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...

Capcom Announces North American Street Fighter™ Pro League Sports Series

by Old School Gamer | Jan 23, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade, Events

LOS ANGELES (Jan. 22, 2019) – Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced a new esports series for its legendary Street Fighter™ fighting game franchise. Titled the “North American Street Fighter® Pro League,” the series...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Geoffrey Lin

by Todd Friedman | Jan 19, 2019 | 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Geoffrey Lin, who currently is displayed on card number 16, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.  Geoffrey Lin is a full time college student. Geoffrey offers his insight on various games and systems. He holds many world...

Bit Quest II for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Jan 18, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Console/Handheld

After the conclusion of the first Bit Quest game, the evil Baron von Darkbit turned his back on forty years of video game tradition and, instead of recapturing the Princess for the sequel, captured the Hero. In Bit Quest II it’s up to the Princess to defeat the...

List of Super NES Titles Rumored for Nintendo Switch Online Emerges

by David Oxford | Jan 17, 2019 | 1990s, 2010s

Some interesting info about Nintendo Switch Online was dug up recently by a data miner known as KapuccinnoHeck on Twitter. Kapu says that “I was finally able to look around NES Online’s strings a bit myself and noticed the sheer amount of SNES games...

Autofire Power Hour: Episode 44: Billy Mitchell Returns

by Old School Gamer | Jan 15, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

First of all, thanks to everybody who stopped by and checked us out at the Retro City Festival in Pomona, CA. We had a blast and recorded a lot of cool interviews and content that we are starting to release. These recordings were done on the show floor and are going...