DieHard Gamer – by Kevin Butler

by Kevin Butler | Mar 19, 2022 | 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Diehard Gamefan (the name later was changed to just Gamefan with the November 1995 issue) was a magazine started by = Tim Lindquist, Greg Off, George Weising. and Dave Halverson in September 1992. Their goal was to create a gaming magazine that was unlike any other...

Game Players – by Bill Donohue

by Old School Gamer | Mar 17, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview

You know, I’ve had a lot of different jobs in my life. I’ve been a construction worker, a dishwasher, a CFD retardant loader, a municipal maintenance worker, a computer programmer, and an inventory clerk at a Metal Shop. At one time though, I had the best job in the...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know BurgerTime?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 16, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1982 Publisher: M Network Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Arcade – Platformer Alternate Title: N/A Model #: MT4518 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Ron Surratt This port of the arcade classic is one of the ugliest games ever made. Have you...

Celebrating 5 years of The Video Game History Foundation!

by Todd Friedman | Mar 7, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Since February 27, 2017, The Video Game History Foundation has been working hard to preserve, celebrate, and teach video game history. We want to thank you so much for believing in what we do! It’s our mission to make video game history better. Over these past...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Spy Hunter?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 7, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Publisher: Sega Release: 1984 Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model: # 011-01 Rarity: 6 Programmer: Jeff Lorenz Dual Controller Module, basically a piece of plastic This port of the arcade classic is scaled down, but passable....

What The Fall of the Amico Really Means

by Jason Russell | Mar 2, 2022 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Thanks in no small part to the widely publicized antics of company front-man Tommy Tallarico and a host of questionable money-raising stunts by Intellivision, the world at large has been seemingly all too thrilled to watch the slow and torturous unraveling of the...