Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Asteroids and Beamrider – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Apr 9, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The theme for this installment of Old School Gamer is simu- lation games, but I’m still on a shooter high from the last issue, so I’m going to spotlight two more shooting games that are easy on the wallet, yet fun to play. If you’re cool with cartridge only, Asteroids...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ellis Rowland

by Todd Friedman | Apr 8, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Ellis Rowland, who is displayed on card number 42, from the   Superstars of 2011 Collection.  Ellis is proud of his world record at the arcade game Eagle.  His score of 274,970 was posted on the Leaderboard on July16, 2011 and...

ToeJam and Earl

by Shaun Jex | Apr 7, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Last month, the world was gifted with ToeJam and Earl: Back In the Groove. The game was funded by a $500,000 Kickstarter campaign with help from Adult Swim, and comes out roughly 28 years after the first game in the franchise was released. To celebrate the release of...

The Last Official Release: Neo Geo Pocket Color – SNK vs. Capcom: Card Fighters Clash 2 (2001)

by Brendan Meharry | Apr 6, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s

Greetings, those enamoured with retro consoles, and welcome back to The Last Official Release. Here, I scrutinise, study and examine the last official games released on your favourite consoles. Today, I finalise my journey through the universe of Neo Geo, but I’ve...

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...

Driver and Driver 2 – By Conor McBrien

by Conor McBrien | Apr 5, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Reviews

W hile most classic driving games would make players participate in races, stunts, or demolition derbies, Driver has players do things like helping crooks flee the scene of a bank robbery or delivering a stolen car to a chop shop. In Driver and Driver 2, you play as...