| Last Update: 05/02/2009 |
Wii: 1345 2773 2048 1586 | PS3: ArmchairArcade Bill:
Note: My collection now consists of well over 320 different videogame consoles, computers and handhelds spanning the 35+ year history of home and business systems, with countless software, peripherals, add-ons, literature, collectibles, etc... Armchair Arcade (the latest updates will always be there) The Flickr Photos (a small preview is below)
(New!) Two more books and a feature film documentary are in progress. More soon! (New!) The first book from Bill Loguidice is now available! Check out Vintage Games: An Insider Look at the History of Grand Theft Auto, Super Mario, and the Most Influential Games of All Time today! 06/28/2008 Update: Titles will be announced soon! One full color book is coming from Focal Press (scheduled to be finished around the end of August) and the other Hiive Books (scheduled to begin after the Focal Press book). THE COLLECTION  | Systems Listing: This link takes you to a fairly up-to-date listing of my current videogame, computer and portable systems (New!) | | Boxed Computer Software: This link takes you to a fairly up-to-date listing of my current boxed computer software collection. Explanation here. (New!) | | (2007) - The Collection VI - The final home for my collection (to June 24, 2007); Click the link to the left for the explanation at Armchair Arcade (and then go to the Flickr link) or click here to go straight to the Flickr gallery | | (2005 - 2006) The Collection V - Here's the first new update in a long, long time; I've re-photographed everything. I'll post additions and special requests as they come in in galleries as subs below this bullet point (I also occasionally recount my thoughts on certain systems and setups I get over at the Armchair Arcade "Game Reviews" forum in a more casual manner) |
(2005) The Collection V - Additions and Requests
(2005) The Collection V - Additions and Requests II
(2005) The Collection V - Additions and Requests III
(2005) The Collection V - Additions and Requests IV
(2005 - 2006) The Collection V - Additions and Requests V
(2006) The Collection V - Additions and Requests VI
| (2004) The Collection IV - The fourth and newest photo summary of some of my videogame and computer collection. This also includes light commentary on the PhillyClassic 5 (March 20 - 21, 2004) | | (2004) The Collection III - The third photo summary of some of my videogame and computer collection | | (2003) The Collection Exposed - A photo summary of the redesigned layout of my videogame and computer collection. This will be the last general purpose photo essay. Additions to the collection will simply be added to the regular collection series (The Collection I, II, III, etc.). | | (2003) The Collection II - The second photo summary of some of my videogame and computer collection | | (2003) The Collection I - The first photo summary of some of my videogame and computer collection | | Here is a link to Old-Computers.com and "The Club", which has a partial (and now very out-of-date) listing of my console and computer collection in a unique database. |
FAMILY COMPUTING MAGAZINE ARCHIVE | Family Computing Magazine - January 1986 - Volume 4 - Number 1 |
ARMCHAIR ARCADE ARTICLE LINKS
(Selected works by Bill Loguidice (or in collaboration), unless otherwise noted, with original comments from the Website. This only features formal articles, not blog posts, which began in 2006 and continue to this day (and often take the form of articles or features)) | (2005) Character Selection: From Princess to Dwarf
by Christina Loguidice
Do you want to play a game as a princess or dwarf? Christina discusses why the choice is not always an easy one | | (2005) Antic Aardvark in "Old School"
Armchair Arcade's unofficial mascot makes his first appearance in his self-titled comic strip | | (2005) A Reader’s Guide to the System Ranking Matrix (2005 Update) - Technical Statistics and Ratings for U.S. Game Capable Systems
This overview of the System Ranking Matrix leads into the latest updates for the reference and comparison guide itself, which now features 86 different videogame and computer systems | | (2005) Atari Flashback versus Commodore 64 30-in-1
"TV games", or consoles that have a fixed set of games, have become quite popular and seem to show up everywhere. The Atari and Commodore names have always been part of a fierce rivalry, and while the companies behind these products are different, the competition continues in TV game form. Which device delivers? Read before you buy! | | (2004) Armchair Arcade's Classic Review Radio Special
Bill reveals his multimedia side again with a series of audio shorts covering a variety of retrogaming topics. This is over one hour worth of intelligent retrogaming commentary from one of the community's most serious collectors and historians. Contents:
| | (2004) System Ranking Matrix - Technical Statistics and Ratings for 75 U.S. Game Capable Systems ; A Reader’s Guide to the System Ranking Matrix - Technical Statistics and Ratings for U.S. Game Capable Systems
How does the Commodore Vic-20 compare to the PalmOS platform? How does a modern PC compare to the RCA Studio II? How do all four of those units compare to each other and dozens of other systems? These questions and more are answered in two ways for 75 different US game capable systems, with a factual, objective ranking, and a real world observation-based rating that is subjective. Don't agree? Have information to contribute or correct? Do so via each system's handy comment box. This will be an ongoing Armchair Arcade feature. | | (2004) Atari 2600 Mega Mini Reviews: Part I [An Armchair Arcade Video Article]
Bill brings us our first video article, which features a lively look at five shooting games for the Atari 2600: Chopper Command, Defender, Fantastic Voyage, Space Cavern, and Space Jockey. | | (2004) Sequential Access: Essay Nybbles
Through a series of five short essays in this first of a regular column, Bill gives us a highly opinionated look at some interesting topics as they relate to classic and modern computers and videogames: ESSAY 01 - Exploring Emotions and Sophisticated Themes in Videogames, ESSAY 02 - Defining Videogame Eras, ESSAY 03 - Perceived Value in Gaming, ESSAY 04 - Defining Past and Present Game Genres, and ESSAY 05 - Classic Games, Music and Movies. Don't agree with the conclusions? Take it to the forums! | | (2004) Atari 2600 Expanded Homebrew Review: Thrust+ Platinum Edition
Bill takes a look at the latest version of the popular Atari 2600 homebrew title, Thrust+ Platinum Edition. Is it worthy to stand alongside the best commercial releases of the past? Read-on to find out... | | (2004) Good Deal Games: An Interview with Michael Thomasson
In this interview-based piece, Bill gives us the latest news from Michael Thomasson and Good Deal Games, which among many other things publishes new games for classic and orphaned systems. | | (2004) Songbird Productions: An Interview with Carl Forhan
In this interview-based piece, Bill gets the scoop from Carl Forhan of Songbird Productions on what it means to be a modern day Atari Lynx and Atari Jaguar developer and publisher. | | (2004) Interactive Fiction and Feelies: An Interview with Emily Short
In this interview-based piece, Bill gives us the low-down on the current state of Interactive Fiction development and marketing. "Feelies," or small products sometimes included with a game to help spur interest and player involvement, are making a serious comeback thanks to Emily Short and feelies.org. Read all about it here! | | (2004) Atari - A Tale of Two Systems, Part I: Atari 5200 and Atari 7800 | | (2004) Game Packaging – A Look to the Past When Treasures Beyond the Game Were Within the Box | | (2004) Intellivision vs. ColecoVision Parts I and II: BurgerTime and Gambling |
PHOTO REPORTS AND IMPRESSIONS ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND ESSAYS LINKS TO EXTERIOR WORK | Published books! | | I now do most of my classic and modern videogame and computer related writing for Armchair Arcade, Inc., or simply Armchair Arcade. Contributors are always welcome for this unique online publication! | | Myth Core Productions, Inc., is a creative development group I'm part of. | | (2007 - 2009) Gamasutra's A History of Gaming Platforms and The History of... series (search on Loguidice for more) | | (2004) Visit www.gooddealgames.com, and while there, check out what they reprinted of my past work from Armchair Arcade | | My AtariAge Combat Redux Design Contest Entries (I'm proud of the tank level designs, not the plane cloud designs) from 2004... | | Visit www.old-computers.com, and while there, check out my entries on the (2003) Atari 5200 SuperSystem: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=901&st=2 and the (2003) Atari 7800 ProSystem: http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=898&st=2. An article in the first issue of Armchair Arcade also contains a lot of the information in those two features. I still occasionally contribute to these guys, like for the Action Max entry... | | (2003) My AtariAge Climber 5 Atari 2600 Label Contest Entry... (Eek! It came out bad...) | | (mid-1990's) I contributed a very small amount to the infamous ColecoVision FAQ, at least enough to get a credit on all versions... | | Google link to a historical archive of my forum posts from the mid-1990's (pre-Internet) to roughly October 2003. You can modify the search to make it more videogame or computer specific. | | I'm also mentioned here as a small part of the excellent Computer Collector Newsletter... |
MISCELLANEOUS
Note: This will only include a few key miscellaneous items, particularly in regards to mentions in other publications, since I get used as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for videogame and computer content quite often. | (2006) I was mentioned in this Escapist article and also had one of the interviews and articles I conducted for Armchair Arcade mentioned in there as well | | (2006) I was used as one of the subject matter experts in a piece from the Indianapolis Business Journal entitled Gamer cashes in on hobby - Arcade cabinets combine old titles, new technology (April 2006) | | (2005) I was used as one of the subject matter experts on this "Living" piece from the Las Vegas Review-Journal newspaper entitled Appreciating the Classic Arcade Games (December 29, 2005) | | (2004) My 2004 entry for the The 1st Annual 1 to 2K Classic Text Adventure Competition, zipped. It's a .bas file, fully QBasic PC compatible (and likely compatible with other BASIC versions). It was very challenging for obvious reasons (no entry over 2,816 bytes!), but lots of fun. I can't program well yet - which is clear from the entry - but I had fun whipping up the story and trying to cram as many features as possible into such a tiny space (which required losing features, but I was still able to retain the important ones). Anyway, when submitted, it got a 9 out of 10 and was called "The best 2K competition game thus far!" and "Very sharp!". | | (2003) Right click and do a "Save As" for the 2003 Microsoft Word version of Game Programming with BlitzBasic for the Absolute Beginner: Tutorial #1, which was a collaborative work with Stede Troisi, and is now placed on indefinite hold (I did heavy layout and editing work on it). | | (2002) I won some neat stuff in a RetroGaming Radio contest. From the site (Old News: 10/21/2002 - 10/28/2002) and the link:
"We have a winner in our "NAME OUR SEGMENT" contest. The winner is Bill Loguidice, and his prize is a pair of AUTOGRAPHED Dragon's Lair 3D action figures - signed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldman, compliments of Don Bluth Films and RetroGaming Radio." | | (1989/1991) Just for fun, here is original art I did converted straight from my Commodore Amiga 500 and Deluxe Paint III days, circa 1989 and 1991, respectively: Peanuts and Bugs Bunny, both drawn pixel-by-pixel using a mouse. Here is some more on Armchair Arcade from the Commodore 64 from the 1980s. |
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