Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Shadowy Contracts’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 22, 2020 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Old School Gamer chats with Mark Nasr (Founder & Lead Developer, ExiledThunder Productions) “Shadowy Contracts” developer to find out what makes his game a special one. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was Shadowy Contracts born?  Mark Nasr: I began working on...

Man Vs. Snake Review – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Aug 6, 2018 | 2020s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

One thing that I have noticed about video game documentaries is that it turns into “Six Degrees of Iowa”. Every one of the movies I have seen always links back to Ottumwa, Iowa. And it should because that is where Walter Day started Twin Galaxies. But even better, it...

30 Years of Arcade Auctions in Iowa – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | May 25, 2018 | 2020s, Events, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

As Thanksgiving ends, the Christmas holiday season chaos begins. So many different things happen; not only on the day of Thanksgiving, but the days following as well. People continue to stuff themselves with leftovers, football games are watched, ridiculously long...

Retro City Festival in SoCal – By Old School Gamer Staff

by Old School Gamer | May 14, 2018 | 2020s, Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Sunny Southern California is the scene, specifically Pomona, CA, which seems to be the home of so many great things for the retro gaming community: Hyperkin, RetroBit, and the Retro City Festival. This event in mid- January (moving to the first weekend of January in...

Raspiboy Review and Atari 2600 Arcade Companion Review – By Brad Feingold and Old School Gamer Staff

by Brad Feingold | May 10, 2018 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Flying at 30000 feet and I am bored. My laptop won’t fit in my lap and my PSP Vita died. And I can’t surf. I can only type on my iPad. Whee…. Ryan is sitting next to me as we are heading to Las Vegas to the 2018 CES and he was reading and gave me something to...

Review: Hyperkin Supa RetroN HD – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | May 4, 2018 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

W hen the Old School Arcade Magazine started, I was brought in to review products available to the consumer. I was able to review a reboot of the Nintendo Entertainment System and was extremely pleased with the product from another distributor. You can imagine my...