Crossy Road Stands Tall Over Other Free-to-Play Game Apps

The mobile game that broke the mold for free-to-play games is also a lot of fun.

by Rich Watson 

Crossy Road is one of the few mobile video games for which I feel any affinity. The design is deceptively simple, the gameplay even simpler. 

For someone who grew up with eighties arcade games and still identifies with them, it feels like the right kind of transition to twenty-first-century gaming.

Coleco’s Pac-Man Tabletop Game Brought the Arcade Experience Home

 

The eighties passion for Pac-Man led to the creation of this miniature arcade game version—part of a series.

by Rich Watson 

In 1982, during the height of the Pac-Man craze, Coleco released a tabletop home version of the immensely popular arcade game.

I had one because I was as much into Pac-Man as everyone else at the time.

Activision Decathlon Was Part of a New Wave of Successful Home Video Games

 

One of the early successes for Activision was this sports game which was almost as much of a workout as the real sport.

by Rich Watson 

My first home computer was the Commodore 64. Like many kids in the eighties, I used it for playing video games, mostly from a new company called Activision.

Their Decathlon was quite a challenge.