The Cabinet of Curiosities: Buzz Bombers

by Shaun Jex | Jun 14, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

In and of itself, the game Buzz Bombers was not that unusual. The title was Intellivision’s answer to the mega-popular game Centipede. In fact, the concept behind Buzz Bomber might be slightly less ridiculous. In Centipede, you play the part of a garden gnome with a...

Thanks to Everyone that Pledged

by Todd Friedman | Jun 11, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, The Story Of...

This Kickstarter has been backed!  This book will be published and shipped out to gamers. Thanks so much  This 100+ page full color book covers the entire first year of Walter Day’s Twin Galaxies Superstars trading cards, with stories! Pre-Order Book A...

The Cabinet of Curiosities: Color A Dinosaur

by Shaun Jex | Jun 7, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

There is something you should probably know about me. I’m a grown man, who just had a dinosaur themed birthday party. There were dino party games, decorations, and an entire selection of dino inspired snacks. I adore the Jurassic Park and Jurassic World series, but I...

Toe Jam and Earl Back in the Groove – By Conor McBrien

by Conor McBrien | Jun 6, 2019 | 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

That’s right! After seventeen years away, the old-school alien duo from the planet Funkotron has returned. Crowdfunded through Kickstarter back in 2015, ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is the fourth game in the series and the first to be independently published....

Entering the Digitized Era–Part2 – By Warren Davis

by Old School Gamer | Jun 4, 2019 | Arcade, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

  In the last issue, I told the story of how I was introduced to video digitizers in the mid-1980s while working at Williams and began to explore their use in obtaining photo-realistic images for arcade games. The first digitizer I played with was made for an...

The Cabinet of Curiosities: The Coca-Cola Kid

by Shaun Jex | Jun 2, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

As we tour the Cabinet of Curiosities, we will see all manner of oddities. There is a special section reserved just for product promotions, such as Yo! Noid, the Domino’s Noid video game, and Kool-Aid Man, the Atari game featuring…the Kool-Aid Man. All of this...