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The 80s Video Game Reviewolution
Before online updates. Before downloadable content. Before achievements and battle passes.
There was a quarter in your pocket, a blinking arcade cabinet, and the hope your initials would make it onto the high score screen.
Insert Coin is Foam Finger Nation's celebration of the golden age of video games. Here, Retro Rhett revisits the arcade classics, home consoles, and forgotten gems that defined an entire generation of gamers.
More than 40 years later, we're asking the questions that matter:
Does the game still hold up?
Would you still spend your allowance on it?
And is it worthy of a spot in gaming history?
From the glowing arcades of the early 1980s to the living rooms powered by Atari, Nintendo, Sega, ColecoVision, Intellivision, Commodore 64, and beyond, Insert Coin rewinds the clock to revisit the games that started it all.
What You'll Find Here
đšī¸ Reviews of classic 80s video games
đŽ Arcade and home console retrospectives
đ High score memories and gaming trivia
đŧ Forgotten games that deserve another look
â Retro Rhett's official Reviewolution Rating
đž Deep dives into the companies, creators, and innovations that shaped gaming
Whether it's Pitfall!, Solaris, Pac-Man, Qbert*, Donkey Kong, Joust, River Raid, Dragon's Lair, or a cartridge buried in a dusty toy box, every game gets another chance to prove itself.
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The Activision Patch Challenge
Long before Xbox achievements and PlayStation trophies, Activision created something revolutionary.
If you reached a qualifying score in certain Activision games, you could take a photograph of your television screen, mail it to Activision, and earn an official embroidered patch recognizing your accomplishment.
Today, Retro Rhett is taking on the Activision Patch Challenge—attempting to earn every original Activision skill patch exactly as gamers did in the 1980s.
No save states.
No cheats.
No shortcuts.
Just skill, persistence, and a joystick.
Follow along as we chase some of gaming's earliest achievements and relive one of the coolest promotions in video game history.
Because before there were achievements...
There were patches.