My Arcade Reveals Collectible SPACE INVADERS Micro Player

by Old School Gamer | Jun 12, 2019 | 1970s, Arcade, Events

Taito Partnership Expands to Bring Arcade Game Icon to Tabletop Form LOS ANGELES, CA – June 11, 2019 – My Arcade today announced the SPACE INVADERS Micro Player™ in partnership with TAITO Corporation. Expanding on My Arcade’s collectible line of Micro Players, gamers...

Thanks to Everyone that Pledged

by Todd Friedman | Jun 11, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, The Story Of...

This Kickstarter has been backed!  This book will be published and shipped out to gamers. Thanks so much  This 100+ page full color book covers the entire first year of Walter Day’s Twin Galaxies Superstars trading cards, with stories! Pre-Order Book A...

Own a Mac? Here’s how to play some classic console games

by Antoine Clerc-Renaud | Jun 7, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade

In 2014, I switched to a MacBook Pro and I’m never going back. Of course at first, I didn’t use it to play older a more recent games, it was a workstation before anything else. And I was glad. It was faster, more robust and more intuitive than my PC which was acting...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jerry Buckner

by Todd Friedman | Jun 2, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jerry Buckner, who currently is displayed on card number 1345, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Jerry is also featured on cards 1832, 1981, 2388.   As a musician and producer, Jerry Buckner created many memorable music...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Warlords and Mega Bomberman – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | May 28, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview

I like a good, epic solo adventure like H.E.R.O. for the ColecoVision, or God of War for the PlayStation 2, as much as anyone, and I also enjoy playing (and replaying) any number of quickie twitch games, all by my lonesome. However, there’s nothing quite like facing...

Knabber Rob – A Reverse Adventure for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | May 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

For the sake of expediency, I’m going to assume that anyone reading this is already familiar with the Atari 2600 game Adventure and not spend a lot of time explaining it. I’m not even going to do the thing where I say I’m not going to explain it but...