Living in the Retro Arcade

Today we are talking about Atari Flashback Classics for the Nintendo Switch.  You get for around 25 dollars ALL of the games below: 3-D Tic-Tac-Toe (2600) A Game of Concentration (2600) Adventure (2600) Adventure II (2600) Air Raiders (2600) Air-Sea Battle (2600) Aquaventure (2600) Armor Ambush (2600) Asteroids (Arcade, 2600 5200) Asteroids Deluxe (Arcade) Astroblast (2600) Atari Baseball (Ar...

Today I am talking about the Adam Sandler vehicle Pixels that has a lot of 80s video games and 80s nostalgia. Love it or hate it I think if you are Living in the 80s like most people my age you will love it.

I talk about my top 5 games played with a trackball.  The trackball was almost never seen at home but we loved playing games with it in the arcasde.  Here is my top 5.

Today we talk about the grand daddy of all video games, Pong.

Today I talk about early PC gaming that started in the 80s with the IBM PC 5150

Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Atari and talk about the announced Atari 50th Anniversary Celebration release to happen in Q4 this year as well as my top 10 list of 10 games that made Atari great.

This week I picked up a Nintendo Switch with the idea that I would be able to play Retro games like the 80s games we all love.

Today's show will talk about Paperboy and some of the interesting technology in the game, ports and how popular the game.

Today we talk about games that were branded after the hit Top Gun and games that were inspired by the movie all in support of Top Gun: Mavrick....FINALLY in theaters

I talk about my CORGScon purchase but before that the original Return of the Jedi Game for the Arcade and various other systems

My first retro gaming convention in Columbus, OH.  Got to talk to John Ruggs and some really cool video game developers and see lots of cool stuff.  Be sure to come next year! https://www.corgscon.com/

Today we are talking about the best selling computer of all time,The Commodore 64.

Today I talk about two great gaming computers, the Apple IIc and the Atari 800XL. These are both influential systems in my life and part of the reason I am doing IT work today. Apple II Floppy Emulator https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/ Lotharek SIO2SD Floppy Emulator https://lotharek.pl/productdetail.php?id=58

Today we talk about the Two Guys from Andromeda's creation: The Space Quest Series! Come listen and learn about the adventure of space janitor, Roger Wilco.

Today I talk about the PC Gaming company Sierra On-Line. So many great series were started by this company. Also, make sure to check out Metal Jesus's show with Ken and Roberta Williams AND Metal Jesus's time at Sierra. https://youtu.be/LAemLilaNjk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmNCFtAlYN0

It started on mainframes but made a great move to the Arcade in 1983

Kind of a silly idea for a show but we always liked to munch on something will eating dots with Pac Man or Zapping Invaders...top 5 foods consumed during an 80s video game session.

Today I am talking about the top 5 iconic games of the 80s.  This is my current list and only MY list.  Yours may differ.

Where did you find arcade games in the 80s and now. 

It is Super Bowl weekend and today I talk about my top 80s Sports Arcade Games.

I list out MY top 5 driving games of the 80s and talk a little about each one

Today we talk about the first third party console developer Activision who is still around today thanks to Microsoft buying Activision Blizzard

Today we talk about the infamous and much maligned game ET for the 2600.

Today we are going to talk about the Atari 2600 version of Pac Man. Wildly successful and probably the one game we wish looked more like the Arcade version than any other.

Today I discuss the differences between the moderd arcade/barcade and the 80s arcade.  I also talk about where to find classic 80s cabinets in the Columbus area and how to find them elsewhere.