by Old School Gamer | Mar 6, 2019 | 2000s, Events
Shallbetter to lead video game studio’s strategic partnership efforts CHICAGO, ILLINOIS (MARCH 6, 2019) — Level Ex, creators of industry-leading video games for doctors, announced today the hiring of former Atari Chief Operating Officer, Todd Shallbetter, as Senior...
by Michael Thomasson | Mar 6, 2019 | 1980s, 2000s, Reviews
The marketing boldly promotes the C-64 Mini as “The World’s Best-Selling Home Computer – Reborn!”, and in many ways, that proves to be true. At a buck and a quarter per game, the C64 Mini has a lot to offer. While not perfect, most of the promises made by this new...
by Todd Friedman | Feb 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Magazine Preview
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Eddie Adlum, who currently is displayed on card number 2050, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Eddie is the founder and publisher of RePlay Magazine. He has been writing or publishing since 1964, where he worked for...
by David Oxford | Feb 14, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
From the time it was released in 1989, there was one criticism, one grievance that seemed to follow the original Game Boy wherever it went: “Where’s the color?” It was the one perceived shortcoming of Nintendo’s handheld device, and one that...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 10, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade
By 1993, the last thing I was looking for was an expert witness gig facing off against yet another of the most popular and powerful software developers in the business. So of course I wound up working the expert witness deal for tiny Data East against the all-powerful...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 9, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade
Thanks to the popularity of 1991’s Street Fighter II, fighting games had become a hot property. It was only a matter of time before a savvy game designer would identify what made SFII such a hit, expand on it, and release it as a new best-selling game. Hence, October...