by Old School Gamer | Mar 3, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview
In the 90s, Nintendo, Sega, and Sony held elaborate competitions that defined an era of eSports, with regional city qualifiers awarding a trip to a spectacular main event. A generation of gamers rose to the challenge, hoping to prove themselves as the best in the...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 18, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
That’s the first law of Hollywood. The video game industry always wanted to be like Hollywood. Who would know this better than me, the man who did the most notorious movie conversion of them all? But then again, nobody knows anything. If anybody knew anything then why...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 16, 2024 | 2010s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
With the exception of an issue or two, two artists have done nearly every cover of Old School Gamer since its start in 2017. Starting out with Thor Thorvaldson for approximately the first 1/2 of our existence and then, most recently, Dexter Morrill for the last couple...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 14, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview
Video Games with a scoring system have been around for a very long time. In fact, Guinness World Records lists 1976’s Sea Wolf as the first video game to record scores. This means that the idea of a high score in a video game was around before I was even born, and...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 13, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview
In the Fall of 1980, our family purchased an Intellivision from Sears; the scary thing is I can remember being in the store, seeing the display, and Dad going up to buy it. I don’t have a lot of memories from when I was eight years old, but that one has stuck with me....
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Feb 12, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview
Challenges and achievements are a huge part of today’s gaming experience, even for retro gamers. AntStream Arcade hasn’t left their clients out of the party either, as the service has tons of amazing and fun challenges for their players to enjoy. In this exclusive...