Portland Retro Gaming Expo – By Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Feb 9, 2018 | Events, Magazine Preview

When I initially started this magazine this summer and began contacting writers, everyone told me I HAD to get to Portland for PGRE (the Portland Retro Gaming Expo). While I had heard of it before and was excited to go, it blew all of my expectations on the attendees,...

Upcoming Gaming Events 2018

by Old School Gamer | Feb 6, 2018 | 2010s, Arcade, Events, Magazine Preview

The first two pages of issue #2 are dedicated to showing the upcoming gaming convention events in 2018.  Read the rest of this article on page 2 by clicking here!       Be sure to sign up to get Old School Gamer Magazine for free by clicking here!...

Atari 2600 Pricer – Presented By Puregaming.org’s Retro Game Collector Application

by Old School Gamer | Feb 4, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

  The following pages contain pricing for collectors of the Atari 2600 software lineup. All pricing below is based on Pure Gaming’s unique algorithm that scours online resoures looking for what actual product sold for in many different locations. It should be...

Text Adventures and Early Gaming – By Kristopher Purzycki

by Kristopher Purzycki | Feb 2, 2018 | 1970s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

When we think of classic games, we might typically think as far back as to those days when Nintendo and Sega were battling for supremacy over the market. Many still look back further to when similar lines were being drawn in the sand between Atari, Coleco, and...

Review: Retro-Bit RES+ – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Jan 30, 2018 | 2010s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Let me start this review by saying I forgot how much I really hated the Teenage Mutant Turtles game for the Nintendo until I started to review this product. Also, I would like to say how much I forgot how much I hated Super Mario 3. Now before we start to get letters,...

Review: Hyperkin RETRON HD – By Marc Andrews

by Old School Gamer | Jan 26, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Hyperkin’s Retron HD is cool no doubt about it. As the owner of a Hyperkin Retron 5 (plays tons of different consoles through downloading the Roms from the cartridge slots and has its own interface for loading games, etc, I’m thrilled that they made a unit like this...