Video Game Trading Card Spotlight Cary J. Hahn

by Todd Friedman | Mar 20, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Cary J. Hahn, who is displayed on card number 185 from the Superstars of 2011 Collection.  After working at KTVO Ottumwa, Cary became “The Iowa Traveler” feature reporter for Cedar Rapids, Iowa CBS affiliate...

ARpiCADE – Raspberry Pi Your Jamma Cabinet – By Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | Mar 8, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine Preview, Reviews

ARpiCADE is the solution to a whole slew of issues that retro video gamers have. It is an extra board set that you hook up to your Raspberry Pi computer. It allows you to do the equivalent of RetroPie, which so many people are using to build handheld computers and...

GameShell – You Can Build It….I Did! – By Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | Mar 7, 2019 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

My interest in the GameShell began when I heard about it back in November 2017, right as Old School Gamer was in its infancy. I often find myself backing many retro gaming related products that I see popping up on crowdfunding sites, especially on Kickstarter, which...

Beavis and Butthead – By Jacob Pruitt

by Old School Gamer | Mar 3, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

IMMATURITY IN AN ARCADE… NO WAY Alot of us can remember sitting in front of the television set late at night on our carpet and watching our heroes sing on MTV. Our smiles appearing on our faces once the two teenage idiots appeared on the screen sitting on their...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin – Street Fighter II Turbo – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Mar 1, 2019 | 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview

  My forthcoming book, The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 2 (N-Z), is now available for pre-order. The book won’t release until April 28, 2019, but I decided to give Old School Gamer readers an advance look at one of the entries. Since the...

Convention Update: Sept-Oct 2018 – Old School Gamer Staff

by Old School Gamer | Feb 27, 2019 | 2010s, Events, Magazine Preview

RETRO WORLD EXPO, GALAXIES OF GAMING, PORTLAND RETRO GAMING EXPO RETRO WORLD EXPO HARTFORD, CT BY RYAN BURGER Held at the Connecticut Convention Center in downtown Hartford, the Retro World Expo is an event for anyone in the Northeast that is into retro gaming! It is...