THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 1 - January 1999

Pong (1972).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 2 - February 1999

Death Race (1976).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 3 - March 1999

Night Driver (1976).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 4 - April 1999

Boot Hill (1977).

KINGPIN FEATURE - May 1999

The old censorship chestnut rears its bloody, swearing head again. And gets it stoved in with a lead pipe.

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 5 - May 1999

The Atari VCS (1977).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 6 - June 1999

Atari Football (1978).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 7 - July 1999

Sea Wolf 2 (1978).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 8 - August 1999

Galaxian (1978).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 9 - September 1999

Game And Watch (1981). A brief divergence from the chronological history to fit in with that month's handhelds theme.

GAME BOY EXCHANGER FEATURE - September 1999

Deeply irresponsible recommendation of a heinous piracy device.

NEO GEO POCKET COLOUR FEATURE - September 1999

An evangelical piece which sadly failed to ignite the desire of Front readers for the neat little machine.

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 10 - October 1999

Lunar Lander (1979). A particularly memorable comparison to Gran Turismo in this one.

PINBALL FEATURE - October 1999

See if you can guess what this one was about.

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 11 - November 1999

Berzerk (1980).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 11b - November 1999

Berzerk again. I got a bit confused and actually wrote this one twice. Here's the alternative mix.

REMAKES FEATURE - November 1999

A familiar theme - old games updated for the new generation.

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 12 - December 1999

Carnival (1980).

THE HISTORY OF VIDEOGAMES PART 13 - January 2000

Unluckily for videogame history lovers, a severe cut in Front's gaming coverage meant this Battlezone piece was the last instalment of the series. And we'd still only got to 1980.

POKEMON FEATURE - January 2000

A very short piece exploring a theme that I'd later tackle in more detail in a major Dick Francis interview for CTW (qv).

10-MINUTE WONDERS - January 2000

A feature about the resurgence in games that you could play in short bursts of fun.