Tag: retrogaming

April 17, 2023 0

History of Puck-Man

By retrogamingdev

Puck-Man was developed by the Japanese video game company Namco in 1980, and it quickly became a hit in Japanese arcades. The game was designed by Toru Iwatani, who was inspired by the shape of a pizza with a missing slice when he came up with the idea for Puck-Man’s character design.

September 9, 2022 0

Sharp SF1: A Super Famicom TV | Gaming Historian

By retrogamingdev

When Nintendo launched the Super Famicom in 1990, they couldn’t make enough consoles to meet the demand. But there was another way to get one: The Sharp SF1, a $1,000 TV with a built-in Super Famicom! Learn the history and functionality of this obscure piece of video game hardware.