Classic Gaming

Gnomie Brandon Tindel writes:
I think playing Texas Hold’em in a casino is a great place to learn. Nobody is going to tell you that you played a hand lousy online (or if they do it won’t be to help you but rather to make you mad). I’ve learned a ton about the game by simply [...]

Gnomie Erin of Happy Pineapple writes:
Dear Chris,
I am a relatively new viewer of your videos. I have not tried the live chat yet, but I hope to get up the nerve soon since it always looks really fun. I have been really intrigued by your top five list videos, and I actually got an [...]

It’s the age-old question: Which is cooler, ninjas or circular yellow dot-eaters? This week the Wii video game system’s Wii Shop Channel gives gamers the chance to explore this subject in depth, with three awesome classic games.
The three new classic games go live at 9 a.m. Pacific time. Nintendo adds new games to the channel [...]

The legendary arcade classic that introduced gamers to co-op street-brawling action is back and looking better than ever. Team up with a friend or prepare to go it alone, because “Double Dragon” is hitting Xbox LIVE Arcade Wednesday, May 9.
“Double Dragon,” from Empire Interactive Ltd., is a genuine re-creation of the classic coin-op arcade game. [...]

All right peeps, we have yet another opportunity for anyone out there to walk away with an Xbox 360, courtesy of Gear Live. We are looking to see what you guys can come up with in terms of creating a simple video game. We just made one ourselves, and despite not having any previous coding [...]

Chess Workbook is a chess training software based on the proven educational technique known as “FLASHCARDS.” Chess Workbook’s learning algorithms help you thoroughly master the study material. The program tracks your progress and focuses attention on those positions causing difficulty while continuing to reinforce areas of strength. This technique is recommended by one of the [...]

Every person who has ever done the Sudoku puzzle has, at some point, become frustrated. You get to a situation where you just can’t see any headway. There seem to be no clues as where to go next. And I know from personal experience that staring blankly at the puzzle waiting for a solution to [...]

Have you ever been in the mood to play a new game, but did not have the cash or the will to leave the house and go buy or rent one? I was in one of those kind of moods just the other day. After doing a little searching of my own to [...]

Ever since the fateful day when Billy Mitchell delivered an arcade video game to her house, Doris Self, of Fort Lauderdale has been a Q*bert maniac.
“I was the Q*bert champion in 1984 with a score of 1,112,300 points,” remembers Doris. “At that time, I was the oldest video game champ in the world at [...]

I am one who yearns for the days of old, where the count of your bits did not matter. It was the fun you had that made a game a winner or a looser. Thanks for me there is a free Online magazine that offers me news about retro gaming. It is [...]

Yes, I was a child who grew up loving my Atari 2600. What is wrong with that? With the digital pixels dancing around the screen in a plethora of different ways, it was fun. Heck, it was magical to say the least. Yesterday my sister mentioned something to me about a new [...]

PyroMenace asks a very important question that I had not thought of in quite some time. Is the linear game dead? My first response might be yes until I actually sit down and think about that for a minute. Many RPGs might still be considered linear by some people. So my answer to that question [...]

The folks at 1UP.com are counting down the top 50 influential games of all time. Currently they are at number thirty-two with Street Fighter. Some of the other games highlighted so far are: Pacman, Sonic the Hedgehog, Doom, and Tetris.

Atari, in a move to suck more money out of people who have never heard of an emulator, will be releasing a series of products bearing the title The Atari Anthology this Christmas season. The Anthology comes in two forms. Firstly, it comes in the form of a game for both Xbox and [...]

Ever wonder what happened to favorite, older games? Well, there may be a chance that it’s still out there but this time without the price tag. Liberated Games has recently opened shop, offering a resource for gamers to find old discontinued games that have been now opened to the public, for free. Some of the [...]

Whatever happened to the glory days of adventure gaming? It wasn’t too long ago that the gaming public couldn’t get enough of the use key to open door cycle. But then one day, they weren’t ‘in’ anymore. Perhaps because developers started to cater more towards the general ‘blood, guns and gore? Yes please!’ demographic, rather [...]

California-based Ultracade has obtained rights to release arcade cabinets that feature collections of classic Taito coin-op games. The cabinets will feature games released to arcades by Taito during the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Three different cabinets are planned for release, the Arcade Classics cabinet will feature titles like Bubble Bobble, Zoo Keeper, and Arkanoid. [...]

Back in 1999, an Intellivision compilation called Intellivision Lives! was released for the PC. Earlier this year, XBox and PS2 owners were treated to a budget-priced, slightly less comprehensive version. Now, it’s the Gamecube’s turn. Intellivision Lives! will be released this fall for the ‘Cube, and will contain more than sixty games [...]

A post on Slashdot today brought news that fans of the Dreamcast, that lovable last-ditch effort on Sega’s part to remain relevant to console manufacturing, are still coding software for it. Emulation is the order of the day; clever programmers have ported emulators for the Saturn, Game Boy Advance and Nintendo 64 for use on [...]

Looking for a place to trade that “Shark! Shark!” cartridge from your Intellivision collection? Personally, I think you’re crazy. I wouldn’t give up that cartridge if one hundred babies’ lives depended on it. However, if you are looking for new paddles for your Atari 2600, or finally want to make that investment [...]