Stern Pinball Unveils Metallica Remastered

by William Schwartz | Oct 16, 2024 | 2010s, 2020s, Pinball, Stern

    The Pinball Expo in Schaumberg near Chicago is in full swing and will continue through October 19th. In the midst of these events, Stern Pinball has seen fit to announce a remastered revival of their popular 2013 Metallica table. The new LCD display...

TI’s Field Guide of Collecting – by Tristan Ibarra

by Old School Gamer | Oct 15, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Columns

This column / article / retrospective or whatever you want to call it is a reflection on why and how we collect video games. Each time we’ll cover a different collector and discuss various (sometimes) polarizing topics that affect us. COLLECTOR PROFILE: Aaron Gum...

Cosplay Competition at Video Game Summit

by Todd Friedman | Oct 12, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

It is now official. There will be a Cosplay competition on October 19th, 2024 at the Video Game Summit in Schaumburg, IL. The first year that VGS will be hosting this competition. Prizes and awards will be given out to winners if multiple categories. Categories Youth...

TETRIS® FOREVER News — New Trailer and Game List!

by Old School Gamer | Oct 11, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

How Will You Play? The latest in our Gold Master Series of interactive documentary games, Tetris® Forever will tell the amazing true story of one of the most legendary games of all time, alongside over 15 different playable games from 40 years of Tetris history. We...

The Rough First Two Weeks of Mario Adventure 3

by William Schwartz | Oct 7, 2024 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld

On September 22nd, ScarlettVixen released Mario Adventure 3, the sequel to her romhack Mario Adventure that’s been twelve years in the making. The original Mario Adventure is a classic rom hack of Super Mario Bros. 3 by DahrkDaiz (an old handle of Scarlett...

A History of Atari, Part 2 – by Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Sep 29, 2024 | 1970s, 2020s, Atari

From late 1975 and throughout 1976, work proceeded on Atari’snew programmable home system.Bushnell and Atari’s president, Joe Keenan, hoped to release it in time for Christmas 1977, but realized they didn’t have the finances to do so. Bushnell wanted to take the...