Ken and Roberta Williams started Sierra in 1979. Their first game, Mystery House (1980), which Roberta designed and Ken programmed, was a black and white graphics interactive fiction game for the Apple II. From there, the company grew and began to produce hit after...
What we today call the NES – Nintendo Entertainment System – launched in Japan in 1983 as the Famicom – Family Computer. The Famicom, NES and related systems went on to sell tens of millions of units worldwide and is widely regarded to have kicked...
During the upside-down world that happened during the COVID pandemic of the last couple of years, the collecting world of video games has evolved tremendously. Several companies have grading services where they evaluate the complete in-box and often sealed video games...
First and foremost, an introduction is in order before you go and read my opinions on game collecting. For this inaugural article, instead of talking to another gamer about a topic, I’ll first focus on myself so you know me and where I come from. My name is Tristan...
The year is 1989. A young man, really an eleven-year-old kid, is playing the NES he’s had for just over a year, but he isn’t playing the classic Super Mario Bros. Instead of saving a princess in a castle or shooting down ducks, his eyes that evening are on a much...