Multirotor: A 80’s style tabletop arcade game

by Brad Feingold | Jan 3, 2018 | 2010s, Console/Handheld

You have only 5 days left to get your chance to be a part of a great idea.  Kickstarter has always been known for creating original and outstanding ideas.  This is no exception.  The game is called Multirotor.  It is an 8-Bit style game that will be available in...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: HE’S ON FIRE!!!

by Brad Feingold | Jan 2, 2018 | 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

Ok, before this blog gets going, I have a disclaimer: I hate basketball!!!!  There’s just no other way to say it.  No disrespect to the professionals that make millions in the industry, but I just hate it.  I hate the squeaking of the sneakers going back and...

Super Gamepad for Super NESTM Classic Edition is Out Now

by Old School Gamer | Jan 2, 2018 | 1990s, 2010s, Console/Handheld

TORRANCE, CA (Dec. 28, 2017) – The highly-anticipated wireless solution for the Super NES™ Classic edition is now available on Amazon and the My Arcade website! My Arcade’s Super Gamepad allows gamers to revisit the SNES classics with the functionality of...

Why An Advisory Board? by Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Jan 2, 2018 | Arcade, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

When this magazine was started earlier this summer I knew a lot of people within the industry, some of them directly, but many of them indirectly. Two of our advisory board are friends I’ve had in this industry thanks to the Midwest Gaming Classic that I’ve attended...

Gene Medic – A Homebrew Edutainment Game for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Jan 1, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Console/Handheld

I’ve always liked being edutained. As a kid I’d keep an eye out for interesting episodes of Nova to watch instead of whatever the family TV would normally be tuned to that night. I even played the educational video games my parents bought for me. Some of...

Downright Bizarre Games: Shaq Fu – No balls!

by Michael Thomasson | Dec 31, 2017 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

Shaq Fu Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, Sega Game Gear and Nintendo GameBoy 1994 Professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal is sightseeing in Tokyo before his all-star charity game. During a chance encounter, he meets Leotsu, an elderly martial arts grand master at...