Relating on a Personal Level with Atari’s Paperboy
Spring of 1985 was a dark time for video games. The Nintendo Entertainment System was still 6 months from seeing the light of day in the United States. Atari mania and Pac-Man fever felt like ages ago thanks to the shift away from home console gaming towards computer...
Classic Home Video Games: Scrapyard Dog – By Brett Weiss
The closest thing the Atari 7800 has to Super Mario Bros., Scrapyard Dog is the type of side-scrolling platform game that was popular during the late '80s and early '90s. Players guide an ugly, big-nosed guy names Louie through six rounds (17 levels in all) of...
Road Rash for the Game Boy Review
It's the most reviewed series on my channel - it's Road Rash! Involving bike racing but with the added feature of being able to beat the opponents with a steel pipe, Road Rash was very successful on both the Mega Drive and PSone. Does a port to the original Game Boy...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – SimCity
While Mario lived up to his role as the mascot for Nintendo by appearing across several titles in varying capacities for the launch of the Nintendo Entertainment System and Game Boy, his presence was downplayed somewhat when the company entered the 16-bit era with the...
Polymega Rears its Head, Proves it’s not Deceased
Prepare to hear non-stop about the Polymega, as it’s no doubt going to start clogging up your retro gaming airwaves very soon. If the name Polymega doesn’t sound familiar, however, then maybe “Retroblox” will ring a bell. Originally announced early 2017, the then...
Pac-Man Merchandising: The King of Merchandising in the Early 80s – By David Oxford
It may be difficult to imagine for someone who wasn’t there at the time – or heck, even someone who was – but following its North American arcade release by Midway Games on October 26th, 1980, Pac- Man became huge. Like, stupidly huge. One could draw comparisons to...
It’s Godzilla vs. Ultraman in Battle Baseball for the Famicom
If I were to make a Venn diagram of the relationship between American fans of shows like Mobile Suit Gundam and baseball fans, it would be two circles with the edges barely touching. That tiny, almost imperceivable area of overlap is my friend Steve. Steve owns a...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dennis Blechner
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dennis Blechner, who is displayed on card number 991, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Dennis is an avid gamer who loves playing such games as Tetris and Bubble Bobble. Dennis holds many records in the gaming...
My Experience at Midwest Gaming Classic 2018
The first video gaming convention I ever attended was the inaugural Missouri Game Con held in St. Louis (where I live) in 2016. Gaming conventions always seemed like cool events that other people attended. Those lucky people that lived within a 2 or 3 hour drive of...
A Closer Look at Nintendo’s Official Game Boy Peripherals: Four Player Adapter
Previously, we took a brief look at the Game Boy's Game Link Cable and how it helped prolong the life of the system, well past the point a successor would have rightfully taken its place. Today, we look at how Nintendo was effectively able to double its gameplay...
Shenmue I & II Re-Releasing Later This Year
In what has been a good few weeks for remasters and re-releases, it’s been announced that the original Shenmue along with its sequel is to be re-released together later this year. This makes loads of sense since the much anticipated, Kickstarter-driven Shenmue III is...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [2] Mortal Kombat Trilogy + Wave Race 64
Round 2...Fight! #3 : Mortal Kombat Trilogy After an amazing launch day of two great titles, the follow up release on the Nintendo 64 was...this. Now, Mortal Kombat is a pretty big title, it's a series that stands tall today with Mortal Kombat X having been...
Stern Pinball Arcade: Close to the Real Thing
I am a person that loves video games, hands down. In case you didn't know that. But my all time dream and love is to own my own pinball machine. Problem is, they are big and expensive. And there really isn't an alternative to having one.... or is there? Farsight...
Old School Gamer on Billy Mitchell News
Dear Old School Gamers, Thank you again for being a digital subscriber to Old School Gamer. We hope that you enjoy the news, reviews, history and more that we provide in our young magazine. Issue #4 is about to go to press and you will be getting the digital link...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Eric Tessler
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Eric Tessler who currently is displayed on card number 519, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. He is also featured on cards 533, 1493, 2061, 2080, 2226 and 2282. Eric is the primary supporter of the Walter Day Trading...
Billy Mitchell Official Statement
At the Midwest Gaming Classic today, Billy Mitchell made this official statement to Old School Gamer Magazine. Note: Billy Mitchell is on the advisory board of this magazine. photos available below for usage with attribution to Old School Gamer Magazine -...
Tax Avoiders for the Atari 2600
Happy Tax Day everyone! Did you get your refund yet? I did. Ten big ones. Ten United States dollars, deposited directly into my bank account by Uncle Sam himself. And what better to spend my newfound wealth on than the game inspired by the IRS, conceived by a licensed...
Controlling The Dragon – By Antoine Clerc-Renaud
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...
Why Does the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality End Up on Bad Games?
"This game sucks! So why does it have the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality on it?", or some variation thereof, is a common refrain from within the gaming community that has been around for... well, perhaps as long as the seal itself. A common misconception is that...
The Best Superman Video Games
Sadly we seem to have reached a point at which we can say the modern version of Superhero cinema is underwhelming. It’s a bit of a bummer for comic lovers everywhere. Even if some of the DC/Warner Bros. films have actually been quite true to the comics, the...
The Last Official Release: Game Gear – The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Hello my retro gaming friends, and welcome back to The Last Official Release where we dissect and ever so carefully analyse the last official game released for a particular console. Previous entries in the series have included the NES, the Atari 2600 and the Game Boy...
Feature: Inside the PlayStation: Enter the Dragon – By Antoine Clerc-Renaud
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...
Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! for PSone Review
It's very rare that anything I release is topical, but this video was uploaded on the eve of the Reignited Trilogy being formally announced. So, here it is - my review of Spyro 2! The topical-ness of the video is purely coincidental, of course. [wpdevart_youtube...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Race to the Finish
Folks, as you may or may not have been aware, I have been away from the computer for a little while trying to get things back together in life. It was like someone took a video game apart and said put it together. For someone who has never done that, it was very...
The Pac-Man Card Game
When I was in college and Magic: The Gathering was the new hotness, I tried my hand at creating a Pac-Man card game. Bear in mind, this was before the World Wide Web was littered with print on demand operations and making a card game meant going to a print shop,...
System Spotlight – Fairchild Channel F
Atari gets a lot of credit for pioneering the ROM cartridge based home video gaming system craze and for good reason. They were the company that bought the rights to port popular arcade games and bring them into families living rooms. All anyone really wanted back...
Mini Doom II – Relive the Classic in 16-Bit, Until You Die
Years ago, ID software came out with what was considered to be the game changer with the Doom franchise. The object of the first person shooter was simple, survive the depths of hell while destroying demons, skeletons and other painful monsters. The series was one...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Acclaim
The first member of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team we're going to take a look at is none other than Acclaim, the self-proclaimed "Masters of the Game." While Acclaim's reputation over the ensuing years hasn't held up especially well, at the time, they were not at...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [1] Super Mario 64 + Pilotwings 64
What is the Nintendo 64 Chronicles? Before diving into this series, I'd like to share with you a bit of what it's about. The Nintendo 64 was my first ever experience as a child with 3D gaming,and I fell in love when I opened it on my 8th birthday. However, I parted...
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Leaked on Amazon
While it’s been theorised since February that a remaster of the much-loved Insomniac Games trilogy would be hitting shelves later this year, our suspicions finally seem to have been confirmed thanks to a few Amazon leaks today. While Activision is still staying Mum on...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: 1980–1983 – By Adam Pratt
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...
New Dreamcast Game in Development – Reaperi Cycle
In a testament that it is truly the best console ever made, news has come out that the long-discontinued Sega Dreamcast is receiving yet another game. While it had a very short shelf life of only two years up until 2001, the homebrew scene has been flourishing ever...
System Spotlight – 3DO
The early ’90s were something of a second coming for the wild west of video game console manufacturing. The early ’80s saw a number of console manufacturers trying to make a go of it after the success of the Atari VCS. Then there was the crash of ’83 and...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Ready Player One
THIS IS A SPOILER FREE REVIEW! This is a special edition of KCAIC as I am presenting to you a movie review for a film that was released this weekend. Why? Well, the thing is.... It has to do with... Oh just read the review and you'll understand. 🙂 I love...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Donkey Kong and Beauty and the Beast – By Brett Weiss
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...
Video Game Tradng Card Spotlight – Matt Miller
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Matt Miller, who is displayed on card number 44, from the Superstars of 2011. Matt is also on Cards 1252 and 1646. Matt is an old school as well as modern gamer. He holds 56 Twin Galaxies world records and is the proudest...
Howard Phillips Speaks on Dragon Quest’s Initial Performance and Nintendo Power Giveaway
During its run, Nintendo Power was a publication beloved by fans of Nintendo all across North America. One of the most famous tales from the magazine's run is of the time you could subscribe and receive a brand-new copy of the role playing game Dragon Warrior (which...
OSG Profile: Steve Wiebe
This piece originally appeared in the Video Game Collector Magazine but has been updated and added to with more current information. Q: What were you into when you were growing up? SW: I was really into drawing. I was always drawing as a kid. I’d make my own baseball...
Nights into Dreams (Review) – Sega Saturn
There isn’t a true Sonic game available on the Saturn? What?!?! 32X owners already had to make due with having only Knuckles Chaotix and its odd control scheme available but no plans to release a Sonic game (sorry, Sonic Jam and Sonic R don’t count) seemed like a...
The Last Official Release: NES – The Lion King
Welcome back to The Last Official Release; a series of posts where I explore the last games to be officially released on a variety of different consoles, focusing on a different one each article. Previous entries have included the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Game Boy....