The Game Scholar: Revisiting History – By Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Jun 11, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

During my freshman year of college I took two semesters of a compre- hensive world history course. For the first semester class I had to purchase an expensive, hardcover history book, which was fine. However, when I returned for the second semester, which was being...

45 Years of Arcade Gaming: 1984-1989 By Adam Pratt

by Old School Gamer | Jun 8, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview

This is an update & re-write of an original article that was published on ArcadeHeroes.com on June 27th, 2012 entitled ‘40 Years Of Arcade Games’. You can still read that post here: http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/27/ 40-years-of-arcade-games/ In last issue’s...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Jun 4, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Welcome to the third installment of Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin, where I direct you to games worth playing that won’t send you to the poor house. This time the spotlight is on the Atari 2600 version of Mouse Trap, which is good despite its shortcomings, and Ms....

King of Arcades Next Up, Picks Up After King of Kong – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Jun 1, 2018 | 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews, The Story Of...

A long time ago, in a…. wait, wrong movie…Another video game documentary has surfaced, but what is nice is that it’s not about competition or egos. And I do want to point out that egos are NOT a bad thing during competition. All the people that I have been...

30 Years of Arcade Auctions in Iowa – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | May 25, 2018 | 2020s, Events, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

As Thanksgiving ends, the Christmas holiday season chaos begins. So many different things happen; not only on the day of Thanksgiving, but the days following as well. People continue to stuff themselves with leftovers, football games are watched, ridiculously long...

NES Oddities & The Homebrew Revolution Book Review – Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | May 23, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The original NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), or Famicom in Japan, is one of the most popular gaming system ever made, and, as a result, is the most written about console system. There are dozens of books about the system, it’s games, it’s re-release as a Mini...