From the ads of the past, apps from yesteryear – Music Construction Set
Most people may not have heard of Will Harvey, but he was responsible for one or two iconic games from the 80s that everyone knew such as Atari’s Marble Madness. […]
Most people may not have heard of Will Harvey, but he was responsible for one or two iconic games from the 80s that everyone knew such as Atari’s Marble Madness. […]
A reader had asked for help identifying a particular arcade game from the early 80s and what they were describing sounded a lot like Williams’ 1982 hit, Sinistar, an incredibly […]
This ad from the past features something that would probably get an agency in trouble nowadays. Likenesses of Robocop and the Terminator are at the bottom staring up at a […]
In the early 90s, Nintendo’s Gameboy (which hit NA in ’89) and Sega’s Game Gear (which hit NA in ’91) were still going strong. As fun as those handhelds were […]
One of the biggest — as in physically massive — arcade shooters I’ve ever played was Namco’s Galaxian III. I only found out years later that it was actually the […]
The arcade stand-up of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is probably Konami’s most well-known beat ’em up superstar , but they also mixed the side-scrolling fighting formula in with gangsters, M.I.A.s, […]
Sega’s racing arcade games were virtual fixtures in the arcades. They had sleek polys, great sound, could be found as stand-ups or sit-down cabinets emphasizing everything from taxis to bikes, […]
In 1983, the so-called “Great Video Game Crash” sent the console industry into a tailspin in the West. But in Japan that same year, their video game revolution had only […]