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...

Video Game of the Day – February 4th – Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster’s Hidden Treasure

by Video Game of the Day | Feb 4, 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...

Video Game of the Day – February 3rd – The Wonderful 101

by Video Game of the Day | Feb 3, 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...

Forgotten NES gems from the last century

by Old School Gamer | Feb 3, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, Gaming

Despite being older than quite a few of you reading this, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is still considered to be one of the greatest gaming consoles ever produced. The original NES revolutionized video gaming back in the 1980s and spawned timeless classics...

Fiery Political Correctness Rains Down From the Sky

by Magazine Writer | Feb 3, 2020 | 1980s, Other Magazines Preview

So it’s 1980, and we’re all playing Missile Command, that brutally brilliant game by Atari featuring strategy, sacrifice, death and destruction. You know, according to legend, the game was originally going to be called Armageddon, but the marketing folks...

The Eighties – Old School Gamer #14 Available Online Free Right Now! – By Brian Szarek

by Brad Feingold | Jan 31, 2020 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Press Release

We’re very excited to present issue 14 of Old School Gamer Magazine. I’ve been on board since issue 3 and it’s been incredible to see the response and acceptance of OSGM by the community during that time. In this issue, we have an interview with Bob DeCrescenzo,...