by Old School Gamer | Apr 29, 2020 | 2020s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
Meeting Warren a couple years ago has started out a relationship where I’ve spent some nice time with him – first talking at E3, then later in Des Moines when he was in town, and hanging out at a couple retro gaming expos. When I first met him he told me he was...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 27, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Gaming
It’s an obvious truth that there are many millions of players out there who are hooked on the old-style gaming. They either get their fix playing on the original consoles rescued from the cellar, cleaned up and made ready for action or by using more modern tech to...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 21, 2020 | 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Events, Magazine Preview
It was a brisk 30 degrees in Rochester, NY on Friday November 8, 2019. Coming from Los Angeles, the cold was a shock to my system, but well worth it. I made thejourney east to a end a screening of Josh Tsui’s new documentary about Williams/Bally/Midway… Insert...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 20, 2020 | Console/Handheld
In 2016 an anonymous Reddit user known only as The-King-of-Spain said they’d developed a way to play Virtual Boy games using newly released VR technology from Google and Samsung. Using an emulator – software enabling older operating systems to run on modern devices –...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 19, 2020 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
It may be strange to imagine, but there has never been a point in the Mac’s life where shooters weren’t available for it. I mean, when you think Mac, even if you think games, you probably don’t think shooters, except maybe Marathon (more on that later). Shooters...