Ninja Gaiden – By Michael Mertes

by Mike Mertes | Jul 5, 2019 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

By the beginning of 1989, the Nintendo Entertainment System already had a plethora of platforming titles available, but none of them had evolved the genre as much as one title in particular. Just a few short months into 1989, Ninja Gaiden set itself apart from other...

Retro Games on Modern Consoles – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Jun 27, 2019 | 2010s, Magazine Preview, Pinball, Reviews

PINBALLFX3 WILLIAMS COLLECTION VOLUME 2 We have already covered the basics of the first Williams Collection and how awesome it is. Time for Volume 2. Once again, the collection grows for only $9. This time, we are looking at Black Rose, Party Zone, and Mars Attacks....

The Game Scholar: What’s in a Name? – By Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Jun 20, 2019 | 1970s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Since the dawn of time, or at least since 1975 when every Tom, Dick and Harry began releasing their own forms of videogame console that used General Instruments’ AY- 3-8500 chip, people have been referring to all video tennis consoles as Pong consoles. This is quite...

Convention & Event Update: February 2019 – April 2019 – By Old School Gamer Staff

by Old School Gamer | Jun 13, 2019 | 2010s, Events, Magazine Preview

MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC, MUSEUM OF PLAY , VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL EAST   MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC MILWAUKEE, WI BY RYAN BURGER Spring is a quieter season for gaming conventions, but winter found a way to come back to the Midwest Gaming Classic again, this year in...

Tecmo Super Bowl Is Alive and Competition Is Fierce – By Sam Fritz

by Old School Gamer | Jun 11, 2019 | 1980s, 2010s, Events, Magazine Preview

Down, set, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut… If those words continue to ring in one’s head then it is likely they have at one point experienced the thrill of 1991’s Nintendo Entertainment System classic “Tecmo Super Bowl”. You might have found yourself sprinting...

Toe Jam and Earl Back in the Groove – By Conor McBrien

by Conor McBrien | Jun 6, 2019 | 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

That’s right! After seventeen years away, the old-school alien duo from the planet Funkotron has returned. Crowdfunded through Kickstarter back in 2015, ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove is the fourth game in the series and the first to be independently published....