by Old School Gamer | May 23, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
The original NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), or Famicom in Japan, is one of the most popular gaming system ever made, and, as a result, is the most written about console system. There are dozens of books about the system, it’s games, it’s re-release as a Mini...
by Ric Pryor | May 21, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld
Junior high was a rough time for me. Not for the reasons you might expect junior high to have been rough for a guy who’s now in his forties and writes about video games. I wasn’t harassed by bullies or painfully awkward around girls or constantly picked...
by Todd Friedman | May 18, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Columns, Events, Pinball
Happy 70th Birthday Walter !!! Today we celebrate Walter Day’s birthday with a look back at his trading card spotlight done on December 02, 2016. The celebration today at the Museum of Pinball in Banning, CA is a fitting way for him to party with friends...
by JasonBreininger | May 15, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...
Consoles When any sort of new technology is made available for public consumption, there’s a portion of the population that will resist it and a portion that will embrace it wholeheartedly. Consumers of video games are no different in this regard. 1991 was a couple of...
by Old School Gamer | May 14, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld
After years of success with the Williams and Bally pinball licenses that were part of the Farsight Pinball Arcade, they are no longer going to have the games available after June 30, 2018. A press release was issued on May 4th on their Facebook page: ...
by David Oxford | May 10, 2018 | 1980s
There are certain things that are easy to take for granted in video games these days, and the overall capacity for multiplayer experiences is one of them. With today’s tech, we can see anything from 8-player matches in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U to the...