by Todd Friedman | Sep 23, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Columns
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stephen Wagner who currently is displayed on card number 158, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Stephen has been playing arcade games since he was 7 years old. All the years of experience has put Stephen in the record...
by Brett Weiss | Sep 21, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview
For this sports-themed issue of Old School Gamer, we’re going back to the basics: five early and essential games for the Atari 2600 and five for the Intellivision, the two most popular systems of the pre-NES era. These highly influential titles, which paved the way...
by JasonBreininger | Sep 20, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...
Nintendo Power was an enormous resource when it came to helping NES owners determine what games were worth buying, renting, or better off skipping entirely. However, not everyone was blessed enough to be a Nintendo Power subscriber, and there were very few other ways...
by Dan Loosen | Sep 18, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview
In prior Game & Market articles, I discussed factors that increase awareness of games, and can be a large factor in driving their value up. This time, we’re going to look at an entire segment of games that is generally overlooked by those factors, why they are...
by Michael Thomasson | Sep 14, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview
A t first glance, Atari Football (1978) appeared to be a no-thrills gaming experience. The monochrome screen displayed simple field lines and a few statistics in a rudimentary sans-serif font. The single-channel rarely beeped, and when it did, it was a muffled sound...
by Leonard Herman | Sep 11, 2018 | Columns, Magazine Preview
Since the beginning of videogame history, sports have always played a major role. Higinbotham’s Tennis For Two, Baer’s video table tennis, and Bushnell & Dabney’s Pong are also video versions of tennis or table tennis. But no matter how much you tell yourself that...