GenX Travel Experience

by GenX Grownup | Nov 6, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

About This Episode They say it’s not the destination, but the journey that matters. Striking out on a trip — be it for business or pleasure — has changed dramatically since our days growing up as Generation X’ers. In this Backtrack, we’re exploring all the ways that...

Infogrames Acquires Publishing Rights of Co-op Hit Bread & Fred

by Old School Gamer | Nov 4, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Press Release

NEW YORK, Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Infogrames — a game publishing and distribution subsidiary of Atari — today announced the acquisition of the Bread & Fred publishing rights in an agreement with Apogee Entertainment. Bread & Fred is a popular...

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

by GenX Grownup | Nov 4, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1989 beat ’em up arcade game released by Konami. It is based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, including the first animated series that began airing two years earlier. In the game, up to four players control the titular...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Howard Scott Warshaw

by Todd Friedman | Nov 3, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Howard Scott Warshaw who currently is displayed on card number 208, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection.  Howard is a true pioneer in the gaming industry. As one of the original Atari programmers for the Atari 2600, Howard...

A review of Day of the Tentacle from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Retro Computing, Reviews

  As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and...

Atari Acquires Chris Sawyers’ Transport Tycoon

by Old School Gamer | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

NEW YORK, Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers —today announced the acquisition of Transport Tycoon in an agreement with the game’s creator Chris Sawyer. The 1994...