News

‘Pac-Man Fever’ Performer Dies At 63

Gary Garcia, who teamed with Jerry Buckner to perform the 1982 hit “Pac-Man Fever”, a song synonymous with 1980s pop culture and America’s early love affair with arcade gaming, died yesterday at his home in Englewood, Fla. He was 63.


August 29, 2011
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Bet On Virtual Matchups Of Starcade’s Roster Of Champions

The company behind the original video game competition, 1982′s Starcade, has launched a site that packages clips from the old game show into a format that lets you “play” Starcade online.


July 1, 2011
In Real Life

Pac-Man Fever Duo Stake Their Comeback To A Mobile Game

When they cashed in on the video game crazy nearly 30 years ago, Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia didn’t have to worry about licensing. Columbia/CBS records took care of that as Pac-Man Fever soared to No. 8 on the charts in 1982. Of course, the price they paid came later, in the form of CBS’s insistence that they think up songs about Mousetrap, Frogger and Centipede, and the attendant decline in dignity.


April 17, 2011
In Real Life

The Binder That Ties You To A Game

Wax nostalgic with a sports gamer of a certain age and it’s not long before he will mention, like a venerated religious text, the Three-Ring Binder. It was the original franchise mode.


April 9, 2011
News

Study Finds 1980s Gamers Less Likely To Be University Graduates

A researcher at Oxford University queried adults who were 16 years old in 1986 and found a correlation between an interest in video gaming and a lower likelihood of going on to university.


August 24, 2010
In Real Life

Gaming As A 1980s Music Video

As seen this weekend during Gamescom 2010.


June 8, 2010
In Real Life

25 Years Later, Goonies Still Never Say Die

With no sequel, no reboot, no spinoffs – just one movie and one video gameThe Goonies is a rarity, a phenomenon supported by two decades of nearly unexploited nostalgia. The film’s 25th anniversary of its release is today.