Summer movie season is here and in full swing. That means craptacular tie-in games are coming too.
We're mostly subjected to home console games that most folks avoid or rent. Unfortunately, back in the golden arcade era, you couldn't really do any of that.
A small quarter investment into a bad game means a lot to a 10 year old, you know. Especially to those who hadn't yet learned movie..... [ read more ] 
Jun 06
Summer movie season is here and in full swing. That means craptacular tie-in games are coming too.
We're mostly subjected to home console games that most folks avoid or rent. Unfortunately, back in the golden arcade era, you couldn't really do any of that.
A small quarter investment into a bad game means a lot to a 10 year old, you know. Especially to those who hadn't yet learned movie..... [ read more ] Jun 05
Back when NHL was on Fox with puck cams, shooting streak tails, rocket sound effects, and glowing pucks, someone thought it was a good idea to make an over the top hockey game.
At first glance, you may have thought the screen shot from NBA Jam. Nope. It's from Jam's (better in my opinion) hockey twin: Open Ice. the full proper name being 2-on-2 Open Ice Challenge, but we all just call it..... [ read more ] Jun 05
Stanley Cup Finals are in full swing this weekend and we couldn't help ourselves looking at a few old school arcade hockey classics.
It would easy to just post something about air-hockey and Super Chexx (bubble hockey). Those two would make solid articles, but we wanted to look at the often overlooked arcade classics.
Hit The Ice totally fits that special little space in our hearts for..... [ read more ] May 22
Call me too girly, I don't care. It's not like I don't have my fair share of "Hello Kitty" goods, because I do. For some strange reason, I'm totally into Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man.
Maybe it's the "whagga-whagga" sound or chasing baddy ghosts around, or maybe it was the Pac-Man cartoons from my Saturday mornings, but I like Pac-Man.
My favorite Pac-Man game of all was, strangely still,..... [ read more ] May 22
Basketball games from 8-bit gaming and back tend to be pretty basic. Not a lot of depth as the players basically stand still and kind of throw a brick back and forth. If you were looking for some action, it was usually one-on-one style. Even those games had poor depth to say the least. The "Larry Bird" type player couldn't move, but could sink 3-pointers and jump shots from anywhere. While..... [ read more ] May 09
A homemade card is a perfect fit for Mother's Day and doubly better considering it's Retro Weekends here at Tech Bucket Blog.
Frankly, I don't know who made this card, but it looks pretty artsy crafty in a 2nd grader kind of way. I take it back, I've seen 2nd graders these days, and this is definitely more of a 1st grader's handy work.
Great choice of colors and the inside cover is sweet..... [ read more ] May 08
Multiplayer back in the day meant you were right next to the guy(s). No fancy cable connecting you, just good ol' fashioned socializing in front of a digital screen jamming buttons and yelling at each other. Get angry enough and the on-screen action crosses over into the real world.
Nothing says "fun!" more than that!
May 08
Data East had some awesome arcade games back in the day. If you play them enough, you'll soon discover the machines were all based on just a few arcade boards. You'll find different titles and characters, but overall play mechanics and styles were the same.
That doesn't make their games any less fun (or token hungry). It just goes to show you, solid..... [ read more ] 
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