Online Gaming: A Brief History

by Old School Gamer | Oct 23, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

The history of online gaming is very long and storied, and we could take it all the way back to packet-based LAN games on the earliest versions of personal computers. And while there’s something to be said about how local network games came before online games, we...

Entering the Digitized Era–Part3 – By Warren Davis

by Old School Gamer | Oct 19, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns

In Parts 1 and 2, I talked about the development of WTARG, the software I developed at Williams/Bally/ Midway to allow artists to incorporate digitized video of live actors in our games. My exploration into digitizing began in 1986, and the first version of WTARG came...

Analogue Finally Announces its Handheld: The Analogue Pocket

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 17, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Analogue, king of FPGA, has, at last, pulled the trigger on a handheld to dominate over all rivals. The Analogue Pocket is, naturally, powered by FPGA (so, no emulation here) and out of the box will play Game Boy, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance cartridges. The...

Tracking Your Game Collection with Excel and Dropbox: A Simple, but Practical Guide

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 14, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

There are many ways one can track their game collection, be it an app or some other sort of online service. While these offer niceties like box art, market worth and social networking features so you can gloat about your collection of cardboard and plastic to other...

About Massively Multiplayer Online Games

by Old School Gamer | Oct 13, 2019 | 2000s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

Would you want to compete with other online players from different parts of the world in a variety of online only games? A massively multiplayer online game also known as (MMOG/MMO) refers to those video games that allow a large group of players to participate...

Pac-Man World Review by Sarah Thomas

by Magazine Writer | Oct 11, 2019 | 2000s, Other Magazines Preview, Reviews

You’re invited to Pac-Man’s 20th birthday party! In celebration of our favorite yellow dot’s birthday, Namco has released Pac-Man World, a 3D version of the classic game. While at first it may appear Namco has released this 3D game in order to keep up with the Joneses...