Old School Gamer Celebrates 5 Years and Wants to Raise It’s Game

by Old School Gamer | Sep 8, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

Press Release About Kickstarter Old School Gamer has been publishing it’s retro gaming magazine for the last five years.  Covering video gaming from its beginnings in the 1970s until the late 1990s, Old School had published 29 issues and is due for it’s 30th issue to...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel

by Todd Friedman | Sep 8, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, ESports, Interviews

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, who currently is displayed on card number 3480, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  Johnathan is a former professional Esports player of games like Quake and PainKiller. At one time Johnathan...

Five Retro Football Games That Still Rock

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 7, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

With NFL season almost here, Old School Gamer counts down five pigskin games over 20 years old that still play great. NFL Gameday 98: The first game to truly dethrone the Madden series, those polygon graphics and awesome AI set a high standard for all the games that...

Retro Games Values are Increasing by the hundreds of dollars – Do you have one?

by Old School Gamer | Sep 3, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Have you ever wondered how retro games compare to modern games of today? Gaming has come a long way and in light of this, gaming experts at Crucial.com have looked compared data around retro vs modern games to find out, the value of retro consoles over time, the...

Lemmings – Deater has released a proof of concept of Lemmings for the Apple II!

by Indie Retro News | Sep 3, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Apple 2, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Lemmings was a game published by Psygnosis way back in the early 90’s for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC and regarded by many as one of the greatest games ever, especially as it featured many blue, green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and...

The International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of Inductees for 2022!

by Old School Gamer | Aug 19, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18th, 2022 International Video Game Hall of Fame Announces the 2022 Class of Inductees! Ottumwa, IA— August 18th, 2022 — Put down that controller, close your gaming app and give that keyboard a little rest, it’s finally time to pull back...