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Tag: old school games

old school games
Gallery of the Day

8 Awesome Things New Gamers Will Never Get to Experience

Being a video gamer in today’s world is, to put it mildly, kind of amazing. There are always tons of amazing games to ...
By Ron Whitaker Legacy AuthorOctober 12, 2015
Generation G

Intergeneration Education

I’m sure Alex (my 13-year-old niece) and I (a tragic, 30-year-old video game expert/snob) are not the only ones to have bridged that ...
By Spanner Legacy AuthorNovember 22, 2005
Generation G

“Hey, who’s the old-timer?”

I confess. I am a videogame junkie. This is not an easy admission to make. Most forty-one year old men have respectable hobbies ...
By Glenn Jarrell Legacy AuthorNovember 22, 2005
Import/Export

Games You Were Never Meant to Play

I’m sure most of us remember our first imported game. There’s something about playing a game that you were never meant to play ...
By Jayder Legacy AuthorOctober 25, 2005
The Firm

It’s Better to Have Loved and Lost…

The first sports videogame I owned was published by Electronic Arts. It had no “Madden” in the title. It did not showcase the ...
By JR Sutich Legacy AuthorOctober 11, 2005
The Firm

Setting the Stage

In 1982, computer games were still sold in plastic bags. Trip Hawkins, a newly-minted millionaire after his time at Apple, wanted to change ...
By Virgil Legacy AuthorOctober 11, 2005
Why Haven't They Made This?

The Buzz is Gone

BUZZZZZZZ! Where are you, Buzz Aldrin? I’m playing your old 1993 Interplay game, Buzz Aldrin’s Race Into Space (BARIS), about the 1960s U.S.-Soviet ...
By Allen Varney Legacy AuthorOctober 4, 2005
Whatever Happened To...

Stories from the Back O’ The Arcade

No one needs an in depth retrospective of Mario Bros., Mortal Kombat or Street Fighter II. Even if you were part of the ...
By Spanner Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2005
Whatever Happened To...

The Back O’ The Arcade

Traditionally, in England, an arcade was the kind of place where delinquents could get out of their council flats for a few hours ...
By Spanner Legacy AuthorSeptember 27, 2005
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