ARpiCADE – Raspberry Pi Your Jamma Cabinet – By Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | Mar 8, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine Preview, Reviews

ARpiCADE is the solution to a whole slew of issues that retro video gamers have. It is an extra board set that you hook up to your Raspberry Pi computer. It allows you to do the equivalent of RetroPie, which so many people are using to build handheld computers and...

Pole Position and Michael Klug – By Joel West

by Old School Gamer | Mar 4, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns

COINS DETECTED IN POCKET   Welcome to the premier installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin to start a video game. The earning of coinage was mostly accomplished after some form...

Beavis and Butthead – By Jacob Pruitt

by Old School Gamer | Mar 3, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

IMMATURITY IN AN ARCADE… NO WAY Alot of us can remember sitting in front of the television set late at night on our carpet and watching our heroes sing on MTV. Our smiles appearing on our faces once the two teenage idiots appeared on the screen sitting on their...

Fighters Before the Dawn of the Street Fighter Age – By Adam Pratt

by Old School Gamer | Mar 2, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade

In any discussion about the influence and history of fighting games in entertainment at large, it is impossible to ignore the contribution that arcades made to the genre. Naturally, everyone first thinks of Street Fighter II when such games are brought up, and this...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – William ‘SnowFlake’ Rosa

by Todd Friedman | Feb 15, 2019 | 1980s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features William ‘SnowFlake’ Rosa, who is displayed on card number 2468, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection.  On February 2nd, 2019, Bill broke a new world record on “Tapper” Arcade, pending verification.  Streaming live...

AtGames Announces Classic Disney and Star Wars Video Games to Be Featured in Products

by Old School Gamer | Feb 14, 2019 | 2010s, Arcade

AtGames Digital Media Inc. has announced that iconic video games from Disney and Lucasfilm will be featured in their upcoming products. Fans can expect classic games from beloved properties like Disney’s Donald Duck, Tron, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ The Jungle...