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Arcade 1Up – By Michael Thomasson
Coin-op nostalgia was in full swing this past holiday season, and odds are that your heart was elevated when you first gazed upon the 3⁄4 scale arcade cabinets by Arcade 1UP in your local mall. My initial impression was that they were made for small people or...
HardBall!
The Say Hey Kid Willie Mays. Joltin’ Joe DiMaggio. Shoeless Joe Jackson. Sadly, a mix of genetics, which kept me short with a stick figure physique, and a startling lack of hand-eye coordination ensured that I would never join the ranks of these baseball immortals....
Dr. Mario and Packie: Coins Detected In Pocket – By Steve DeLuca
W elcome 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...
The History of Starpath Corporation and the Supercharger – By Eugenio Angueira
The Atari 2600, or Video Computer System (VCS), as it was originally known, first launched in 1977 in North America (1978 in Europe), and was among the first consoles to use cartridges to allow owners of the system the ability to play different games on the same...
What Made Gaming so Popular in Youth?
A lot of people in the world, especially the youths enjoy playing video games for long hours. More than 97% of American teens play video games at least one time in their lifetime. It is extraordinary to find these kinds of numbers enjoying other forms of activities...
Super Mario Land DX Patch Celebrates 30 Years of Game Boy by Bringing Color to Sarasaland
Topple Tatanga again for the first time.
Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective
I still remember the overwhelming excitement I felt when I first acquired the Sega CD system. I had owned a Commodore 64, an NES and a Sega Genesis, but the Sega CD was going to change everything. After all, it’s games were on compact disc, not dusty, old cartridges....
Jason Knigge: A Completist From the Chicago Area – By Todd Friedman
I am a huge video game collector. I have about 3,500 individual games and 26 consoles and handhelds. I always knew people had a bigger collection than I did, and I knew a lot of people had more complete collections as well; but years ago, I met a person who lives...
Dan Kitchen: 2600 to Modern and Back – By Old School Gamer
Old School Gamer staff members have had the privilege of meeting many programmers from the heyday of the 1970s and 1980s, notably, David Crane, Garry Kitchen and Dan Kitchen, all of whom were influential during the Atari 2600 Generation and also the founding of...
The Wonderful World of Arcade Simulators – By Adam Pratt
The gaming business loves to abbreviate descriptive terminology. VR is one of those that has made headlines over the past few years, although it is hardly the only “Reality” technology that is worth writing about. You have Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MXR)...
Oh My Gosh, They Are So Small! – Tiny Arcades From Superimpulse – By Paige Burger
Recently, there has been an influx of miniaturized versions of arcade classics. For example, I can collect small arcade machines and fit them all in my spare bedroom. For example, I have Frogger, Galaga, Dig Dug, Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaxian and Space Invaders...all...
How Retro Gaming Is Inspiring the Slots Industry
These days, the retro gaming market has permeated mainstream culture in almost every way. If you take a trip out to buy clothes from your favourite store, you’re pretty much guaranteed to see a Super Mario or Street Fighter t-shirt, a Sonic the Hedgehog bag or a pair...
Excitebike for the NES
Growing up, I had a few friends who had dirt bikes. I did not. I was always a little jealous. The closest I could come to my own personal motocross was taking my bicycle to construction sites and riding it on dirt piles. Well, that and playing Excitebike. Based on my...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Sean Tagg
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Sean “Taggsta” Tagg, who currently is displayed on card number 2030, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Sean has hands on been a big part of the Walter Day Collection trading card history. Along with his own card...
Antstream – An On-Demand Retro Streaming Service
Piracy is bad. We all know that, but it can’t be denied that there is a legal grey area when it comes to downloading certain game ROM’s – especially of games you already physically own or those that are considered ‘abandonware’. Other forms of media have had their...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Loren Lemcke Talks ‘Terror of Hemasaurus’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with game developer Loren Lemcke, who discusses the inspirations behind his new game “Terror of Hemasaurus” and how his latest smash hit on the Nintendo Switch, Super Blood Hockey, helped him along the way. Old School Gamer Magazine:...
Nintendo’s R.O.B.: Your Video Game Playing Robot Buddy
What do you do when your industry collapses and you are looking for an innovative way to stay viable? If you are Nintendo, you create a video game playing robot and hope for the best. In 1983, the bottom fell out of the video game industry. After reaching revenues...
Nintendo Switch Online’s SP NES Games Miss the Mark in Fine-Tuning the Classics
“Not That Special,” or “Putting the ‘X’ in ‘Extra’.”
Original Earthworm Jim™ Team Reunites 25 Years After Initial Release to Create a New Earthworm Jim Game Exclusively for the Upcoming Intellivision® Amico™ Game Console
Live Simulcast Chat During First Game Design Meeting Saturday, May 4 at Noon PT on Facebook Live, Twitch TV and YouTube Live IRVINE, CA, May 1, 2019 – In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Earthworm Jim, Intellivision Entertainment is proud to announce it has...
Five Reasons Why You’ll Love Super Blood Hockey
The Nintendo Switch is starved for Sports titles and especially hockey games- and Loren Lemcke’s Super Blood Hockey provides a wonderfully fun, retro experience with a ton of depth that old school fans of games the likes of NBA Jam, Blades of Steel and Ice Hockey will...
Venture Kid Initial Thoughts
Following up on their tremendous success with titles the likes of Monster Boy and Blossom Tales, FDG Entertainment’s newest Adventure on the Nintendo Switch, Venture Kid, wastes no time establishing itself as a fun, retro romp worthy of a serious time investment. The...
No More Endgame, There’s a New Game Coming, Sonic!
Now that the smoke, I mean dust has cleared this past weekend with the chaos of the Endgame and also GoT, we have a lot to look forward to this year. With the hype of the Pokemon' movie and the next and hopefully not the last Star Wars movie ever to be made, we...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Down to Hell’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Blazej Zbrzezniak, Game Designer at Red Dev Studio, who discusses their new game, “Down to Hell.” Taking a page from retro classics the likes of Castlevania and Berserk, as well as modern-day classics such as Devil May Cry, it’s an...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Stephen Burnett
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stephen Burnett, who is displayed on card number 2478, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. Stephen was present during the birth of Twin Galaxies in 1982, and played with the best of the best in the early 1980’s. He had...
