by Mike Mertes | Jan 17, 2021 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
What if you took Sonic the Hedgehog and toned down every gimmick that brought him to the public eye? No, I’m not talking about his love for chili dogs. I’m talking about tweaking his super-sonic speed that SEGA’s marketing department touted was only possible due to...
by Michael Thomasson | Jan 15, 2021 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Aerosmith’s signature video game almost didn’t include Aerosmith. In 1993, Midway Games was working on a new coin-op to be titled ‘Generation X’, and if one listens carefully to the opening sequence, Revolution X is referred to by its original title. However, that...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 15, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, Columns
Those were the EXACT words I screamed when I laid my eyes on the Nintendo Entertainment System for the very first time. The moment has been vividly burned into my brain. It was January, 1986. I was sleeping over at my friend John Gaines’ house. I assumed we’d...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 11, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
THE GAME Like sand at the beach, an ARCADE has zero legitimacy without one, if not two, Donkey Kong cabinets. Nintendo’s 1981 explosive launch put them at the top of the North American ARCADE scene. Stubborn Gorilla versus fearless Jump Man… can this helpless damsel...
by Brett Weiss | Jan 9, 2021 | 2020s, Columns, Press Release
Those were the EXACT words I screamed when I laid my eyes on the Nintendo Entertainment System for the very first time. The moment has been vividly burned into my brain. It was January, 1986. I was sleeping over at my friend John Gaines’ house. I assumed we’d...