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Deep Thaw: Megaforce…A Mega Farce!
It was 1982 and my good friend Roxy and I went off to see the most highly anticipated film of the week: Megaforce. We were especially interested because that great new show Entertainment Tonight had just shown an “in depth” piece on how the US Army actually went out...
3.. 2.. 1.. GO! Garfield Kart Furious Racing launches today!
The famous lasagna-loving orange cat hits the shelves on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam! Today, Microids and Paws, Inc. are delighted to announce the European release of Garfield Kart Furious Racing on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch. The...
Coleco Visions: Rocky
“I pity da fool who don’t own this game!” In writing this review, I knew that line would have to come into play. I felt it best to get it out of the way early on. Rocky Super Action Boxing was definitely a showcase game, demonstrating the power of the ColecoVision. At...
Frank’s Video Game Palace By Frank Traut
Welcome to the second installment of my Video-Pinball column. This issue, I will be reviewing more recent games. The first one is Pinball Fantasies for the Atari Jaguar. I originally owned a copy for the Amiga 1200 when it came out and now also have it for the PC....
Catching up with Buckner and Garcia
“I've got a pocket full of quarters and I'm headed to the arcade.” Do those words sound familiar? If you're a child of the '80s, they should. They're the opening of Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia's hit song, Pac-Man Fever, from the album of the same name. The Pac-Man...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Zach Sharpe
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Zach Sharpe, who is displayed on card number 341, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. Zach has had a major impact in the world of pinball as a player, writer and as an organizer. Zach was at one time in charge of the...
Five Great Disney Games You May Have Missed
The 16-bit versions of Aladdin and Lion King have gotten a ton of love from fans as of late, but here are five other Disney games you’ll fall in love with if you give them a chance. Mickey’s Speedway USA: This 2000 racer for the Nintendo 64 sporting solid visuals and...
Games That Haunt Me: Metroid Fusion
Metroid Fusion is a great game. It's fantastic and a staple for the GBA. Every time I talk to someone about Fusion they have nothing but good things to say about it. So why is it a game that haunts me? Well I'll tell you why, it's because, like Mega Man 8, I've...
Cleaning Your Cartridges By Lee K. Seitz
Finally, after months of searching, you find a new and sought after cartridge for your collection. You take it home, plug it in your system, and. . .nothing! The game appears to be dead. Maybe it's just dusty. You take it out, blow on it, and try again. Still nothing....
Rant: Gamers Today are Spoiled When It Comes to Ports
A special guest writer takes the reigns today. May there be mercy upon us all.
Worlds Collide in Fan-Made Banjo-Kazooie ROM Hack
Guh-huh!
Dragon’s Lair Arcade Machine Replica in Sixth Scale
New Wave Toys is proud to announce the latest addition to our RepliCade Amusements mini arcade line: Dragon's Lair x ReplICade! This 12 inch replica arcade machine Looks, Plays and Controls just like the vintage 1983 Dragon's Lair Arcade Machine! This fully-playable,...
Do Movies and Video games create an unholy mix? By Damien Quicksilver
Well, here’s the “movie” issue of Classic Gamer Magazine. I guess the focus is the blissful union between movies and video games. Wait a minute! BLISSFUL UNION? Generally, I’d say that movies and video games are like oil and water - they don’t quite mix. No, that’s...
Secret Sequels: The Games of Satellaview – Excitebike: Bun Bun Mario Battle Stadium
Start your engines!
Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair’s Callback to an Overlooked Game Boy Classic
I'm finally back after a bit of an unplanned hiatus. Long story short: The latest Windows 10 update straight-up killed my last computer, and getting a working replacement up and running has been a surprisingly long and twisted process. But now things are up and...
5 Retro Games You Can Still Play Today
Games have evolved beyond recognition, with impressive animations and cinematography. However, there are still some amazing retro games that have more than stood the test of time. Indeed, they have blazed the way for the industry and are still some of the most loved....
The Last Don: An Interview with Don Thomas
Classic Gamer Magazine: The birth of video games began with a couple of kids standing around in a soda place playing Pong. What would you say was the defining moment in history that transformed video games from being a casual, almost obscure, pastime to one that has...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tim Hanson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tim Hanson who currently is displayed on card number 2309, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Tim is a huge Nintendo fan and gamer. Games like Super Metroid and Super Mario Bros. 3 to name a few. Tim finds himself...
Timeless Games That Span Multiple Decades
Recently I’ve been getting into my retro games, or retro style independent games that I stumble on for cheap in the PS Store. They not only give me a feeling of nostalgia, but they’re also just really decent games – good dynamics and gameplay, witty dialogue and...
Games From the Trenches
When George Lucas unleashed Star Wars into theatres in 1977, he created more than a great film. He forever changed how Hollywood would design and market movies, particularly on the merchandising front. After an avalanche of Star Wars action figures, T-shirts, plastic...
RETROSPECTIVE: The Theoretical Sega CD Mini
Next in Line for the Retro Mini Treatment from Sega? In my last column I talked about the Sega Genesis Mini and the fact that Sega actually managed to trump its arch rival of years past (Nintendo) in a few key areas of the retro mini market. In the time since, the...
Online Gaming: A Brief History
The history of online gaming is very long and storied, and we could take it all the way back to packet-based LAN games on the earliest versions of personal computers. And while there’s something to be said about how local network games came before online games, we...
Howard’s Revenge By Darrin Powell
In 1982, a daring archaeologist named Indiana Jones was thrilling movie audiences across the country as he battled poisonous snakes, runaway boulders, and ruthless Nazis in a fast-paced adventure film called "Raiders of the Lost Ark." Meanwhile, at the offices of the...
Designing Yars’ Revenge (Part 1 – The Inception) – By Howard Scott Warshaw
“Talent borrows, genius steals.” -Oscar Wilde My first game for Atari ultimately became what is now known as Yars’ Revenge. This is not how it started. Originally it was assigned as a coin-op conversion of a Cinematronics arcade game called Star Castle. The key to...
