Horace Goes Skiing (ZX Spectrum)
In Horace’s debut game Hungry Horace, there wasn’t much to glean about the newly introduced blue creature with eyes on
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The Game Hoard
Playing Every Video Game Ever Released And Reviewing Them Along The Way
1982
Hungry Horace (ZX Spectrum)
With the famous rivalry between Nintendo’s mascot Mario and Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog coloring much of people’s perception of early
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Wild Western (Arcade)
With a sheriff riding on horseback to foil a train robbery, Taito’s 1982 arcade game Wild Western feels like it
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Quantum (Arcade)
The limitations of early arcade games sometimes lead to creative concepts being born, the need to work with simple graphics
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Hoser (PC)
The Snake game formula is one of the earliest styles to catch on in video games, many iterations starting to
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The Haunted Hoard: Satan’s Hollow (Arcade)
If you were looking to make an interesting vertical shooter in the 1980s, having interesting enemies was a good way
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50 Years of Video Games: Pitfall! (Atari 2600)
I wasn’t always the guy who wanted to play every video game ever released. I was still pretty much willing
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BurgerTime (Arcade)
If you heard about a game where you make burgers, you’d probably imagine something pretty similar to the real life
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Bubbles (Arcade)
After Pac-Man proved that an unconventional game idea like a yellow ball traveling through a maze eating ghosts could be
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Sinistar (Arcade)
“Beware, I live!” A digitized roar cuts through the din of the arcade. “I hunger!” it calls out, and while
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Dig Dug (Arcade)
Pac-Man, Galaga, and Dig Dug. These three are practically the holy trinity of Namco’s early arcade offerings, often cropping up
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Math Gran Prix (Atari 2600)
Edutainment games are an unusual art. The delicate balance of trying to teach young players helpful real world knowledge while
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Beany Bopper (Atari 2600)
Beany Bopper is hardly a title that seems like it tells you a lot about what you’ll be playing, but
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Submarine Commander (Atari 2600)
Many Atari 2600 games were fairly content slapping a few sprites on screen, indicating which one belongs to the player,
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Demons to Diamonds (Atari 2600)
There is a simple yet delightful absurdity behind the premise of Demons to Diamonds. The game’s goal really is as
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The Odyssey² Today: K.C.’s Krazy Chase! (Odyssey²)
Despite the legal situation around K.C. Munchkin! and its eventual removal from store shelves, copying the Pac-Man formula did give
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The Odyssey² Today: UFO! (Odyssey²)
The endless loop is a common feature of early video games where play will continue until the player loses or
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Fantastic Voyage (Atari 2600)
There’s always been something that appealed to me about the concept behind the film Fantastic Voyage. A submarine crew shrink
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