Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Flicked Off

by Brad Feingold | Dec 9, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

This is not going to be a very long blog, but I was driving to Wendy’s for a Frosty and passed a Faraway grocery store that used to be an arcade and also used to be a Safeway.  But the Safeway part reminded me of a grocery store that I used to go to in Arizona...

Data East Classics BurgerTime, Bad Dudes, and Karate Champ are Now Available in Mini Arcade Form

by Old School Gamer | Dec 4, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

TORRANCE, CA – Dec. 4, 2017 – My Arcade, manufacturer of retro gaming products and classic console accessories, has licensed the rights for classic titles from legendary arcade game developer, Data East. The centerpieces of the collaboration will be a...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Sucked Into a Black Hole

by Brad Feingold | Dec 2, 2017 | 1970s, Arcade

So over the Thanksgiving weekend, I was honored to be part of one of Iowa’s largest video game and pinball auctions.  These auctions happen twice a year.  Normally during Easter weekend and Thanksgiving weekend.  I’m not going to get in depth about the...

Billy Mitchell coming to SoCal!

by Old School Gamer | Dec 1, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

Billy Mitchell will be coming to the Retro City Festival in January – http://retrocityfestival.com.  And Old School Gamer will be there giving out issue #2 of our magazine. “THE KING OF KONG” BILLY MITCHELL The star of King of Kong and history’s most...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Now Boarding

by Brad Feingold | Nov 24, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade

As a kid, I didn’t really travel that much.  Sure I went on those fun loving car rides with my mom and dad and my brother once in a blue moon.  But it seemed like those trips took forever.  Why, oh why didn’t we have iPhones back then.  Oh yeah, they...

Monaco GP – My First Arcade Game

by Ric Pryor | Nov 20, 2017 | 1970s, Arcade

Monaco GP is the first arcade game I ever played. I was so young at the time I didn’t even know it by name. It was simply the racing game right inside the entrance to the arcade that was right inside the entrance to the mall. It was loud and fast and simple, an...