The Walter Day Report: The Art of Shooting – By Walter Day

by Walter Day | Mar 31, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Yes, there is an “art to shooting” in video game playing. Essentially, managing your bullets, especially when you are only given, more or less, one bullet at a time. This pertains particularly to the legendary games of the classic arcade era. In this article, I have...

Turn and Burn: KITCHEN’S LIFE-LONG F-14 LOVE AFFAIR – By Patrick Hickey Jr.

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Mar 27, 2019 | 1980s, Columns

For many game developers, there’s always that one golden goose or white whale. That game or genre that appeals to them the most. The thing that will cement their legacy. The one that regardless of their success on other projects, they always come back to. For Dan...

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

by Shaun Jex | Mar 24, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

It’s been called the worst video game of all time. Some people even credit it with causing the 1983 video game crash that nearly ruined the industry. A common legend surrounding the game is that it was so bad that Atari buried all of the unsold copies under a layer of...

Polymega Barrages Twitter with New Updates

by Brendan Meharry | Mar 22, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

It’s been nearly a year since the Polymega remerged into the retro gaming zeitgeist, and about nine months since any other tangible updates have surfaced. But for those of you who have been patiently awaiting news of the industries hottest new converged emulation...

Konami’s Classics Collections and the Curse of Being a Nintendo Fan

by David Oxford | Mar 21, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

This week, Konami has announced that they are releasing a series of three (possibly more) classic collections of games from their archives in order to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Coming to all four key modern platforms (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4,...

A Winner Is You! Pro Wrestling on the NES

by Shaun Jex | Mar 21, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

For no good reason, I’ve been thinking about pro wrestling today. I’ve written about it before (https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/wwf-superstars/). I’ve been thinking about some of the legends of the sport: Andre the Giant, Fritz Von Erich, Sylvester Ritter (aka...