Steve Juon, Author at Old School Gamer Magazine https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/author/stevejuon/ Dedicated to you...the old school/retro gamer from the arcades to your home! Thu, 25 Jun 2026 19:33:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.6 https://i0.wp.com/www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-PacMan-Navicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Steve Juon, Author at Old School Gamer Magazine https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/author/stevejuon/ 32 32 133814826 Arcade Spotlight – by Steve Juon https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/arcade-spotlight-by-steve-juon/ Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:31:52 +0000 https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/?p=110663 “I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.” The song Pac-Man Fever embodied my childhood, but the times have changed. Physical arcades are becoming harder to find, and the ones that do exist face numerous challenges: The cost of electricity to keep them running, the ever-growing list of repairs on […]

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]]> “I got a pocket full of quarters, and I’m headed to the arcade.” The song Pac-Man Fever embodied my childhood, but the times have changed. Physical arcades are becoming harder to find, and the ones that do exist face numerous challenges: The cost of electricity to keep them running, the ever-growing list of repairs on vintage cabs from the last century, and a generation of mobile and console gamers who may not see the appeal because they didn’t grow up immersed in it. There’s an arcade in my city that hopes to bridge the generational gap while keeping the neon-lit dreams of many old gamers alive. I spoke to Shawn McGovern from…

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]]> 110663 Chrono Trigger: The Dream Project – by Steve Juon https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/chrono-trigger-the-dream-project-by-steve-juon/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 12:19:38 +0000 https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/?p=110629 So you’re thinking about playing Chrono Trigger. Your friends and peers have already told you it’s the greatest JRPG ever made, but you were born too late to experience it in its heyday on Super Nintendo. It only gets worse if you decide you want to live that experience for yourself. You can get an […]

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]]> So you’re thinking about playing Chrono Trigger. Your friends and peers have already told you it’s the greatest JRPG ever made, but you were born
too late to experience it in its heyday on Super Nintendo. It only gets worse if you decide you want to live that experience for yourself. You can get an SNES or a clone system somewhat affordably, but a loose cartridge will cost you more than the console, while a boxed edition will cost you more than a PS5.

Thankfully, we live in a world filled with options. Not only has the game been re-released on multiple platforms over the years, but you can also currently
buy the game on Steam and play it on your computer of choice. Then, of course…

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