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Ice Cream Jonsey I got a call from my brother on Monday, July 8th, 2024. I was eating lunch, so I declined the call. I would call him back in like 10 minutes.…
Game 16: Protector (Alex Herbert, 2003)
Protector is, in my opinion, the greatest game ever created for the Vectrex. It is a clever, stunning imagining of Defender for a system that maybe had a reputation of…
Game 15: Adventure Construction Set (Electronic Arts, 1986)
When I first started this project, my desire was to have a different platform featured every week. The PCjr! The arcade version of Elevator Action! Wirewalker on the PlayDate! Space…
Game 14: Galacticon (Radin Games, 2022)
Galacticon, by Radin Games, is a modern-day arcade game, but for home systems. It’s got a great look for what you’d like to see for one of these. There are…
Game 13: Food Fight (Atari, 1983)
Food Fight can only exist as a video game, it is a perfect representation of a time and platform. It is colorful in a way that arcade games were only…
Game 12: Chopper Commando (Mark Currie, 1989)
Chopper Commando is a mission-based DOS game that was created by Mark Currie and released – depending on your source – in 1988, 1989 or 1990. (Rather than start each…
Game 11: Spider-Man (Insomniac, 2018)
Kids today love Spider-Man; Marvel has done the best job possible with marketing. Stan Lee wasn’t shy about licensing, but they went from Mego Dolls and underwear to high quality…
Game 10: Zwackery (Midway, 1985)
Zwackery is an arcade game with “complicated” controls from the mind of Brian Colin, an artist, animator and designer on other arcade titles like Rampage, Xenophobe and Arch Rivals. His…
Game 9: Abuse (Crack Dot Com, 1995)
Abuse has been a fun one to try to do some background research on. Typing in the name of any of the developers, designers and engineers for Abuse + the…
Game 8: Sentinel Returns (Psygnosis Limited, 1998)
Let’s avoid anything going on in the real world and talk about Sentinel Returns, a “modern” (at the time) remake of Sentinel. It’s a game that makes me feel like…