by Michael Thomasson | Feb 12, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns
Many video game fans believe that 1992’s Mortal Kombat was the first fighting game to use digitized sprite graphics. Others recognize Atari’s 1990 hit Pit-Fighter as the premiere beat ‘em up boasting the technology. The truth is that a rather obscure title, released...
by Todd Friedman | Feb 3, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jeff Waldron, who is displayed on card number 2499, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. Jeff is a long time collector and restorer of classic arcade games. Some of Jeff’s collection includes Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and...
by Ken Horowitz | Jan 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, Columns
A few years ago, I accompanied my oldest daughter on a field trip. I live in the Caribbean, and it’s almost always warm and sunny here, so I decided that day to wear a Minecraft t-shirt. During the bus ride, I chatted with some of her classmates, who asked me about...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 23, 2019 | 1970s, 2000s, Columns
In the articles I have crafted for OSG Magazine to this point, the focus has been heavy on history, covering decades worth of video arcade games. This month we’re going to take a different approach, focusing on titles that you are likely familiar with from “back in...
by Brett Weiss | Jan 22, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns
DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN AND SUPER STAR WARS My new book, The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 1 (A-M), is finally available, so I decided to focus this month’s column on Nintendo’s famous 16-bit console. Since the theme of the issue...
by Dan Loosen | Jan 21, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Columns
Most people’s game collections don’t consist simply of games. You may have read that sentence and thought that is obvious, those col- lections include things like consoles and controllers too, but that’s also not what I was to. Instead, I’m referring to the trinkets,...