Happy Batman Day, everyone! This post is really just a quickie, as I will let The Angry Video Game Nerd do all the talking here. Check out this hilarious two-part video profiling the best & worst of retro video games featuring the Caped Crusader! Subscribe to the Angry Video Game Nerd via the Cinemassacre YouTube channel What’s…
Category: Retro Video Game of the Moment
Reviews and rememberances of old video games
The Arcade Collector, Season 2 [Retro Video Games of the Moment]
About 21 months ago (I counted!), I posted an article for The League of Extraordinary Bloggers pitching my idea for a reality show. My idea was that, similar to Pawn Stars or Toy Hunter, I would fuel up old Optimus Prime and drive around the country looking for old arcade cabinets to purchase and add to…
Mega Man 3 – when you heard that whistle… (1990, RVGoTM, The League)
This week’s challenge for the League of Extraordinary Bloggers is all about first impressions… — You never get a second chance at a first impression–what moment in pop culture had you saying “Now, that’s how you make an introduction!” — Now, I could easily draw from so many debut moments in movies, cartoons, comics and…
Press Start – video game console startups [RVGOTM]
Sony’s coming out with a Playstation 4. Nothing like enjoying that new video game console smell! Come join us as we look back on all the old video game startups from years past!
Retro Video Game system of the moment: Vectrex (1982)
Back in the old days of video gaming… now I’m talkin’ the pre-NES/Sega days, the Atari 2600/Colecovision days of video gaming…. the best you could get were from the arcade machines and a handful of home computers and home systems, were innovative and exciting. In the early 1980’s, while we owned an Atari 2600 system…
Double Dragon Neon is released (UPDATE)
Just in time to celebrate 25 years of Double Dragon, Double Dragon Neon has been released this month. Take a look at how Double Dragon has evolved and come full circle in the last 25 years.
The Arcade Collector [The League]
The latest LOEB assignment is to create a reality TV show based on your life. Well, with a lifelong dream and a TV budget, Classick decides to transform into The Arcade Collector. Check out this new hit series!
Retro Video Game of the moment: Rolling Thunder (1986)
Classick looks back at another arcade classic, the slick action spy thriller Rolling Thunder!
Retro Video Game of the moment: Life Force (1988)
Would you believe that there was a video game that took place inside of a living creature? Classick revisits one of his favorite Nintendo shoot’em ups from back in the day.
Retro Video Games of the moment: Play Ball! (various games – Updated)
It’s Opening Day! Baseball fans everywhere are enjoying the start of another long season, as the Boys of Summer are taking their cuts at the plate in games that now count (not including the couple of games last week in Japan). Rather than focus on just one video game today, I’m gonna do a few…