Double Dragon for Atari is a technical wonder. Check it out: many different screens of detailed city backgrounds; music, however beepy...

Instead of games, I sometimes like to look at aspects of mental health. Such as . . . How do you get rid of sadness? The cynical side of...

Twenty years ago, I saw a screenshot for Snoopy and the Red Baron. This was in the early 2000s, when I was changing from someone who...

A look at the Sega Pico and a few of its major franchise games.

When I played Night Driver as a child, I was impressed by the illusion of speed and movement. I still am, especially considering this is...

If you're a big fan of missile defense games like Missile Command and Atlantis, you may enjoy M.A.D. Waves of enemies fly in, then drop...

After playing Bugs, a paddle game featuring bugs, I played Picnic, another paddle game featuring bugs. Picnic isn't great, but it's not...

Bugs by Data East is a great example of the low-quality games that flooded the market, leading to the Video Game Crash of '83. Using a...

Human Cannonball is a "puzzle game that tests memory skills," according to the Atari Flashback Companion guide. Well, it is, but it's...

A unique adventure, with or without light gun. Wow, Crossbow must be an epic adventure! We travel through many lands and fight all kinds...

Unique isometric shooter, but does it work? Desert Falcon for Atari 7800 Let's start with that awesome Atari 7800 Prosystem. Because with...

Great title screens, and fun in different ways. Yes, fun! Atari 2600 Dark Chambers: A good game inside a bad game? Though I always found...

It's not really Rubik's Cube; it's a lot easier, and fun. A pretty good puzzle game The Atari 2600 may not have Tetris, but it does have...

Learn the D-Pad, game melodies, and the Konami Code. Now if only it played games. How do you teach a kid to play a video game? Pop in a...

I found an Atari game I've never heard of! Now I know why. Cosmic Corridor plays like Vanguard, with its blocky scrolling and directional...

Jungle antics in a pith helmet? Yes! Jungle Hunt succeeds, where Congo Bongo and Coconuts are so forgettable that I'd have to read the...

After playing Coconuts, I felt inspired to check out other 'nut-tossing ape games for Atari. And so we have Congo Bongo. This Sega title...

Interested in collecting for the Atari 7800 ProSystem? If so, the 7800 offers many affordable, excellent arcade ports such as Donkey...

This game is coco-nuts! Not really, I just wanted to say that. This game is . . . well, it's a game. In Coconuts, we play as "Stanley I....

I was expecting to be disinterested, but Dark Cavern kept me engaged. It's fun!I First, I need to mention that Dark Cavern is a port of...