Kid Chameleon on the Sega Genesis

by Shaun Jex | Sep 15, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Mark Cerny began working in the video game industry at the tender age of 17. In the early 1980s, he joined Atari and worked on titles like Major Havoc and Marble Madness. Over the course of his career, his name has been connected to some of the industry’s most iconic...

StarTropics for the NES

by Shaun Jex | Sep 12, 2018 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

What do you do if aliens abduct your archaeologist uncle? Well, if you’re a young, baseball playing boy named Mike Jones, you set out to rescue him armed with a yo-yo that the chief of the Coralcola people of Island-C gave you. Of course, I’m talking about the 1990...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Greg Mott

by Todd Friedman | Sep 10, 2018 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Greg Mott, who is displayed on card number 34, from the Superstars of 2011.   Greg has been around the gaming scene since 1999 when he joined UKvac group on line and first met up with other UK collectors.  He holds a record on...

Old School Gamer listed as a Top 10 Gaming magazine

by Old School Gamer | Sep 5, 2018 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

Check us out at https://blog.feedspot.com/gaming_magazines/ there are some great publications in there, and we are excited that we are showing up.  Check it out and continue to spread the word about Old School Gamer!

Pinball Hall of Fame to MOVE to the strip!

by Old School Gamer | Sep 4, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Pinball

For many of you this is older news but Old School Gamer just heard about it last week and this is exciting!  One of our favorite places to play arcade games and pinball has a very bright future that is moving along nicely.  As covered in this story on PinballNews.Com,...

Big News: NEOGEO mini International Version will land in USA and European Markets

by Old School Gamer | Sep 4, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld

NEOGEO mini has attracted a lot of attention from many retro gamers, SNK super fans and other gamers and animation enthusiasts in Europe and America since the first official appearance of the E3 exhibition. With the selling in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and...