by Todd Friedman | May 1, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Old School Gamer Magazine writer Mike Mertes who is displayed on card number 3482, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. From the moment he touched an Intellivision controller in 1985, Mike knew that he had experienced...
by Walter Day | Mar 28, 2021 | 1980s, 2010s, Columns, Magazine, Press Release
Everybody has their innermost desires. Everybody has secret aspirations and goals they hope to achieve in the course of their lives. Some people wish for a new car, some for a better home, and some for a wonderful romantic relationship. Unbelievably, one of my most...
by Old School Gamer | Mar 26, 2021 | 1990s, Console/PC/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine
By now, many people know that down on the 40 Deuce, Super Bomberman 2 was the game of choice. I’ve written about how the game took over our spare time like a vampire does young, good looking women. It was the only game we knew, the only game we needed to know…...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Mar 24, 2021 | 1990s, Console/PC/Handheld, ESports, Magazine
After the monumental successes of the original NHLFaceOff and its successor, NHL FaceOff 97, Craig Broadbooks and his team at Killer Game proved, at least for the time being, that its hockey franchise could hold its own with the likes of EA Sports NHL series on the...
by Mike Mertes | Mar 22, 2021 | 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/PC/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine
It’s not uncommon in today’s world to walk down the toy aisle of any big box store and see action figures from games like Halo, Super Mario Bros., Sonic the Hedgehog, Pokemon, Street Fighter, and Mindcraft. Before the late 1990s, any action figures related...
by Mike Mertes | Mar 20, 2021 | 1990s, Console/PC/Handheld, Gaming, Magazine
The blood-curdling scream of one of your friends tears through the halls of the Barrows mansion like a sonic boom. The sound startles you so bad that you lose your footing and smash face-first into the mansion floor. Fearing that you could be the next person...
