Somehow that didn’t sound right. Anyway, after my embarrassing run with Frogger and Space Invaders this past week, I tried my hand at the Flash version of the classic arcade hit Moon Patrol, which was first released in 1982 in … More
Ever wonder how the modern video game console controller came to be? Well, thanks to the ingenious Sock Master, we now have a pretty good idea. Here’s a little tidbit from his “study” entitled “Sock Master’s Game Console Controller Family … More
Actually, the word unbearable didn’t exactly come from me. It’s a quote from this British dude who seemed to have spent an entire afternoon trying to make a Smurf jump over white picket fences in the Colecovision game Smurf Rescue … More
I’m currently watching a video on the history of video games by YouTube user applemctom, and my wife, Joyce, keeps asking me why I know majority of the games featured in the video. I guess my video games addiction is … More
I’ve found this neat video on the Video Games Crash of 1983 by Normal Caruso, and all I can say after watching it from start to finish is, “Whoa!” Well, if we believe all points that Norman raised in the … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
