Hype Check: 'Super Mario Bros.' Wii Rocks the Return to Side-Scrolling Roots
The Hype: Eons ago, in 1982, video games took a dramatic evolutionary leap as 'Pitfall' and 'Moon Patrol' revolutionized the burgeoning gaming movement with the development of the side-scrolling platform. No longer limited to single-screen action or distant, overhead views, virtual worlds astronomically increased in size and scope.
Take a warp-zone pipe ahead almost 30 years, and the ...
It's hard to believe it's been 30 years since the release of Atari's famous VCS (Video Computer System) or as it's better known, the 2600. The 2600 was the first successful home video-game console of its kind, and the first 2,600 of them rolled out of the factory in October of 1977. Fantastic original games and home versions of popular arcade titles helped make the 2600 the ubiquitous ...








