by Brett Weiss | Apr 9, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview, Reviews
The theme for this installment of Old School Gamer is simu- lation games, but I’m still on a shooter high from the last issue, so I’m going to spotlight two more shooting games that are easy on the wallet, yet fun to play. If you’re cool with cartridge only, Asteroids...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 8, 2019 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
All old-school gamers should be familiar with localization by now. Whether that is the censorship of Nazi symbols in Bionic Commando or the hilarious cutscenes of Zero Wing, things can change for better or worse when crossing the Pacific. It is fair to say though that...
by Brad Feingold | Apr 6, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
The staff of Old School Gamer has possibly found a new home for keeping track of our console game collection online and we recommend you check them out! This dynamic site, Retroplace.com, is built utilizing an amazing database that can do so many things. I can easily...
by Walter Day | Mar 31, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Yes, there is an “art to shooting” in video game playing. Essentially, managing your bullets, especially when you are only given, more or less, one bullet at a time. This pertains particularly to the legendary games of the classic arcade era. In this article, I have...
by Michael Thomasson | Mar 29, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
It is a rare occurrence when a home console game makes its way to the video arcade, but that is what happened with the horizontal- scrolling shooter Thunder Force. Like a reverse chain of events, in the literary world it would be equivalent to a book being...
by Todd Friedman | Mar 21, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview
Almost every adult remembers the “Golden Age” of Video Gaming. Most would say this included arcade games from 1978 to 1983. If you were to ask someone what the five most popular games of that era were, Galaga would always be mentioned. It was, and is, one of the most...