by Brad Feingold | Jun 13, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
Whether you’re fighting, driving, running through a maze or jumping over barrels, the name of the game is control. Of course, every game will have its own type of controller, but if you are using computers and emulators, sometimes that can be a tricky concept to...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 5, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Originally released in the arcade in 1989, Hard Drivin’ was pushing polygons, speed and a sexy sports car-inspired cockpit. The gameplay was fast, fun and influenced a ton of games afterwards, especially the Cruisin’ the World series. Essentially running on 32-bit...
by Ken Horowitz | Jun 3, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Midway and Jarvis had a long history, one filled with collection of arcade hits. It was also a relationship that wasn’t entirely planned. What was clear from the beginning was that the video game industry was the career of choice for Jarvis; he spent far too many...
by Old School Gamer | May 30, 2021 | 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
This is an article to tell you a little about my friends at iiRcade and the great product that I’m now excited to have in my own family room next to my Atari Breakout and Atari Star Wars Vector…it’s my iiRcade. When I first heard about the iiRcade I...
by Kevin Butler | May 28, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview
At the start of the 1980’s, games such as Galaga, Tempest, and the big one, Pac-Man, consumed my quarters in droves. That’s when I noticed a new driving game… Turbo! Unlike the previous games, Turbo was different in every way. Not only did it have the usual...