My Experience at Midwest Gaming Classic 2018

by JasonBreininger | Apr 19, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Events, Magazine Preview

The first video gaming convention I ever attended was the inaugural Missouri Game Con held in St. Louis (where I live) in 2016. Gaming conventions always seemed like cool events that other people attended. Those lucky people that lived within a 2 or 3 hour drive of...

Old School Gamer on Billy Mitchell News

by Old School Gamer | Apr 16, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Events

Dear Old School Gamers,   Thank you again for being a digital subscriber to Old School Gamer. We hope that you enjoy the news, reviews, history and more that we provide in our young magazine. Issue #4 is about to go to press and you will be getting the digital link...

Billy Mitchell Official Statement

by Old School Gamer | Apr 15, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

At the Midwest Gaming Classic today, Billy Mitchell made this official statement to Old School Gamer Magazine. Note: Billy Mitchell is on the advisory board of this magazine. photos available below for usage with attribution to Old School Gamer Magazine –...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Race to the Finish

by Brad Feingold | Apr 9, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade

Folks, as you may or may not have been aware, I have been away from the computer for a little while trying to get things back together in life.  It was like someone took a video game apart and said put it together.  For someone who has never done that, it was very...

Mini Doom II – Relive the Classic in 16-Bit, Until You Die

by Brad Feingold | Apr 6, 2018 | 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

Years ago, ID software came out with what was considered to be the game changer with the Doom franchise.  The object of the first person shooter was simple, survive the depths of hell while destroying demons, skeletons and other painful monsters.  The series was one...

45 Years of Arcade Gaming: 1980–1983 – By Adam Pratt

by Old School Gamer | Apr 3, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

  This is an update & re-write of an original article that was published on ArcadeHeroes.com on June 27th, 2012 entitled ‘40 Years Of Arcade Games’. You can still read that post here: http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/27/ 40-years-of-arcade-games/   In...