Video Game of the Day – February 23rd – Final Fantasy II
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Moon Patrol – by Michael Thomasson
Luna City Police Department Seeks Trigger-Happy Hero. Apply Within! WC reated by Irem and co-published with Williams Electronics, Moon Patrol was one of the premiere side-scrolling video games. It is recognized as the first arcade game with parallax scrolling, a...
Spider-Man By Patrick Wong
The sight of Spider-Man scaling a building is a familiar one. Like the classic Atari 2600 game, Spidey's opening appearance in his latest video game has our favorite Wall Crawler climbing one of New York's many tall skyscrapers. Seconds later, the familiarity would...
Video Game of the Day – February 22nd – Panzer Dragoon
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Video Game of the Day – February 21st – Sonic the Hedgehog 2
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The Game Scholar – Let’s Go to the Videotape By Leonard Herman The Father of Video Game History
Video game software can reside on many different types of media. In the early dedicated consoles of the seventies, the games were built into the consoles themselves. The introduction of cartridges in 1976 eventually gave way to CDs in 1988 and DVDs in 2000. Magnetic...
The Best Atari 2600 Games (That Never Existed)
Some do it to fulfill a fantasy of a game they wish had existed. Some do it just to see if they can create something that reminds them of past joys. Others just want to mess with your head. They are the creators of fake Atari labels. Surprisingly, there are several...
Video Games That Have Aged Like Fine Wine
Online games are at the height of their popularity as more and more gamers opt for them. The competitiveness is what gets the attention of the younger audience today, along with the graphics. Besides the usual top-ranking titles, people can play various browser games...
Video Game of the Day – February 19th – Shadow Bug
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Coins Detected in Pocket Galaga: Versus Armando Gonzalez, Mike Thompson, and Jordan Dorrington – by Steve DeLuca
Welcome to another installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers and Old School Games from the Golden Age of gaming. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin or token to start a video game. The earning of these coins was mostly...
Join the Club
Video gamers are always interested in finding out what new games are coming out for their systems. It’s nice to get a sneak preview by seeing some screen shots and descriptions. It is a natural curiosity, because one might consider a particular game as a future...
The Story of a Happy Child and a Cabaret Ms. Pac-Man
In addition to tons and tons of classic home video game consoles, I also collect the full size coin-operated models. I currently have six machines crammed into a small "game room" in my apartment. One of these, and the one that gets the most play from visitors, is...
The Mutual Influence of the Casino and Gaming Industries
The gaming industry and the casino one are avid followers of the trends in technology and make sure not to advance without them. Thanks to stronger processors and better RAM memory computers can support games with better graphics and provide smoother gameplay...
Video Game of the Day – February 18th – Akalabeth: World of Doom
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New Galaga World Record!
There are only a few arcade games that are considered part of the golden age of video games. Some think of Pac-Man, Defender, and Donkey Kong. There are a huge number of gamers out there who think Galaga. Galaga is one of the most popular old school games ever. The...
Video Game of the Day – February 16th – Until Dawn
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Video Game of the Day – February 15th – Hoshi wo Miru Hito (Stargazers)
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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ken Gage
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Ken Gage who currently is displayed on card number 2594, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. Ken started his gaming career on the Atari 2600. Adventure was his go-to game. He played so much, his parents had to take away the...
Video Game of the Day – February 14th – Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
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Video Game of the Day – February 13th – Star Control: Famous Battles of the Ur-Quan Conflict, Volume 4
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A Tale of Two Consoles – By Frank Schwartztrauber
In the fall of 1982, I decided to make my first major electronics purchase: a ColecoVision home video game console. I was married with a child on the way, assumed I would be spending more time at home in the future and thought it was a great idea. I had grown up...
The Odyssey 2 Goes to War! By Earl Green
Just because Atari had Combat and other titles representing the warlike side of the VCS doesn’t mean that players couldn’t wage war on other systems. The Odyssey 2 didn’t have a large slew of war games at its disposal. The earliest such title,Armored Encounter! / Sub...
Video Game of the Day – February 12th – Geneforge
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Modern Retro Programming: An Interview with Bob DeCrescenzo – by Brian Szarek, Editor
The retro community has been growing at a rapid pace, and one of the reasons are homebrew games, hacks and ports that attempt to faithfully recreate (or put a new spin on) arcade classics for vintage consoles. The Atari 2600 and 7800 libraries have been growing at a...
Video Game of the Day – February 11th – Rambo (NES)
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The Strategic Scenario By Leonard Herman
There are a wealth of games available that let your fingers do the walking...and your brain do most of the work! The centuries old notion of man v. machine has come to frivolous fruition with the introduction of video games. Alas, the human being seems to be the loser...
Video Game of the Day – February 10th – Outer Wilds
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Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: 40th Anniversary of the Intellivision – By Brett Weiss
Late in 1981, I discovered a trio of exclusive shooters for the Intellivision: Astrosmash, Space Armada, and Star Strike. Each is easy to find today, making them a great bargain for fans of the system. Complete boxed copies are worth only a few dollars each. Before I...
PSX Retrogames By Mark Androvich
In case you’ve been living in a cave for the past few months, you’re probably aware that Sony released its PlayStation 2 game system in October. Unfortunately, due to manufacturing problems and delays, very few people—namely, hardcore gamers who preordered in April,...
Insert Coin By Ken Jong
Way back in 1999, my friend Lon and I made a “guy” trip to beautiful Las Vegas, Nevada to experience the CG Expo for the first time. Here was our Mecca! We were oooing and ahhhing over the marvelous exhibits and treasures we saw and bought there. The classic gamers,...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Robin Mihara
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Robin Mihara, who currently is displayed on card number 286, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. Robin is one of the top Tetris players in the world. His preference is the NES version and has been playing since its...
Designer of the Colecovision An Interview With Robert Schneck – by Ethan Johnson
The Colecovision was a remarkable console for its era, entirely stifled by market conditions well beyond its control. From its brief time in the spotlight and less than three years of production, it remains a console that many have experienced, but few know anything...
Bob “Rosha” Harris: Behind the Odyssey, Part 2
The Probe 2000 Story In mid-1983, North American Phillips began to preview a new console, the Odyssey 3. It would replace the Odyssey 2's membrane keyboard with a PC Jr.-style "chiclet" keyboard, and offer new high-resolution graphics - some of which would enhance...
The Philosophy of NOT Using a Rewind Feature.
I was scrolling through Twitter some time ago when I came across a tweet that got me thinking. It was from a twitter user back in the end of December where he basically said that if you use the rewind feature that's available in the NES and SNES games on the Switch...
Video Game of the Day – February 6th – Overcooked!
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Shooters That Deserve a Remaster
Remasters are a dime-a-dozen today, but what about the forgotten classics? In this exclusive Old School Gamer list, we share a few Shooters that deserve to be brought back from the dead. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay: Starbreeze doesn’t get the credit...
Namco Museum By Kyle Snyder
I'm torn. When I recently purchased Namco Museum for the Sega Dreamcast, I sat down with a pen and paper to take notes on this classic compilation. How close did they get to the arcade games? Are there any detracting peculiarities? And then I was faced with a...
Video Game of the Day – February 4th – Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster’s Hidden Treasure
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Video Game of the Day – February 3rd – The Wonderful 101
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Forgotten NES gems from the last century
Despite being older than quite a few of you reading this, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is still considered to be one of the greatest gaming consoles ever produced. The original NES revolutionized video gaming back in the 1980s and spawned timeless classics...