Insert Coin By Ken Jong

by Magazine Writer | Feb 9, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

Way back in 1999, my friend Lon and I made a “guy” trip to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada to experience the CG Expo for the first time. Here was our Mecca! We were oooing and ahhhing over the marvelous exhibits and treasures we saw and bought there. The classic gamers,...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Robin Mihara

by Todd Friedman | Feb 8, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Robin Mihara, who currently is displayed on card number 286, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection.  Robin is one of the top Tetris players in the world.  His preference is the NES version and has been playing since its...

Designer of the Colecovision An Interview With Robert Schneck – by Ethan Johnson

by Old School Gamer | Feb 7, 2020 | 1980s, Interviews

The Colecovision was a remarkable console for its era, entirely stifled by market conditions well beyond its control. From its brief time in the spotlight and less than three years of production, it remains a console that many have experienced, but few know anything...

Bob “Rosha” Harris: Behind the Odyssey, Part 2

by Magazine Writer | Feb 7, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

The Probe 2000 Story In mid-1983, North American Phillips began to preview a new console, the Odyssey 3. It would replace the Odyssey 2’s membrane keyboard with a PC Jr.-style “chiclet” keyboard, and offer new high-resolution graphics – some of...

Video Game of the Day – February 6th – Overcooked!

by Video Game of the Day | Feb 6, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

Shooters That Deserve a Remaster

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Feb 6, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Lists

Remasters are a dime-a-dozen today, but what about the forgotten classics? In this exclusive Old School Gamer list, we share a few Shooters that deserve to be brought back from the dead. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay: Starbreeze doesn’t get the credit...