4 years ago
Wild Gunman ’74: The Forgotten First FMV Game
Why was SEGA selling Nintendo games? How could a live action arcade game exist before digital video? And what movie did it appear in?
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4 years ago
Box Art History #3: Fairchild Channel F Wanted You To Collect ‘Em All
Before the NES, before the Atari 2600…
Fairchild’s Channel F was the first video game console to run games directly from a cartridge. While Magnavox’s Odyssey had game cards that …
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5 years ago
Infographic: The Evolution Of Carmen Sandiego’s Crest
Carmen Sandiego’s first showed up 35 years ago today in WHERE IN THE WORLD IS CARMEN SANDIEGO? for the Apple II. But she wasn’t yet wearing her iconic red outfit …
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5 years ago
Box Art History #2: The First Commercial Computer Games Were Distributed On Paper
Early computer game history often gets overlooked.
I’m just as guilty as anyone of overlooking computer game history. So for this series, I made a conscious effort to broaden my …
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5 years ago
Carmen Sandiego: To Steal Or Not To Steal Walkthrough
Netflix has a new Bandersnatch-style interactive adventure. But where that film was about a character creating a fictional menu-driven adventure, the new film is based on one of the first …
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5 years ago
Box Art History #1: The First Video Games In Boxes Were For Magnavox’s Odyssey
“Don’t judge a book by its cover,” the saying goes.
This age-old idiom originally meant you shouldn’t judge a person by their shabby clothing. But in a literal sense, I …
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5 years ago
Infographic: Mario x Pac-Man x Sonic – Primary Bros.
Super Mario, Pac-Man, and Sonic The Hedgehog are three of the most recognizable icons in gaming, and their careers contain some interesting parallels.
They also happen to perfectly represent …
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5 years ago
The Sumerian Game: The Most Important Video Game You’ve Never Heard Of
Long before Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego or The Oregon Trail, there was The Sumerian Game.
Designed in 1964 for classrooms, it was as innovative as it is …
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5 years ago
Infographic: Identifying Carmen Sandiego
I’m certain that Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? is the most confusing series in the history of video games. Different versions of a game might have the same …
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5 years ago
Rarely Seen ’90s Carmen Sandiego Art By Bill Sienkiewicz
Legion co-creator Bill Sienkiewicz designed the characters and logo for the ’90s FOX cartoon Where On Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
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Infographic: Wii U Has More Metroid Games Than Any Other Console
To mark my Patreon reaching its first 50 patrons, I decided to create another infographic! This time the subject is “Which Platform Has The Most Metroid?,” a backwards compatibility comparison. …
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Metroid’s Justin Bailey Is A Real Person; Here’s Why He Hasn’t Spoken Up
“Justin Bailey” is one of the most famous secret codes in the history of gaming.
Sure, it’s not as well-known as the Konami Code, but for anyone who becomes interested …
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Make Love Not War: Talking With The Creator Of The First Software Easter Egg
William Weiher created the first software Easter Egg circa 1968, but didn’t realize it until I told him.
Last month, I revealed the previously forgotten oldest Easter Egg in a …
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Moonlander: One Giant Leap For Game Design
Everyone knows Neil Armstrong was the first man on the Moon, but who was the first man in a video game?
Early video game history is littered with “firsts” — …
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Box Art History #3: Fairchild Channel F Wanted You To Collect ‘Em All
Before the NES, before the Atari 2600…
Fairchild’s Channel F was the first video game console to run games directly from a cartridge. While Magnavox’s Odyssey had game cards that …
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