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DP51: TOTALLY
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Cover Concept by Dave Giarrusso
A Woman's Touch: A Tale of Two Dragon's Lairs
Collecting TRON
Collecting 80's |
DP50: FIFTY
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Cover Concept by Dave Giarrusso
50 Issues Later... Memories!
50 Awful Games
Wacky World of AL: Hollywood Looks at Video Games VII Game Reviews:
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DP49: NEUTERED
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Cover Concept by Dave Giarrusso
A Woman's Touch
Wacky World of AL: Solution to Super Skateboardin'
On the Prowl NEUTER themed game reviews: |
DP48: MONKEYS
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
Wacky World of AL: Hollywood Goes to the Movies VI
On the Prowl
CON-hopping
MONKEY themed game reviews: |
DP47: LEFTOVERS
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Cover Concept by Dave Giarrusso
Interview with David Scolari (Codemasters)
Wacky World of AL: More Mysteries Revealed!
ROMpage: I'm Back
Howie Nation: Defending Your Hobby
Supercade: Review and Interview with Van Burnham |
DP46: BETA
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Cover Concept by Dave Giarrusso
ROMpage: While the Mice Are Away
Coke Wins: The True Story
Atari 5200 Unearthed
Wacky AL: Top Ten Brain Games
On the Prowl: Wake Up and Smell the eBay
Interview: Jaro Gielens, "Electronic Plastic"
eBay Insanity! |
DP45: DIG
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Cover Concept by Dave Giarrusso
Wacky AL: MORE Quoteables
Protecting Your Investment
Game & Watch Primer III Kabobber Manual
Page 1 &
Page 2
ROMpage
eBay Insanity! |
DP44:
UNPLAYED
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP43: RETRO
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
What Emulation CAN and CAN'T do
ROMpage: New Prototypes
Wacky AL: Bits 'N Pieces
Emulation: Getting a Fair Shake?
Why "Retro" is Cool
What is MAME-D? |
DP42: IMPOSSIBLE
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Cover Concept by Nick Robalik
Telesys' "The Impossible Game"
The King of Hardcore Games
Another Impossible Mission
Impossible Programmers
Mission IS Impossible |
DP41: DIGNITARIES
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
Quotables (Backiel)
CGE'99 ROMpage (Kelly)
Ralph Baer Saves Coleco (Iida) |
DP40: DAMES
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
Dinner with Bob Polaro (Backiel)
Video Game Damsels: Worth Saving? (Santulli)
REcollecting, Part 2 (Cooper)
Game & Watch Primer, Part 2 (Dyer)
Mysteries Solved (Backiel) |
DP39:
KILLCRAZY
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
Interview with Rick Levine (Backiel)
I, Robotron (Giarrusso)
World of Atari Coverage (Kelly)
REcollecting, Part 1 (Cooper)
Game & Watch Primer, Part 1 (Dyer)
Well, OK, here's Another Really Weird Letter |
DP38: SHOW
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP37: HERO
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
Interview with Swordquest Winner Michael Rideout (Hardie)
Hong Kong Game Hunt (Iida)
The Demise of the 3DO (Santulli)
Atari Comic Connection (Hardie) |
DP36: SOLO
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
The Rise of "Hybrid" Style Video Games (Santulli)
What I Want in a Sports Game (Santulli) |
DP35: WET
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
The Flood at the Kelly Place (Kelly)
3DO? OK... NOW! (Cooper)
Hollywood Looks at Video Games, Part Five (Backiel)
ROMpage! Out of Control (Kelly)
Q*Bert Goodies (Dyer) |
DP34:
SUPERSYSTEM
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
Atari 5200, Eh? (Backiel)
The Curse of the Atari 5200 Joysticks (Hardie)
Atari 5200: B.F.D! (Terry)
Classic Gaming vs. Retro Gaming (Dyer) |
DP33: IMPORT
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
The DP TOP 99 Classic Games (Staff)
Video Game Questions Never Answered (Backiel)
Crazed videogamers strike in ROMpage "Settle Down, People" (Kelly) |
DP32: SUMMER
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
Sean Kelly ponders the significance of classic system emulators (Kelly)
Al's Video Game Awards (Backiel) |
DP31: SUMMER
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP30:
BLURBATHON
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP29: LOST
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
75 Games You Might Have Missed (Staff) |
DP28: RECYCLE
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli
32-bit Sports Games (Cooper)
"Classic" Sequels (Santulli) Game reviews: |
DP27: DRIVE
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP26: TRASH
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP25: SPORT
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP24:
PAC
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP23: BRAIN
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP22: REQUISITION
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP21: FAME
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP20: ALTERNATIVES
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP19: RUSH
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP18: FOOLISH
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP17: BRATS
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP16: BRAWL
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP15: SCARY
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP14: SCAVENGERS
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP13: PERSPECTIVE
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Cover Concept by Joe Santulli |
DP12
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Digital Press Interview with Ray "Burgertime" Kaestner (Kelly) Find out a little more about what went on behind the scenes in the heyday of the Intellivision from one of its original Blue Sky Rangers.
Joe and Karl's Excellent Adventure (J Santulli)
The Weirdest Letter We've Ever Gotten, and How We Answered
Hollywood Looks at Video Games, Part One (Backiel) |
DP11
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DP10
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DP09
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DP08
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DP07
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DP06
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DP05
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DP04
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DP03
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How to Train a Non-Gamer 10 tips to getting them on board and in game.
Genesis Football Frenzy
The Worst of the Atari 2600
Closet Classics |
DP02
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Whither ColecoVision? A fan laments the passing of a truly classic system. Please remember this was written in 1991!
The Worst of the Atari 2600 |
DP01
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The Worst of the Atari 2600 Co-founder Kevin Oleniacz' astute observations on the horrors of the Atari 2600 begin here (#1 thru #8).
Closet Classics
Game Review: King's Bounty |
Many of these items below are web-based exclusives that did not appear in
the pages of Digital Press.
In addition, this site also has
Feature Columns - dedicated columns by some of our resident experts that
you'll only find right here!
TOPIC | ARTICLES |
Collector's Closet
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DP editor Joe Santulli's monthly column with Tips & Tricks magazine, archived here for posterity. |
Best of/Worst of and Other Lists |
Digital Press' Annual Classic Video Game Achievement Awards (2002) The tightest year to date! Check out the winners.
Digital Press' Annual Classic Video Game Achievement Awards (2001) Digital Press' First Annual Classic Video Game Achievement Awards (2000) The 20 Worst Nintendo Games Ever (9/98, Reiley)
The NES "CONGRATULATION" Awards (3/99, Reiley)
The Ten BEST Games You've Never Played (Santulli)
Halloween Classics (Santulli)
Should Have Been a Sequel (11/96, Oleniacz)
Cliff's Notes History of Video Games (Santulli) |
Collecting |
Collector's Corner
A series of game collecting articles and photo galleries from your friends at Digital Press.
Collector's Closet
The ULTIMATE Game Room
Dreamcast Collector's List
Getting Started on Video Game Collecting (Santulli)
Building Up Your Video Game Collection (Santulli)
The Cubicolor Gang
SANTULLI'S ROOM OF DOOM
Get 'Em While They're USED (1/97, J Santulli)
SwordQuest Waterworld (1/97, Terry)
Collecting: The Two-Player Game (1/02, J Santulli, Moreau) |
Game Design |
How to Make a ColecoVision Cartridge (Santulli)
The Resurgence of Classic Video Games (Santulli)
The Classic Gaming Fascination (Santulli)
How to Modify Your ColecoVision to Use A/V Outputs (Kelly) |
Console Gaming |
Intro to the Atari 2600 (Oleniacz) Here's how it all began... and ended
ColecoVision Collector's Primer (Santulli)
Intro to the ColecoVision (Terry)
Intellivision Collector's Primer (Santulli)
Intro to the Intellivision (Kelly)
Intro to the Odyssey2 (Kaiser)
Intro to the Vectrex (Backiel) |
Miscellaneous |
Ward Shrake's Digital Archaeology (Arcadia 2001) Ward Shrake's Digital Archaeology (VIC-20) Before Ward left the hobby, he was hosted here at Digital Press. Ward was the definitive Arcadia 2001 expert and one of the most knowledgeable VIC-20 experts as well. We're still holding out hope that he returns, but until that time, you can enjoy his years of research here.
Building a SuperGun: My Journal
Making CD Soundtracks from Redbook Audio Games
Sean Kelly in Chicago Reader (PDF)
eBay Insanity Contest 2003
eBay Insanity Contest 2005
Lucky Wander Boy by D. B. Weiss (Gugliciello) We spent some time with our controversial spokesmodel to get to know the lady behind the pictures.
Video Game Fonts (zip file)
Video Gaming LORE
The Infocom Legacy (Santulli)
Cooper Sells His Collection - Details (Cooper)
DP Returns to Paper 1997 (J Santulli)
Letters from Jess (Ragan)
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Byte - 12/81
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Article by Gregg Williams entitled "Battle of the Asteroids" about all the various versions of Asteroids (both legal and illegal) around that time. |
Black Enterprise - 12/82
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Article by S. Lee Hilliard entitled "Cash In On The Video Game Craze" that features such luminaries as Fairchild's Channel F designer and Video Soft founder Jerry Lawson and APF Electronics' MP 1000 designer Edward Smith. |
Black Enterprise - 8/85
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Follow-up article by David Squires again featuring Jerry Lawson and others. |