Evolution of Role-Playing Games in Japan – By Antoine Clerc-Renaud

by Antoine Clerc-Renaud | Jul 9, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Dragon Quest may be the first Japanese Role Playing Game using mechanics still used today, but it’s certainly not the first role playing game from the land of the rising sun. It was a trailblazer that inspired and led a charge by the Japanese but there were some...

Mappy Is Coming to the Atari 2600 and It’s Going to Be Amazing

by Ric Pryor | Jun 24, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

The image above is from an Atari 2600 game. Before you continue reading, pause for a bit and let that really sink in. As soon as you’re suitably dumbfounded, you may continue. I have something of a love/hate relationship with homebrew arcade ports for the Atari...

Dungeon of Death: An RPG For The Commodore PET

by Shaun Jex | Jun 9, 2018 | 1970s

I don’t remember the first text based adventure game I ever played. It seems like the sort of thing I should know given my love for the genre, but the title has vanished from my memory. Because of this I suspect, the games have attained something of a towering,...

Dog Star Adventure And the Foundation of Text Based Gaming

by Shaun Jex | Jun 2, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… George Lucas released the film Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977, beginning a pop culture phenomenon that continues to this day. People around the world latched on to the story of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, and the...

The rise of retro gaming

by Old School Gamer | May 30, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

The rise of retro gaming In a world obsessed with innovation and progress, we also do great deal of looking back at the past. In fact, retro is such a phenomenon these days that it’s reaching into virtually every area of our lives. Of course, it’s always played a huge...

Happy Birthday Walter !!!

by Todd Friedman | May 18, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Columns, Events, Pinball

Happy 70th Birthday Walter !!!    Today we celebrate Walter Day’s birthday with a look back at his trading card spotlight done on December 02, 2016.   The celebration today at the Museum of Pinball in Banning, CA is a fitting way for him to party with friends...