, affectionately named Mario. You might’ve seen him inside a SNES system, jumping...
This Day In Video Game History
Wanderlust's Board of Directors proposes to change the company name to Adrenalin Interactive, Inc.
Company acquires Sofsource, Inc.
