A Conversation with Nolan Bushnell, Part 2 PART 2 OF 2 – Competition Thru Amazon Alexa – By Michael Thomasson and Todd Friedman with Ryan Burger

by Michael Thomasson | Dec 10, 2025 | 1980s, Arcade, Interviews

In issue #12, we started an interview with Nolan Bushnell that took us up to the VCS akaAtari 2600. Todd Friedman had also done a recent interview that we brought part of into this article. We pick up when competition in the home video game space kicks up with the...

Interview with Galaxian World Champion – David Lyne

by Todd Friedman | Dec 6, 2025 | 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

This is an interview done by Galloping Ghost’s superstar and International Video Game Hall of Fame inductee Pete Hahn with World Champion Galaxian player, David Lyne. Pete Hahn: First of all, congrats again on your awesome achievement! How long was your entire...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Mertes

by Todd Friedman | Nov 30, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Old School Gamer Magazine writer Mike Mertes who is displayed on card number 3482, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  From the moment he touched an Intellivision controller in 1985, Mike knew that he had experienced...

Turkey Shoot: The Weirdest Arcade Shooter of the 80s

by Matthew Owen | Nov 26, 2025 | 1980s, Arcade

There are several game genres that are mostly exclusive to arcades, and of them, the light-gun shooter is one of the most entertaining. While the experience has been transferred to home consoles multiple times in the past, there’s nothing quite like standing in...

Should Have Stayed in the Arcade: 5 Commodore 64 Arcade Port Fails

by Marcus Albers | Nov 12, 2025 | 1980s, Arcade, C64 Vic20

When the Commodore 64 was still being produced, arcade boards were much more advanced. This made bringing popular, current arcade games home to the 8-bit home system a challenge at the best of times. Even though concessions would be made to bring them home...

Old School Gaming at L.A. Comic Con 2025

by Brian Chansy | Oct 13, 2025 | 2000s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Events, Gaming

Located in the same convention center as the ever-popular Anime Expo, L.A. Comic Con is an annual convention celebrating pop culture, including video games. Besides tournaments of more recent games (e.g., Street Fighter 6), the convention had something for Old School...