Retrogaming: All about 80s and 90s Classic Video Games

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Everything about 80s and 90s Arcade and Classic Video Games. Game designers, box and cover art, the story of retro games, retro reviews and fun facts.

Retro Game Console Story: The Mattel Intellivision

Stefano DM · 20 Agosto 20184 Agosto 2020

The design of the Intellivision began in 1978, by Mattel Electronics, the name of the company department dedicated to electronic games. A first marketing took place in 1979, in California, with an availability of four games, in 1980 it was extended throughout the country to a target price of $ 299 and a game included: …

Retro Computer Story: The Commodore 64

Stefano DM · 19 Agosto 20184 Agosto 2020

The Commodore 64 was a very popular home computer in the 1980s. The name adopted by the manufacturer, the Commodore Business Machine, was initially Vic-30, but before its distribution it was changed to Commodore 64. The American Commodore was founded in 1964 by Jack Tramiel to repair typewriters. Tramiel is far-sighted and looks at the …

Retro Game Console Story: The Colecovision

Stefano DM · 19 Agosto 20184 Agosto 2020

Coleco (a contraction of COnnecticut LEather COmpany) was the first company to use a “dedicated chip” in a home video game with Telstar Arcade in 1976. Trying to replicate the success of this first console, Coleco decided to produce nine different variations of Telstar. But in the following year, as many as 75 producers put …

Retro Game Console Story: The Atari 2600

Stefano DM · 19 Agosto 20184 Agosto 2020

The Atari 2600 was the first and most famous game console designed by the Atari. It was also called Atari VCS, or Atari Video Computer System. The name “2600” came only later, when Atari produced and launched on the market (only in America) the Atari 5200. The Atari 2600 was the first successful “programmable” console. …

Retro Computer Story: The Commodore Amiga

Stefano DM · 17 Agosto 20184 Agosto 2020

The history of the Commodore Amiga begins way back in 1980, inside the Atari research laboratories. Jay Miner – hardware designer – in those years he was developing 8-bit systems, like the 2600, the 400 and the Atari 800. These machines were all based on the same “custom” chips that managed graphics, audio and video …