Living in the Retro Arcade

Today I share some of the memories I had of playing my first PC game, Space Quest and about Sierra OnLine which at one time was the top company making PC games. Metal Jesus Rocks Sierra Reunion; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxW1IK0fDJs Metal Jesus Rocks We Worked at Sierra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmNCFtAlYN0&t=1s

Before we had games like Space Invaders we had electro mechanical games like Ride Motorcycle. These were games that did not have CPUs or CRTs but motors and lights. Today we talk about games like Motorcycle, Pinball and Varisty as well as the Tomy Classics Digital Derby, Baseball and Blip where were all electro mechanical games. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Arcade/motorcycle https://rctoymemories...

Today I talkabout the 2024 version of CORGSCON! The Central Ohio Retro Gaming Society Convention! Be there in 2025!

Not a top 5 list but just some racing games I think are cool.

From Journey, to Aerosmith and even Van Halen bands and video games go hand in hand since the very beginning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Band-centric_video_games

Call it copy protection or DRM. No doubts about it...it is killing our games.

Today I am talking about the pack in Game that was likely everyone's very first video game at home.

If you had a SNES or N64 you probably always wondered what the EXT port was. Today I talk about the usually unused expansion ports on many Nintendo systems and a little on the cancelled in the US N64DD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b64Bx0WKh7M&t=668s

Atari CX-40 Atari Proline Joystick Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro Nintendo 64 Controller Nintendo Gamecube Controller Sega Genesis Controller Wii Mote Wico Command Control Super NES Controller Nintendo Switch Pro Controller

I talk about the top 10 worst controllers. https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/worst-video-game-controllers

The Portal series is massively popular and still being sold today for various game consoles and Steam.

I love watching these top 5 channels. They are all very great! 5. Adrian’s Digital Basement https://www.youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasement 4. Retro Recipes https://www.youtube.com/@RetroRecipes 3. Retro Hack Shack https://www.youtube.com/@RetroHackShack 2. John Hancock https://www.youtube.com/@johnhancockretro 1. Metal Jesus Rocks https://www.youtube.com/@MetalJesusRocks

Today I am talking about the first Video Arcade Game Gameshow fromthe 80s....Starcade.

Today I get a little personal and recap 2023 and share ideas for 2024. Thank you all for a great 2023 and see you in 2024.

Insert Coin documents from 1988 through the end of Williams/Midway Coin Op division. Today's show is a short review of that.

Today I am talking about the original Atari 2600 release of Haunted House AND the Reimagined version that JUST came out this year on Steam, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, Playstation, Epic Games and the Atari VCS. Haunted House 2023

Today I talk about 5 reasons retro gaming is better.

Today I talk about 10 gifts where money is no object for the retro gamer.

One of the first video games is on the list of the 10 most important video games of all time. From 1962 and first written for the PDP-11 it was a very influential early video game.

I talk about my visit to Grove City's own Tech N Gamer and future Gaming Expos.

Go preoder this for $129.99 https://atari.com/products/atari-2600-plus Also if your interested, here's a link for the new Atari VCS. https://atari.com/pages/atari-vcs

Today I visited Micro Center and saw some retro stuff so I thought I'd share that with you: https://www.microcenter.com/product/604764/baolian-red-trackball-with-usb-kit-works-with-raspberry-pi,-windows,-linux-pcs,-macs,-and-more?ob=1 https://www.microcenter.com/product/611659/baolian-8-way-bat-top-joystick-with-75g-medium-touch-micro-switches-yellow https://www.microcenter.com/product/617774/...

My top ten 90s video games. 1 Starblade 1991 2 Stree Fighter II 1991 3 X-Men 1992 4 Mortal Kombat 1992 5 Daytona USA 1994 6 Crazy Taxi 1999 7 The Simpsons 1991 8 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Turtles in Time 1991 9 Star Wars Trilogy Arcade 1998 10 Smash TV 1990

Nintendo Gamecube was Nintendo's sixth generation console and had some great games and some weird ones.

THE first console to have cartridges WAS NOT the Atari Video Computer System. It was the Fairchild Channel F that was guided by Jerry Lawson who was also one of the first African Americans to work on a home console.