AtGames® Announces the Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine

by Old School Gamer | Jun 3, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade, Reviews

  Full-Size Arcade Machine Features Legendary Video Games, Cloud Connectivity, and other Amazing Features   Los Angeles – May 30, 2019 – AtGames® Digital Media Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment products today announced the Legends Ultimate...

Ice Cold Beer and Arcade Tournaments – By Phil Day

by Old School Gamer | May 30, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview

By and large, the great achievements of early arcade gamers from the 80’s remained known only to the faithful few until 2007, with the release of the feature length documentary film, King of Kong. At first, the film seemed peculiar: a niche subculture of competitors...

Williams Pinball Volume 4 – Available Now!

by Old School Gamer | May 28, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Pinball

Buckle up! Williams Pinball Volume 4 is a wild ride with 3 new tables and revamped flipper physics. White Water, Red & Ted’s Road Show and Hurricane will be released on May 28 to PlayStation 4, Xbox One & Windows 10, Steam, Nintendo Switch and Mac. Also to the...

Two New Publishers Announced for the Evercade

by Brendan Meharry | May 25, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

The Evercade is an interesting new retro handheld we’ve been closely following at OSGM HQ for the last month or so. Starting off as something mysterious, it was soon revealed to be a completely self-contained console that would play retro games – but most importantly,...

Just 4 Qix: Warlords – By Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | May 23, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns

Atari’s Warlords is considered one of the best competitive video game titles of all time. Warlords is a simple game that took Atari’s early games Quadrapong and Breakout and greatly improved upon them. By taking the multi-player paddle premise and spinning the concept...

Arcades: The Granddaddy of Social Multiplayer Fun – By Adam Pratt

by Old School Gamer | May 21, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, The Story Of...

Years before four-player split screen, online play and MMOs, gamers had a place they could visit to experience multiplayer video excitement for 2 players and beyond: the arcade. For this issue, I’m going to highlight various titles that made social gaming a “thing”...