Did you know that there have been at least 63 video game consoles and personal computers in the past 50 years? Well, I didn’t … honestly. So imagine my surprise when I came across this video:
The author of this mish-mash, however, missed the entire Apple line of personal computers. I owned an Apple IIc, so […]
Here’s another video featuring a television commercial for the Coleco Telstar Arcade, my first video game console. Sigh, wish my Coleco Telstar Arcade’s still in pristine condition. But that’s all it is, a wish, since the cartridges that contain the video games have been lost. So here’s a toast to this personal trip down memory […]
I suddenly remembered playing some other game on my old Apple IIc aside from Hard Hat Mack and Taipan. The game was called Montezuma’s Revenge, and it was HOT at the time.
C’mon, don’t tell me you haven’t heard of the adventures of Panama Joe in the catacombs built by Montezuma’s minions (read: Aztec warriors). By […]
Yes, you read that right. I have mighty big shoes to fill, and I better hop to it.
I welcome you to the first post of the new Re:Retro (sounds kinda ironic, doesn’t it?). Since, admittedly, I can never match the writing prowess of the venerable Al Ewing, this space’s former blogger, I’ll focus more on […]
Some time ago, I was given a random game cartridge by Jonic called Space Panic in the hope that I’d review it, despite me having no idea of what the game is or even what the console it was made for looks like. I’ve manfully stared at the thing for a couple of weeks now, […]
The last time we were in the pub Jonic handed me a Colecovision cartridge called Space Panic, which I thought was charming and not a little zarjaz - both the deed and the object itself. The only problem is that I’ve never seen or even smelt a Colecovision console so I have no idea how […]
Over at the ever old-skool [sic] Atari Max, Steven J Tucker is performing a subtle feat of retro gaming genius…
So you own a Colecovision, right? Do you ever get tired of constantly having to swap cartidges whenever you want to play a different game? Have you got a PC? Then read on…
Steven J Tucker not […]
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