Burning Force – A Hidden Gem

by Old School Gamer | Jan 20, 2021 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

You know, it’s hard to remember a time when video games weren’t ubiquitous. Today, we experience video games everywhere, from Twitter to Twitch. Even if you could afford every video game magazine that was published in the 80’s and 90’s, what you really learned...

End of Days – Sonic and the Sega Master System

by Mike Mertes | Jan 17, 2021 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

What if you took Sonic the Hedgehog and toned down every gimmick that brought him to the public eye? No, I’m not talking about his love for chili dogs. I’m talking about tweaking his super-sonic speed that SEGA’s marketing department touted was only possible due to...

Music is the Weapon – How Aerosmith Rocked the Arcade

by Michael Thomasson | Jan 15, 2021 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

Aerosmith’s signature video game almost didn’t include Aerosmith. In 1993, Midway Games was working on a new coin-op to be titled ‘Generation X’, and if one listens carefully to the opening sequence, Revolution X is referred to by its original title. However, that...

Coins Detected in Pocket – Recent World Records

by Old School Gamer | Jan 13, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

In 1999 and his 2005 Donkey Kong record score. In a video released by Guinness World Records, Editor-in Chief Craig Glenday stated, “reviewing both: existing evidence and newly sourced eyewitness testimony, plus some new expert gameplay analyses and hardware...

Coins Detected in Pocket – Robbie Lakeman vs. Donkey Kong

by Old School Gamer | Jan 11, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview

THE GAME Like sand at the beach, an ARCADE has zero legitimacy without one, if not two, Donkey Kong cabinets. Nintendo’s 1981 explosive launch put them at the top of the North American ARCADE scene. Stubborn Gorilla versus fearless Jump Man… can this helpless damsel...

Mark Flitman: Virtual Bart

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 8, 2021 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

From their debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System to their classic arcade game and plethora of other games on seemingly every console ever created, The Simpsons have always had a stake in gaming history. Connected with publishers the likes of Konami, Electronic...