No other video game franchise screams Halloween more than Castlevania. 33 years of Dracula whipping fun, quirkiness and extreme frustration has spanned more than 30 game releases of hunter versus vampire killing across various arcade, [more…]
As this issue of Paleotronic magazine is Halloween themed, being asked to write an article discussing the history of arcade horror games fits perfectly, even if you are not a big fan on the horror [more…]
Pac-Man was the hottest arcade game of 1981 and Atari saw an opportunity to capitalise on it with a VCS version… By the end of that year, people had pumped more money into Pac-Man machines [more…]
Computer and video game companies often dive into the deep end of innovation in a bid to capture the next big thing in gaming. The driving force is revenue, profits and capturing market share from [more…]
The 1980s are famous for its horror-action-comedy movies, three of the most well-recognised being Gremlins, Goonies and Ghostbusters. Of course, given their popularity, they all had computer games made for them as well! Let’s take [more…]
People love to be scared, and the forms of media we consume reflect that. From Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein to Capcom’s Resident Evil series, audiences have actively sought out fear in its various incarnations. It’s [more…]
In the previous two issues of Paleotronic I have written about RPG games, their origins, the games credited with being the first of their kinds on home computers in the RPG video gaming category. Midi [more…]
The multimedia boom of the 1990s saw an influx of computer programs released on compact discs. With the extra storage allowed by the format, games could begin to provide gamers with a far richer experience [more…]
Total Replay is an awesome hard disk image created and constantly updated by Apple II heroes 4AM, Qkumba and others. It contains 328 (current count) classic Apple II action games, including just about every game [more…]
When animator Don Bluth agreed to animate an obscure laserdisc videogame tentatively titled “The Dragon’s Lair”, little did he know it would become one of his biggest successes… Dragon’s Lair… Dragon’s Lair… ah yes Dragon’s [more…]
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