The Walter Day Report: The Art of Shooting – By Walter Day

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...

Just for Qix: Thunderforce – From the Home to the Arcade – By Michael Thomasson

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...

Shooters/Shmups: Galaga – By Todd Friedman

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...

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...