iPhone review: Vector Tanks
Vector Tanks is an iPhone game that seems to appeal to the nostalgia of former Battlezone players. I have very little connection to the source material here so I look at it through a different lens than would a player…
Purchase and download old PC games on the cheap
Good Old Games is a digital download service offering PC games that, while they aren’t going to tax your new GTX 295, are some of the greatest titles of their time. Fortunately, they also won’t tax your wallet much. We’re…
Oregon Trail making a comback?
Oregon Trail, the computer game released on multiple platforms beginning way back in 1971, is making something of a comeback online. I have to admit I have gotten caught up in the fuss by playing through the game as emulated…
Video: Building an arcade cabinet
[podcast format="video"]http://raddevon.com/video/002-BuildAnArcadeCabinet.flv[/podcast] It’s nice to have friends in high places. Failing that, it’s nice to have friends who can build you a sweet arcade cabinet! Brandon Haynes is a Rubik’s Cube virtuoso. He’s also pretty good with power tools. In…
D-Pad Hero rocks it old school
Have you ever stepped back and taken a look at the entire rhythm game genre (that’s Guitar Hero, Rock Band, DDR, Parappa, etcetera) and thought to yourself, “In terms of graphics, there was nothing preventing these game from existing 20…
Earthbound: A profession of love
Once upon a time, Nintendo released a game called Earthbound for the Super NES. Unless you were gaming back in the 16-bit era, you may never have heard of the game. It stars you as a young boy called Ness…
Stunning guitar rendition of Contra’s jungle theme
One of my many geeky pleasures is listening to tracks from NES games. It’s unreal what the composers were able to accomplish given the primitive sound capabilities of the platform. The fact that a track can now be reimagined like…