1988-1998 A NEW BOOK EXCERPT By Brett Weiss (intro) and Alex Thompson (Mortal Kombat II essay)

by Brett Weiss | Aug 3, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

When I’m a guest author (and now YouTuber) at various video game conventions around the country, the question I get more than any other is, “What is your favorite game of all time?” The answer is always Universal’s Mr. DoIf you haven’t played this classic maze title,...

Mortal Kombat – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Jul 24, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

When I was a senior in high school in 1992, I worked in the local bowling alley which had an arcade in the back of the building. Each month or so, the gaming distributor would bring in some new arcade and pinball games that had just come out. There were a lot of...

RETROSPECTIVE Mail Bag: Q&A Time

by Jason Russell | Jun 4, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Gaming, The Story Of...

Q) I know that the third console generation (NES/ Master System) were 8-bit but what were the systems before that? Was Pong 1-bit? That’s a surprisingly good question but the answer may disappoint.  What we classify as the first console hardware generation (the...

Star Wars: Return of the Jedi: Ewok Adventure

by Old School Gamer | May 4, 2022 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

It’s the holiday season, which means it is time to sit down and watch The Star Wars Holiday Special. It has become something of a cult classic since its one and only airing forty years ago. This made for TV masterpiece told the story of Chewbacca, his wife Mallatobuck...

What The Fall of the Amico Really Means

by Jason Russell | Mar 2, 2022 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

Thanks in no small part to the widely publicized antics of company front-man Tommy Tallarico and a host of questionable money-raising stunts by Intellivision, the world at large has been seemingly all too thrilled to watch the slow and torturous unraveling of the...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Brian Eddy Talks Stern’s The Mandalorian Pinball Machine And More 

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 9, 2021 | 2020s, Interviews, Pinball, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with fan-favorite video game designer Brian Eddy, who discusses his newest game, The Mandalorian pinball machine from Stern. Detailing the creation process and his goals for the machine, Eddy, who hardcore gamers know for his work on...