Game 21: Aztec (Paul Stephenson, 1982)
Ice Cream Jonsey Aztec cracks me up, Raiders of the Lost Ark premiered on June 12, 1981, and the Apple II copy of Aztec that I have displays “1982” on the title screen.…
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Game 20: Diamond Mind Baseball (Imagine Sports, 1987-2023)
I was in a single-season fantasy baseball league filled with text adventure creators like Jon Blask, Lenny Pitts and Neil deMause in 2005, and from that I was invited to…
Game 19: Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (Remedy Entertainment, 2003)
I am trying to create joy with this game blog post project; almost all of the games that I have played I have enjoyed, I liked revisiting them and I…
Game 18: Elevator Action (Taito, 1983)
I saw an interview with Nick Cannon where he related an anecdote about who he had a crush on when he was growing up. He stated that his was his…
Game 17: Baldur’s Gate 3 (Larian, 2023)
I’ve recently made time to seriously play Baldur’s Gate III – it is as good as everyone says. It was fine from the outset. The first big tactical fight that…
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 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…