Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Keith Swanson

by Todd Friedman | Apr 1, 2019 | 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Keith Swanson, who is displayed on card number 60, from the Superstars of 2011. Keith is also featured on cards 972 and 1825.  Keith is the world record holder of the arcade game Gorf (3 ships).  His score of 1,129,660 was set...

Piko Interactive Announces New Games for Classic Atari Jaguar Lineup

by Old School Gamer | Mar 29, 2019 | 1990s, 2010s

Piko Interactive, an independent video game publisher, has started accepting pre-orders for twelve new titles. These titles represent brand new releases for many consoles such as the Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Jaguar, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy...

World Video Game Hall of Fame Reveals 12 Finalists

by Old School Gamer | Mar 23, 2019 | 2010s, Events

ROCHESTER, New York—Which video games will make it into the World Video Game Hall of Fame this May? Will Centipede devour the competition? Can Mortal Kombat fight its way to victory? Will Microsoft Windows Solitaire play its cards correctly? Can Super Mario Kart speed...

Polymega Barrages Twitter with New Updates

by Brendan Meharry | Mar 22, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

It’s been nearly a year since the Polymega remerged into the retro gaming zeitgeist, and about nine months since any other tangible updates have surfaced. But for those of you who have been patiently awaiting news of the industries hottest new converged emulation...

An R-Type Revival – By Patrick Hickey Jr.

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Mar 22, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Tozai Games Producer Takuya Banno, who discusses their new edition of the classic shoot-em-up, R-Type, dubbed R-Type Dimensions EX, on the Nintendo Switch. Featuring a plethora of old school influences and odes, Dimensions EX is...

Konami’s Classics Collections and the Curse of Being a Nintendo Fan

by David Oxford | Mar 21, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

This week, Konami has announced that they are releasing a series of three (possibly more) classic collections of games from their archives in order to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Coming to all four key modern platforms (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4,...