Interview with Galaxian World Champion – David Lyne

by Todd Friedman | Dec 6, 2025 | 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

This is an interview done by Galloping Ghost’s superstar and International Video Game Hall of Fame inductee Pete Hahn with World Champion Galaxian player, David Lyne. Pete Hahn: First of all, congrats again on your awesome achievement! How long was your entire...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Mertes

by Todd Friedman | Nov 30, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Old School Gamer Magazine writer Mike Mertes who is displayed on card number 3482, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  From the moment he touched an Intellivision controller in 1985, Mike knew that he had experienced...

Turkey Shoot: The Weirdest Arcade Shooter of the 80s

by Matthew Owen | Nov 26, 2025 | 1980s, Arcade

There are several game genres that are mostly exclusive to arcades, and of them, the light-gun shooter is one of the most entertaining. While the experience has been transferred to home consoles multiple times in the past, there’s nothing quite like standing in...

“Arcade Archives KARATE BLAZERS” Releases Nov 27 on Switch and PS4

by Old School Gamer | Nov 26, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

HAMSTER Corporation (Head Office: Tokyo-to, Setagaya-ku; CEO: Satoshi HAMADA; referred to below as “HAMSTER”) is happy to announce that “KARATE BLAZERS” will be released for Nintendo Switch TM and PlayStation®4 on November 27th, 2025, available digitally for Arcade...

Get ready for Moonstone Island!

by Todd Friedman | Nov 24, 2025 | 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

Super Rare Games is teaming up with Studio Supersoft and Raw Fury to bring you Moonstone Island! Coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch™ in physical format! Following your village’s tradition, gather your courage and head into the world to complete your Alchemy...

Musings of a Retro Gamer: Loading Games from Cassette

by Marcus Albers | Nov 23, 2025 | 1980s, C64 Vic20

Modern game systems load games almost instantaneously, it seems. In general, most mobile games are at your fingertips with minimal loading time, while larger PC and console games may take 30 seconds to load their data into memory. Our expectations, as modern gamers,...