Issue #8— August 2008
Wow! Has it been eight months already? Time flies when you are working your 4 Whatever Happened to that Atari
butt off! I have to say, that looking back at the last eight months, I am happy Jaguar thing?
with the direction of our little magazine. From the first issue that was rushed
together in 24 hours to this issue (#8) with a cover design by Michael of Good 5 Ad Wars
Deal Games, I am very pleased. 20
Donkey Kong: The Good, Bad,
I would like to personally thank the writers for their exceptional work and all of and Ugly
our various contributors and advertisers. Thanks for having faith in us and our
vision… To provide a magazine dedicated to fans of older and orphaned video 23 Book Excerpt: Classic 80’s
game systems. Home Video Games Identification & Value Guide
We have come along way in eight months, but there is much more to come. 29 Amiga: It all Started with
For as many things that please me, there are others that make me crazy. All of Lorraine
us at Video Game Trader and Isadoo Publishing are working hard to make
improvements each and every issue.
If you have a suggestion and/or comments please don't hesitate to share them. Reviews & Retrospectives
- Thomas Sansone, Owner 11 Classic Emulation— ParaJVE
Vectrex Emulator to push the boundaries of what a gamer should be
Editors in Chief and although his degree will say computer integra-
Thomas Sansone tor, his passion is writing and playing old video 14 Homebrew Reviews – Orphan
games, and sharing his unique perspective on the Systems … Adopted — This month
Price Guide Research gaming world today and in the past. we review Kill the Attacking Aliens for
Thomas Sansone the Odyssey 2
VideoGamePriceCharts.com P. Ian Nicholson a.k.a. VectrexMad
Only a recent retro gamer, Ian is VectrexMad! And 18 NES Archives—Agent J takes a
Editors you can usually find him making comment on the
RoseMarie Wright-Sansone rec.games.vectrex newsgroup. He has a website look at Deja Vu
Even though my wonderful wife works full-time,
www.vectrex.co.uk .
goes to school part-time, and raises our four
children, she still finds the time to be the Editor of Patrick Wong
our magazine. Features
Agents J & K Dan Mahlendorf
Agents J and K are part of the dynamic duo known 16 Game Battle—Mario Battle Dan's been playing video games since he was panel
for
nesarchives.com. However, little is known about high to an Asteroids machine but especially loves
either one of these avid NESers. After you are done 32 Going … Going… Gone! —Top the "16 Bit Wars" of the 90's. His writing can be
reading VGT, head on over to their website found on Good Deal Games' site and the Digital online Auction Sales
(www.nesarchives.com) and read their amazing Press Guide Advanced.
NES reviews. 34 VIDEO GAME TRADER PRICE
This Issues Contributers GUIDE – Prices for popular consoles Peter G.
Peter is our resident reviewing for all things Home- from the Atari 2600 to Nintendo 64.
Michael Rosamilia brew related. Our prices include games, accesso-
This 23-year-old lifelong New Jersey resident and ries and consoles. Over 6000 Prices!
graduate of Rutgers University, majored in English Good Deal Games (www.gooddealgames.com)
and minored in Medieval Studies. He is currently a Good Deal Games is an internet retailer of classic
student at Brooklyn Law School. 19 Bargain Brawlers games. You can find their puzzles in Video Game
Trader each month. Michael from Good Deal All contents of this Magazine are copyright Isadoo
Jim Combs Games has designed our new logo and this Publishing and/or their respected copyright holders.
Jim is a hardcore, passionate gamer. You can Please do not duplicate without permission. Published months cover. Thanks! monthly by Isadoo Publishing. All images are original
find his work in the Digital Press Collector's Guide images, or have been used by permission. For advertis-
Advance Edition & Tips & Tricks Magazine. Jay Fennimore: Owner,
J2Games.com ing information or for any other inquiries related to Video
Game Trader Magazine, please contact us at
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