by Ryan Burger | Nov 13, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview
Back in the 1970s, you bought your video games at Sears, which, according to Nolan Bushnell, “The first three years it as exclusive to them. After that, e opened it up to several other retailers.” You would buy your computer software at an Apple dealer, Radio Shack,...
by Ryan Burger | Sep 21, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade
For Scott Leftwich, the ’80s were the peak of existence! He has taken this hobby to a different level than anyone I have met in my ten years of networking with video game hobbyists, and Old School Gamer is going to tell you the story. For him, it starts out with...
by Ryan Burger | Sep 17, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns
Old School Gamer surveyed its friend running nationally and regionally known retro arcades and found out that there are some games you have to have to consider ourself a retro arcade. We started by listing the most popular games on the KLOV.Com site (Museum of the...
by Ryan Burger | Oct 7, 2023 | 2020s, Columns, Events
Rolling into town late on a Friday night, we didn’t know what to expect about the accommodations set up for us by Ryan of the Illinois Game Con. I had checked out the website for Arcadia (vintagevideogames.com) and it looked really cool. I was told we were staying...
by Ryan Burger | Sep 17, 2023 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Press Release
Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (KONAMI) and WayForward announced that Contra: Operation Galuga – a new entry in the legendary Contra run-‘n’-gun video game series – is on its way to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC...