by Antoine Clerc-Renaud | Apr 13, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
Some might say that a system can be judged by the games it proposes; others say it’s by the way we play it. But what defines more a video game system than its controller? The ergonomics are indeed so important that a bad controller can ruin a game console. Just ask...
by Antoine Clerc-Renaud | Apr 10, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
Launched on December 3 1994 in Japan, September 9 1995 in North America and September 29 1995 in most of Europe, the PlayStation revolutionized the game industry in so many ways. But what role did the hardware play into this? If there is one name to remember when it...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 10, 2018 | Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews
I have had an account at AtariAge. com for about five years and just got involved in it once we started to work on Old School Gamer Magazine. That is when I found out so much more about the community of gamers that is there and about the games that they release for...
by Leonard Herman | Apr 6, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
A question had arisen regarding whether a statement in my book, Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry, was correct or not. The book stated that Nintendo had imported the first videogame console, the Magnavox Odyssey, into Japan. Shortly after the book’s...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 3, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
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...
by Brett Weiss | Mar 30, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
Welcome to the second installment of Brett’s Old-School Bargain Bin, where I point you to games that won’t break your bank account. We’re going full retro this time around (big surprise there), focusing on two key games from a fondly remembered genre that is now all...