Collector Stories: Goal – Every Retro Game Ever and the Console Purist Museum: Stacy Burns: By Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Jan 25, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

  Surfing Facebook, I’m looking for cool groups to get involved in to spread word of Old School Gamer, when I come across the Console Purist group along with its head moderator/owner, Stacy Burns. I start asking him some questions and the conversation gets to...

Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Williams/Midway

by David Oxford | Jan 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade

I couldn’t have planned this any better if I’d tried. We’re just days removed from the big Mortal Kombat 11 reveal event, and we’ve now come to the companies who helped to make the original games a household name. When Nintendo initially...

Pratt at the Arcade: Rebooted: Making Old New Again – By Adam Pratt

by Old School Gamer | Jan 23, 2019 | 1970s, 2000s, Columns

In the articles I have crafted for OSG Magazine to this point, the focus has been heavy on history, covering decades worth of video arcade games. This month we’re going to take a different approach, focusing on titles that you are likely familiar with from “back in...

Crazy Controllers – The Resident Evil Pad a.k.a. Biohazard Dedicated Controller

by Conor McBrien | Jan 23, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s

The long-awaited remake of Resident Evil 2 comes out in two days, so I decided to look back at a controller that was designed specifically for Resident Evil games. The Biohazard Dedicated Controller (released internationally as the Resident Evil Pad) was released in...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: SNES Favorites – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Jan 22, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns

  DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN AND SUPER STAR WARS My new book, The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 1 (A-M), is finally available, so I decided to focus this month’s column on Nintendo’s famous 16-bit console. Since the theme of the issue...

Pop Culture – The Movie Favs

by Old School Gamer | Jan 20, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

WE ASKED WHAT YOUR FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY AND VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE TYPE FILMS ARE… DOCUMENTARIES, LONG FORM Atari Game Over The King of Kong Video Games: The Movie Bits of Yesterday Chasing Ghosts Indie Game: The Movie The Power of Glove From Bedrooms to...