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The ABCs of '80s video games-please help?

May 31, 2009 by Jason G. | Posted in Video & Online Games

The ABCs of '80s video games-please help?
I want to make an alphapbetical list of classic video games. Here's all I got so far:

Asteroids
Burger Time
Centipede
Dig-Dug
Excitebike
Frogger
Galaga
Hard Hat Mack
Ice Climber
Joust
Kangaroo
Legend of Zelda
Mario Bros.

Classic Game Room reviews XEVIOUS for Atari 7800

Classic Game Room season 1 - December 24, 1999. The boys at CGR review Xevious for the Atari 7800. In this old school, very early episode of Game ...

Namco Bandai Announces Two New Properties That Are Receiving The Comic Treatment

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The world of video games is an ever changing and growing industry and that’s clearly evident by a new venture started by Namco Bandai.  The home of Pac-Man, Katamari Damacy, and the Soul Calibur franchise is branching out by not creating animes or movies but rather web comics based on some of their properties.  

Most of us likely aren’t strangers to seeing a comic book based on a video game appear as major franchises such as Resistance, Halo, and even Army of Two have all received the comic book treatment thanks to major publishers such as DC and Marvel. But with their comic initiative Namco is digging deep into their vaults to give us something unexpected as nearly forgotten arcade classics are being updated with a modern twist.

Namco Bandai’s ShiftyLook is a place where franchises such as Xevious and Sky Kid have been brought back to life in a unique but unlikely way as a web comic.  Unlike other comic book projects based on video games, these updates aren’t being done to serve as a marketing tool for a game but instead are merely Namco’s way of growing a property and in some ways presenting it to a generation of gamers for the first time.  The ShiftyLook website already has several comics going up on a weekly basis such as Dirk Davies written by Ben McCool and the modern retelling of Xevious which transforms the game into a 1980s action movie involving aliens.

This past weekend at C2E2 in Chicago Namco Bandai unveiled two new Shifty Look projects, one of which would make for the perfect game and the other which is backed by a major comic book veteran.  Launching next month on ShiftyLook is Wonder Momo , the comic adaptation of a game not many people may know about as it was released exclusively in Japan.  Basically a cross between Wonder Woman and Ultraman, Wonder Momo is being re-envisioned by UDON artist Omar Dogan and written by Erik Ko and Jim Zub. The property itself may not illicit immediate hype as it doesn’t have a Pac-Man level following, but the concept of seeing a female protagonist decked out in Super Sentai style armor doing battle against aliens has the makings to be an awesome comic and more importantly could be an awesome game if Namco were to ever go in that direction.  

Source: Shogun Gamer

Jakks Pacific Plug-and-Play Video Games

We have reported on items from Jakks Pacific before, and I had a chance to try out three of their Plug and Play video games. Not only is Pac-man available, but all sorts of games like Xevious, Galaga, Dig Dug, and about ten more. The player is able to draw back the club by rolling on the track ball, and then roll it forward quickly to strike it. This one I found difficult to control, but then again, I’ve never really liked golf games. Of the three that I reviewed, this game was the only one that required a sensor, and required 3 AAA batteries. The second is Golden Tee Golf, and it is strictly a golf game with a track ball controller. The third is Big Buck Hunter, and it is a TV adaptation of the arcade game where you shoot bucks, not does. If shooting defenseless animals isn’t your sport, the game also has shooting UFOs, cowpies, and moonshine jugs.

Source: Oxygen Brisbane

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