Arcade 1Up pre-orders now available!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 25, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

New York, USA – June 12, 2018 – Tastemakers, LLC. is opening the doors to the past on July 25. Eager consumers will be able to place pre-orders for the first wave of affordable Arcade1Up smaller-scale arcade cabinets stocked with classic games like Atari’s Centipede...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: I’m Running Out of Quarters!

by Brad Feingold | Jul 15, 2018 | Arcade, Columns

Oh the love of the video game,  Pacman, Donkey Kong, Popeye, Tron, Tempest, Tapper…… I could go on forever.  The fact that you go up to these video games, put a quarter in and start to play with 3 lives and you are done was a very satisfying concept back...

There are more Tiny Arcades coming any day now!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 12, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

 It’s up to you to save the planet and galaxy, or maybe just avoid those pesky ghosts with the new Tiny Arcades! Super Impulse has brought the most iconic arcade video games back in a size that will fit in the palm of your hand! The screen size is less than 1.5 inches...

Old School Gamer is available digitally and shipping Friday!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 10, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

OSG #5 is available digitally now for all subscribers and will be in the mailboxes of print subscribers early next week… This “action-packed” issue puts the emphasis sports games in the realm of retro gaming. We start out with NBA Jam and Mutant...

Pinball…..Not a Easy As You Think!

by Brad Feingold | Jul 9, 2018 | Arcade, Pinball

We have always talked about the retro gaming world and how it has effected us in a positive or negative way.  But there is another level that we have not even tapped the subject on.  The one type of gaming that was there even before the first video games….....

Only a few days remain…..for your video pinball!

by Old School Gamer | Jun 26, 2018 | Arcade, Console/Handheld, Pinball

Only a few days remain to purchase all 76 game titles on Arcooda Pinball Arcade (APA), the full video pinball cabinet software of the #1 video pinball game “The Pinball Arcade”. After 20 months in development, recent changes to license agreements mean that on 30th...