by Todd Friedman | May 1, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine
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...
by Todd Friedman | Apr 25, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Columns, Pinball
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Łukasz Dziatkiewicz who currently is displayed on card number 3170, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Łukasz is a freelance journalist, President of the Polish Pinball Association (PSF), IFPA Polish Country Director and...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 13, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Gaming, Links
While Street Fighter is a legendary franchise today, with some of the largest eSports tournaments behind it, it’s interesting looking back on the early days of arcade gaming. Consoles brought Street Fighter to the living room, but the arcade days hold plenty of...
by Todd Friedman | Apr 11, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Columns, Gaming
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Sami Cetin (UK) who currently is displayed on card number 482, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. Sami is one of the World Record Holders at Super Mario Kart SNES. In 2012 he won the World Title that was held in...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 10, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, Lists
Nintendo’s Game Boy is one of the most influential consoles ever and easily the reason why Nintendo still exists to this day. Losing several wars in the home console wars over the past 20 years, it’s been the Game Boy family of consoles that allowed the brand to fight...
by Todd Friedman | Apr 4, 2021 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Eric Olofson who currently is displayed on card number 2472, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. Eric has been playing video game since the late 1970’s. He has been trying to break records ever since. His first world...
