Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Mindscape

by David Oxford | Apr 25, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

At long last, we finally come to the last member of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team, Mindscape. In 1983, Mindscape was founded in Northbrook, Illinois as a developer of titles for various types of home computer, beginning with the PC and Commodore 64 before expanding...

Ten More Games Announced for the Genesis Mini

by Brendan Meharry | Apr 18, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

Sega has been touting their new miniaturised Genesis for a while now, and while there’s a lot of excitement around the fact that they’re the ones actually manufacturing it (unlike a third party such as AtGames) the final games list is ultimately what everyone cares...

Golden Era Competitive Gamer Joel West Passes – By Walter Day

by Walter Day | Apr 18, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Events, Magazine Preview

On November 28, 2018, the legendary video game champion, Joel David West, passed into eternity. Though many of his friends knew he was wrestling with health problems aggravated by diabetes, everyone was surprised and stunned when he passed away. It seems that in...

Intruder Alert…Intruder Alert! – By Kevin Butler

by Kevin Butler | Apr 17, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

NAME: BERZERK MANUFACTURER: STERN ELECTRONICS YEAR: 1980 TYPE: VIDEOGAME TEAM LEADER: DESIGNED AND PROGRAMMED BY ALAN MCNEIL Berzerk is a two-dimensional maze-style game that involves you attempting to escape killer robots in a never- ending gallery of mazes. Somewhat...

Tetris and Joseph Saelee – By Joel West / Completed by Brian Szarek

by Old School Gamer | Apr 16, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Welcome to another installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers and Old School Games from the Golden Age of gaming. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin or token to start a video game. The earning of these coins was mostly...

Pratt At the Arcade: The Darius Series – By Adam Pratt

by Old School Gamer | Apr 14, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns

Instead of trying to cram everything about a genre into one article, this time I am going to focus on a particular series within the realm of the shoot ‘em up. It is one that started off in arcades and was done in such a way that the home ports never could capture the...