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...

Introducing Evercade, a Mysterious New Retro Handheld

by Brendan Meharry | Apr 13, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

Access the mysterious Evercade website and the first thing that will grab your attention is the text; “EVERCADE – A BRAND NEW HANDHELD CONSOLE WITH UNIQUE MULTI-GAME RETRO CARTRIDGES FROM LEADING GAMES PUBLISHERS AND CONSOLE PLATFORMS”. It says a lot, but then...

Coffee Crisis – Grab a Cup and Kick Alien Butt!!! – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Apr 13, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Reviews

“The evil alien Smurglien race has taken notice of Earth’s fancy World Wide Web and have begun stealing its WiFi. In doing so, they have hacked their own version of the internet and hid it deep within the Earth’s web-based systems, calling it the Smurnet.”  Now that’s...