Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Noam Matan Rotem Talks ‘Luciform’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Feb 1, 2021 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with  Noam Matan Rotem, Founder, Chaos Minds, who discusses his new platform, “Luciform.” About Luciform: Boasting color-coded platforming gameplay  – along with subtle visuals and music – Luciform also features multiple paths for...

Welcome to the Video Game Capital of the World

by Walter Day | Jan 27, 2021 | 1980s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Gaming, Magazine Preview

I started making plans to have the Scoreboard grow into  becoming the “crossroads” of gaming. It was perfectly  fine that the scoreboard had existed so far as a free  service to help all the arcades, but I thought of all the fun  we would all have if the players came...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – George Spanos

by Todd Friedman | Jan 17, 2021 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features George Spanos, who currently is displayed on card number 3333, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  George is one of the great arcade mechanics in the Chicagoland area. He has serviced machines at all the top arcade...

Coins Detected in Pocket – Robbie Lakeman vs. Donkey Kong

by Old School Gamer | Jan 11, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

THE GAME Like sand at the beach, an ARCADE has zero legitimacy without one, if not two, Donkey Kong cabinets. Nintendo’s 1981 explosive launch put them at the top of the North American ARCADE scene. Stubborn Gorilla versus fearless Jump Man… can this helpless damsel...

ADAM F. GOLDBERG Wrote the Foreword to my new NES Book!

by Brett Weiss | Jan 9, 2021 | 2020s, Columns, Press Release

Those were the EXACT words I screamed when I laid  my eyes on the Nintendo Entertainment System for  the very first time. The moment has been vividly  burned into my brain. It was January, 1986. I was  sleeping over at my friend John Gaines’ house. I  assumed we’d...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Izma Talks ‘Deadeus’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 8, 2021 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with game developer Izma, who discusses his new Game Boy survival horror game from Spacebot Interactive, Deadeus. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Izma: The game came directly out of a game jam a few colleagues and I...