by Old School Gamer | May 2, 2019 | 2010s, Events
Live Simulcast Chat During First Game Design Meeting Saturday, May 4 at Noon PT on Facebook Live, Twitch TV and YouTube Live IRVINE, CA, May 1, 2019 – In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Earthworm Jim, Intellivision Entertainment is proud to announce it has...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 24, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Gaming
In an article published in 2017, author Mark Manson called life “the largest open world game known to date”. Come to think of it, he was right – except, of course, that it’s not a video game. But did you ever think of just how big Africa really...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 16, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Welcome to another installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers and Old School Games from the Golden Age of gaming. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin or token to start a video game. The earning of these coins was mostly...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 15, 2019 | Columns, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
In the beginning, there was the dot. The white dot. Alone in a void of blackness. This was the world of Pong, Computer Space, Breakout and many more. Crude graphics and no color. These were the earliest arcade video games – many implemented solely through hardwired...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 14, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns
Instead of trying to cram everything about a genre into one article, this time I am going to focus on a particular series within the realm of the shoot ‘em up. It is one that started off in arcades and was done in such a way that the home ports never could capture the...