Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Congo Bongo?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 13, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Sega Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Arcade – Platformer Alternate Title: N/A Model #: 006-01 Rarity: 4 Programmer: Steve Beck / Phat Ho What causes a normal everyday hunter on a jungle safari to be pushed over the...

E3: 25 Years of Gaming – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Mar 6, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events, Magazine Preview

E3, short for the “Electronic Entertainment Expo”, is the largest computer and video game show in the United States. Almost every name in the industry is present during this convention. There are leading pub-lishers, developers and manufacturers represented at this...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Centipede?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 6, 2021 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: CX2676 Rarity: 2 Programmer: N/A This is a surprisingly solid port of the arcade classic. You take control of a magic wand wielding elf who must...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Sam Tuff

by Todd Friedman | Mar 6, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Columns, Console/Handheld

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Sam Tuff who currently is displayed on card number 3538, from the Superstars of 2021. Sam, from the North East of England, is a World Record Tetris player. He holds over 60 world records on the Twin Galaxies Scoreboard for...

Pokemon Disasters – by Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Mar 4, 2021 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Certainly it is doubtful that Pokémon creator Satoshi Tjiri knew when he started up his hand-written and stapled video game fanzine, Game Freak, that his creation would cause such a fuss! The avid insect collector and video game hobbyist became enthralled with...

ISSUE 20 – iiRcade News Flash

by Old School Gamer | Feb 28, 2021 | 1980s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Sometimes great news about an industry member comes in after the magazine has already been laid out and needs to get into the magazine’s next issue. iiRcade, a great supporter of Old School Gamer Magazine, had some releases that were announced in November and...