Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Gedeon

by Todd Friedman | May 5, 2018 | 2000s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mike Gedeon, who’s Cleveland’s Classic Console and Arcade Gaming Show (CCAG) is displayed on card number 233, from the Superstars of 2012. Mike and his partner Matt Teske are the organizers of the Cleveland Classic Gaming...

The Last Official Release: N64 – Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3

by Brendan Meharry | May 2, 2018 | 2000s

Greetings fellow retro devotees and welcome back to a series I like to call, The Last Official Release. Here, we take a gander at a particular console and focus in on its final official game release. Previous entries have delved into the Game Gear, NES, Atari 2600 and...

The Latest Issue of Old School Gamer is online now!

by Old School Gamer | May 1, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

Old School Gamer has released it’s latest issue, issue #4, and this time it’s themed RPG’s, Role Playing Gamers.  Along with some of the regular features of every issue of Old School Gamer, we have targeted RPG’s with the below coverage: A...

My Experience at Midwest Gaming Classic 2018

by JasonBreininger | Apr 19, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Events, Magazine Preview

The first video gaming convention I ever attended was the inaugural Missouri Game Con held in St. Louis (where I live) in 2016. Gaming conventions always seemed like cool events that other people attended. Those lucky people that lived within a 2 or 3 hour drive of...

Shenmue I & II Re-Releasing Later This Year

by Brendan Meharry | Apr 19, 2018 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

In what has been a good few weeks for remasters and re-releases, it’s been announced that the original Shenmue along with its sequel is to be re-released together later this year. This makes loads of sense since the much anticipated, Kickstarter-driven Shenmue III is...

Old School Gamer on Billy Mitchell News

by Old School Gamer | Apr 16, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Events

Dear Old School Gamers,   Thank you again for being a digital subscriber to Old School Gamer. We hope that you enjoy the news, reviews, history and more that we provide in our young magazine. Issue #4 is about to go to press and you will be getting the digital link...