by Brad Feingold | Dec 2, 2017 | 1970s, Arcade
So over the Thanksgiving weekend, I was honored to be part of one of Iowa’s largest video game and pinball auctions. These auctions happen twice a year. Normally during Easter weekend and Thanksgiving weekend. I’m not going to get in depth about the...
by Old School Gamer | Dec 1, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Console/Handheld
Billy Mitchell will be coming to the Retro City Festival in January – http://retrocityfestival.com. And Old School Gamer will be there giving out issue #2 of our magazine. “THE KING OF KONG” BILLY MITCHELL The star of King of Kong and history’s most...
by Ric Pryor | Nov 29, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld
Asterix is the name of a very popular French comic that, like many Americans, I have never read. I can tell you that Asterix is the little guy, Obelix is the big guy and they both have Atari 2600 games named for them. That’s about it. Sales weren’t...
by Ric Pryor | Nov 20, 2017 | 1970s, Arcade
Monaco GP is the first arcade game I ever played. I was so young at the time I didn’t even know it by name. It was simply the racing game right inside the entrance to the arcade that was right inside the entrance to the mall. It was loud and fast and simple, an...
by Ric Pryor | Nov 14, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld
The first place I saw Donkey Kong on the Atari 2600 was an in-store display sometime in late 1982 or maybe early 1983. By this time my family owned a Colecovision and I’d played the arcade game a few times, so I had a pretty good idea what Donkey Kong should...
by Old School Gamer | Nov 13, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Reviews
Continuing the tradition I started in September with reviewing other industry magazines, lets go after the October issue of Retro Gamer from the UK. I personally subscribe to it via my ipad instead of picking up at a local Barnes and Noble anymore. This issue’s...