Convention Update: Nov 2018 – Jan 2019 – By Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | Apr 12, 2019 | 2010s, Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews

RETRO GAME CON SYRACUSE, NY – BY CONOR O’BRIEN The sixth Retro Game Con was held November 3-4 at the Oncenter in Syracuse, NY. Despite grey skies and cold rain, hundreds of attendees showed up at the venue. Some attendees came in costume and many were gamer...

Flip Grip: Bullet Heaven – By Rob Faraldi

by Rob Faraldi | Apr 11, 2019 | 2000s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Shmups (short for “shoot ‘em ups”) were a mainstream genre decades ago, but have since become a persistent niche. Some of the more popular and notable shmups include Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, M.U.S.H.A., and Raiden. Certain classic consoles including TurboGrafx-16,...

A Killer App: Star Raiders – By Bill Lange

by BillLange | Apr 10, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Star Raiders, the iconic computer adventure game, was created for the Atari 400/800 home computer line, in fact, it was created at the same time as the development of the computers. It was programmed by Atari hardware designer Doug Neubauer. Neubauer was also on the...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Asteroids and Beamrider – By Brett Weiss

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...

The Origins of the Name “Pac-Man” Indecent to Iconic – By Ethan Johnson

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...

RetroPlace.com – A New Community to Collect With – By Brad Feingold

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...