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A Literary" History of the Golden Age of Video Games - Golden Age Video Game...
More Kiddie FictionKid Stuff, of course, wasn't the only company turning out video game related fiction for the tyro set. Traditional publishers also released a handful of titles featuring various...
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The (Pre) Hisory of Night Driver - Part 1: Nurburgring
In earlier posts, I’ve made brief mention of Reiner Foerst’s Nurburgring and Micronetics’ Night Racer as predecessors to Atari’s Night Driver. Today I thought I’d begin to flesh out the story of these...
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The First European Imports???
Recently, I came into possession of a number of documents from the Magnavox v Bally case(s) of the 1970s and found some fascinating new info. A quick background before jumping into the details:...
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A Literary" History of the Golden Age of Video Games - Golden Age Video Game...
In today's post, I conclude my look at golden age video game fiction with a pair off titles aimed at slightly older readers.First up is Video War by Stephen Manes Video War was published in 1983 by...
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Update On Atari Oddities
I've posted a few times about various oddball Atari coin-op products I've come across and thought I'd do a post with some updated information about some of them. Atari Theatre KioskOne of the things I...
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A Literary" History of the Golden Age of Video Games - Golden Age Video Game...
So far, we’ve been looking at some video game fiction, but these were relatively rare. Much more common were non-fiction books – in particular strategy guides. THESE were the ones that made the...
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Courtroom goodies, part II - Willams' first video game
In a recent post, I discussed some documentation I recently acquired from the Magnavox v Bally case that include some interesting revelations about Chicago Coin’s early video games (well, it was...
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The American Video Athletic Association/A Literary" History of the Golden Age...
I categorized today’s post as another in my “literary history” line, but it really isn’t. It’s really more one of the earliest attempts at forming an e-sports league. Actually, there is a book...
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Company Profile - Mirco Games
One of my favorite parts of writing my book and this blog is discovering the stories of the smaller, lesser-known companies that usually go completely unmentioned in standard video game histories....
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Softape History - Part I (plus a review of Atari: Game Over)
A few weeks back, I posted an all-too-brief history of Programma International – one of the earliest and largest Apple II software publishers. Today I cover an even earlier company that is in some ways...
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I'm Hooked, I'm Hooked, My Brain Is Cooked - Two Pieces of Video Game Radio...
Today, I cover a couple of little discussed radio relics of the golden age of video games – one a pop song and the other a radio drama. Space Invaders by Uncle Vic The pop song is the 1980 novelty...
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Programma International - Coin-Op Breeding Ground
Today, I take a brief break from my “literary history” to talk about one of the more interesting software publishers of the personal computer industry’s early years – Programma International. Those of...
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Swordquest Origins
While working on the section of my book on video game comic books, I came across some information on the Swordquest series that I found interesting and I that I haven't seen mentioned on the various...
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History of Softape - Part 2
Two posts back, I gave a brief account of the history of the early Apple II software publisher Softape. Today, I will take a closer look at three of its most prolific game programmers. Gary ShannonNOTE...
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Annotated Atari Depositions, Part 1
Today I thought I’d try something different and see if goes over well. In the past several months, I’ve come into possession of a number of legal documents from various video game lawsuits of the...
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Photo Odds and Ends
I thought I'd take a quick break to post some interesting photos I've come across recently.First up are some more photos from the 1974 All Japan TV Game Championship that I reported on before...
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Annotated Atari Depositions - Part 2
Today we continue with Nolan Bushnell’s deposition from January 13 and 14, 1976. In this part, Nolan discusses his various experiences with computer games at the University of Utah. This (when and if...
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Annotated Atari Depositions, Part 3
written down the titles of the papers of the people.Q. I gather you have ordered a copy of the transcript from the University of Utah?A. Yes.Q. And have you corresponded with Dr. Atwood to try and get...
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Video Game Genealogies - Ralph Baer
For this post, I thought I’d take a break from my Atari depositions series and try something a little different. One of my hobbies is genealogy, so I have access to a good deal of genealogical info. So...
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More on the American Video Athletic Association
A few months back, I posted about the American Video Athletic Association. Since, I have exchanged e-mails with its founder so I thought I’d do a follow-up post with more details.In January 1982, Time...
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