by Shaun Jex | Jun 13, 2018 | 1980s
In the great pantheon of video games, few titles loom so large as Pac-Man. Developed by Namco and released in 1980, the game was wildly successful, creating legions of devoted fans. That same year, Commodore released the 8 bit VIC-20. It marked an important step in...
by JasonBreininger | May 1, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...
Spring of 1985 was a dark time for video games. The Nintendo Entertainment System was still 6 months from seeing the light of day in the United States. Atari mania and Pac-Man fever felt like ages ago thanks to the shift away from home console gaming towards computer...
by JasonBreininger | Apr 7, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...
Atari gets a lot of credit for pioneering the ROM cartridge based home video gaming system craze and for good reason. They were the company that bought the rights to port popular arcade games and bring them into families living rooms. All anyone really wanted back...
by JasonBreininger | Feb 24, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews
Grandson: Grandpa, what were fantasy-adventure games like back when you were young? Way back in 1979? Grandpa: Well, sonny, there was this one particular game on the Atari VCS called Adventure that was kind of like your own grandpappy but in video game form. Today we...
by JasonBreininger | Feb 9, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews
“How many Munchies can your Munchkin munch before your Munchkin’s all munched out????” That is the question posed on the manual & back of the box of this week’s game of the week, the controversial (at the time) Odyssey² game, K.C. Munchkin. That question also...