New Column: Video Game Soundtracks

by Adam Johnson | Sep 26, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

Have you ever imagined what a film would be without a score? How about without foley? Woefully incomplete. The fact is, backing tracks and audio elements are just as much a part of entertainment as the visual aspects. The same is true of video games. Without...

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,...

The PS2 has Finally Officially Kicked the Bucket

by Brendan Meharry | Sep 4, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s

While it’s debatable if the PlayStation 2 is actually retro or not (I mean c’mon, it’s two generations behind and was launched 18-years ago) one thing is now for sure – Sony has stopped supporting it completely. While the hardware its self was discontinued in 2013...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Stuart Rankin

by Todd Friedman | Sep 3, 2018 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stuart Rankin who is displayed on card number 192, from the Twin Galaxies Superstars Collection of 2011.  From Glasgow, Scotland, Stuart is a huge Space Harrier collector.  He holds many Space Harrier World Records on the Twin...