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Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball
The 1980s were a Golden Age for cartoonish super villains. Consider the brutish evil of Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, the greed of Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Yet both pale in comparison to Bill Laimbeer as portrayed by himself on the...
Turtle Power – By Shaun Jex
The Free Play Richardson arcade in North Texas sits in the middle of a non- descript strip mall. There is a Sherwin Williams and Bar flanking it, a noodle joint a few doors down, and a Taekwondo academy just beyond that. A neon sign with the words “retro arcade” is...
Multiplayer Rogue-lite Boss Crushers Leaves Early Access on Steam Today
Full version features new spells, items, locations, enemies and bosses Moscow, Russian Federation –May 15, 2019– Independent games development studio Space Horse releases Full Version of the online multiplayer rogue-lite game Boss Crushers on Steam today. In Boss...
Game Swappers of So Cal! – By Marc Burger
Game Swappers is a store in Montclair, California, a part of SoCal that is known as Inland Empire. William Gonzalez and his crew run the shop in addition to making their way to just about every west coast gamer convention they can get to. They effectively pack up...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘Save Your Nuts’
Old School Gamer chats with Save Your Nuts developer Frédéric Bohn (Founder & Programmer, Triple Scale Games), who lets us know why party games and old-school couch co-op is far from dead. About the Game: Developed by French-Canadian studio Triple Scale...
Old games: Top 5 PC Classics that are still worth playing
No matter how far technology and game developing has come, there are some “retro” games that are still worth it. While you can always play games on the Golden Nugget casino, we’re sure you are looking for something more. The 5 Retro Games You Will Love Here you will...
Buying With the Captain!: Captains Auction Warehouse – Anaheim, CA – By Ryan Burger
Having only seen one arcade auction in Iowa (after 30 auctions over the last 15-20 years), I didn’t know what to expect when I walked into the Captains Auction Warehouse in Anaheim, California. I had met the “Captain” Chris Campbell, and several of his staff (thanks...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Bob Bates
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Bob Bates who currently is displayed on card number 454, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. As game designer, Bob has created more than 40 games that have won many awards in the industry and overall has sold over 6...
The Last Official Release: Game Boy Color – Hamtaro: Ham-Hams Unite! (2003)
Before we proceed, I must warn you; I’m a filthy liar. The game in the title above is not the final game on the Game Boy Color, but instead, only the last in the Western world. I’ve done this before with Japanese consoles and handhelds, but I still feel it’s well...
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...
