Music Games – by Brian Szarek

by Old School Gamer | Feb 2, 2022 | 1970s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

When we think of music games today, we think of titles such as Dance Dance Revolution, Guitar Hero or Rock Band, all of which have their positive attributes, but are mostly newer (with the exception of DDR which made its first appearance in the late 1990s). Even...

Pump it Up – by Michael Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Jan 31, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

You certainly can’t discount the amount of money Konami has and still is making worldwide with its musical games like Dance Dance Revolution, as it has been one of the hottest things to play for years wherever arcade cabinets can be found. Much like how Street...

VIV SAVAGE: By the author formerly known as THE JADED GAMER

by Old School Gamer | Jan 29, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Gee, I can’t play Guitar Hero… or Rock Band… or any other guitar game. Why? Because I’ve played guitar in real rock bands for about 50 years and, to be honest, it’s a miracle I’m still alive. The one thing I always noticed about guitar games is that they leave out a...

Dance Dance Revolution – by Michael Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Jan 27, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution hit the Japanese arcade scene in 1998 as a brand-new addition to Konami’s Bemani series of music and rhythm games. Like Beatmania, Konami would utilize a specialized cabinet with a powerful sound system and a control system...

JAKE SIMPSON, REVOLUTION X – by Patrick Hickey, Jr.

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 25, 2022 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

Light gun games get no love today, but with the popularization of games the likes of Duck Hunt, Wild Gunman, Gumshoe and Hogan’s Alley in the 1980s, Nintendo proved they could be big sellers on the console market if done right. In the arcades, however, they were...

Beatmania! – by Michael Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Jan 23, 2022 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

October 1999 – A newly christened DJ named DJ Eclipse walked into a mall arcade with his high school friends and surveyed what arcade games were on the floor that home consoles couldn’t easily replicate. There were plenty of light gun games littering the...