The Game Scholar – Let’s Go to the Videotape By Leonard Herman The Father of Video Game History

by Leonard Herman | Feb 21, 2020 | 1980s, Columns

Video game software can reside on many different types of media. In the early dedicated consoles of the seventies, the games were built into the consoles themselves. The introduction of cartridges in 1976 eventually gave way to CDs in 1988 and DVDs in 2000. Magnetic...

Coins Detected in Pocket Galaga: Versus Armando Gonzalez, Mike Thompson, and Jordan Dorrington – by Steve DeLuca

by Old School Gamer | Feb 19, 2020 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Events

Welcome to another installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers and Old School Games from the Golden Age of gaming. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin or token to start a video game. The earning of these coins was mostly...

New Galaga World Record!

by Todd Friedman | Feb 17, 2020 | 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

There are only a few arcade games that are considered part of the golden age of video games.  Some think of Pac-Man, Defender, and Donkey Kong. There are a huge number of gamers out there who think Galaga.  Galaga is one of the most popular old school games ever.  The...

AMAZON or Big Brown River! From the man formerly known as THE JADED GAMER by Bill Donohue

by Old School Gamer | Feb 17, 2020 | Columns, Magazine Preview, Opinions, The Story Of...

The following are excerpts from a tattered notebook recovered from the mummified hand of an unknown explorer. How the explorer got into his leathery condition is still a mystery that maybe these notes can solve. A bigger mystery is how this explorer was found under a...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ken Gage

by Todd Friedman | Feb 15, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Ken Gage who currently is displayed on card number 2594, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. Ken started his gaming career on the Atari 2600. Adventure was his go-to game. He played so much, his parents had to take away the...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: 40th Anniversary of the Intellivision – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Feb 10, 2020 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Late in 1981, I discovered a trio of exclusive shooters for the Intellivision: Astrosmash, Space Armada, and Star Strike. Each is easy to find today, making them a great bargain for fans of the system. Complete boxed copies are worth only a few dollars each. Before I...