Video Game Preservationist Auctions Off Unfinished Akira Prototype

by David Oxford | Apr 11, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s

Back in 2016, Patrick Scott Patterson of Video Game Preservation (a project whose purpose I’ll leave you to guess at, and which is currently on hiatus) was able to obtain a set of four cartridges for the Nintendo Game Boy featuring different builds of an...

A Killer App: Star Raiders – By Bill Lange

by BillLange | Apr 10, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Star Raiders, the iconic computer adventure game, was created for the Atari 400/800 home computer line, in fact, it was created at the same time as the development of the computers. It was programmed by Atari hardware designer Doug Neubauer. Neubauer was also on the...

The Origins of the Name “Pac-Man” Indecent to Iconic – By Ethan Johnson

by Old School Gamer | Apr 8, 2019 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

All old-school gamers should be familiar with localization by now. Whether that is the censorship of Nazi symbols in Bionic Commando or the hilarious cutscenes of Zero Wing, things can change for better or worse when crossing the Pacific. It is fair to say though that...

Just for Qix: Behind Enemy Lines – By Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Apr 7, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns

Near the end of 1980, Atari released the first-person combat simulator Battlezone in arcades. With its twin stick controls, overhead radar, and innovative plastic periscope, it mimicked an early construct of today’s virtual reality set-ups. Since the viewfinder...

RetroPlace.com – A New Community to Collect With – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Apr 6, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The staff of Old School Gamer has possibly found a new home for keeping track of our console game collection online and we recommend you check them out! This dynamic site, Retroplace.com, is built utilizing an amazing database that can do so many things. I can easily...

The Curious Case of George Plimpton in the Video Game World

by Shaun Jex | Apr 4, 2019 | 1980s, The Story Of...

We’re still relatively close to April Fool’s Day, so I’m going to take a slight detour from my typical blog posts. Instead of writing about the history or gameplay of an an old school video game, I thought we’d take a look at the curious case of George Plimpton in the...