Keep Calm and Insert Coin: It’s Not Cheating If the Company Made It!

by Brad Feingold | Mar 3, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade

There are several games that people will play over and over for either one certain reason or no reason at all.  Trust me, there was a reason for this story.  Back in 1983, Konami released some really great titles to the arcade.  I can’t remember how many...

Free Play Florida – The Land of Mickey and Sea World is Great For Gamers!

by Old School Gamer | Mar 2, 2018 | Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview

The adventures of the Old School Gamer crew continue….this time the weekend after Galaxies of Games in Iowa. We travelled down to Orlando Florida, again with our friends Billy Mitchell and Walter Day for Free Play Florida which I’m told is the largest such event...

RETROSPECTIVE: DreamGEAR Data East Hits Gamestation Wireless Console

by Jason Russell | Mar 1, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

A Big Step in the Right Direction DreamGEAR is one of those companies that’s been steadily releasing affordable plug and play (as well as handheld and mini) hardware for years.  Well over a decade in fact.  So it’s a safe bet nearly everyone with even a modicum of...

Golden Age Classic Arcade Cabinets Coming to a Home Near You

by Old School Gamer | Feb 17, 2018 | Arcade, Console/Handheld

Tastemakers, LLC., a growing global powerhouse company with products available in more than 50 countries, is bringing the hottest arcade games of all time into your home with the affordable Arcade1Up line of consumer arcade cabinets. The Arcade1Up is a...

The Walter Day Report – When President Ronald Reagan Almost Came to Twin Galaxies

by Walter Day | Feb 16, 2018 | Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

It never happened — but we got really close to having the President of the United States come to Ottumwa to meet with Iowa Governor Terry Branstad in Twin Galaxies and make a statement on video games. Most serious gamers already know that Iowa Governor Terry...

AutoFire Power Hour: Interview With Billy Mitchell

by Old School Gamer | Feb 14, 2018 | Arcade, Events

Love him or hate him, he is Billy Mitchell and it is 99.99% guaranteed he is better at Pacman than you.  AFPH had the privilege of having a one one one interview with one of the most famous, or infamous as Billy would perhaps want it, video game players of all time. ...