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Super Mario Bros. 3 by Amy Trinanes
The first game system I was ever introduced to was the NES (or Nintendo Entertainment System for all you Type A’s). My addiction started early. I was a 6 year old on a daily mission to save Princess Toadstool. My house was the hangout for Super Mario parties, and I...
Five Retro Games That Deserve a Re-Do
"What If" is a familiar term in video game history. What if this game didn’t play like this? Or what if this developer worked on this game, instead of so and so? While it fuels debate and keeps the conversation going, more often than not, fans’ suggested changes just...
the Game Chasers – By Brett Weiss
Billy Chaser and Jay Hunter travel all over Texas and beyond, far from their homes in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, searching for electronic artifacts housed in plastic— and people can’t get enough of their quests. Chaser and Hunter host The Game Chasers, a...
Boss Fight Books Presents: Final Fantasy V
Chris Kohler’s book on Final Fantasy V gives excellent insight into what the import gaming scene was like in the ’90s and the several unknowns that came with it. Where most would have turned away from paying for and playing a game that was in a different language,...
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Revenge of the Beefsteak Tomatoes
One of my most distinctive childhood memories: I woke up before sunrise on a Saturday morning. It was raining. To be more specific, there was freezing rain pelting the windows. I turned on the television. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes was playing. Not the crappy...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – “Dr. Scott” Sheridan
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Scott Sheridan, who is displayed on card number 2259 from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Scott is also featured on card number 2605. Scott’s love for pinball started in college. He gradually ended up collecting pinball...
RDI Halcyon: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World
A new Wonders of the Retro Gaming World is up! This time, based around the Halcyon by RDI. Created by Rick Dyer, this Laserdisc playing machine incorporated elements of AI and voice recognition in 1985! Sadly, however, never saw release thanks to the high costs...
The MegaSD is a FPGA Flashcart for Playing Sega CD Backup ROM’s
FPGA reproduction consoles are awesome. I doubt anyone would argue that fact (although, this is the internet) and certainly blow crappy emulation systems out of the water (like anything that involves a NOAC - Nintendo on a Chip). While most of that crap is Nintendo...
Nintendo Switch: Boxing Champs Now Available – Put Up Your Dukes!!!!!
Raz Games’ top-down boxing game Boxing Champs is now on Nintendo Switch! Originally released on Steam, the game deftly mixes arcade gameplay with more traditional boxing mechanics – delivering some solid Punch-Out!!-inspired boxing action to Switch owners playing on...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Super Game Boy
Now you’re playing with power… PORTABLE power… only now it’s SUPER portable power… except that it’s not super portable. Or very portable at all, really. But POWER, though…
Pac-Man Comes to the Casino
With millions of followers who still vividly remember the thrill and excitement of the first arcade games, Pac-Man has gained a truly legendary status nearly forty years after its release. Now, thanks to the collaboration between its original designer and an...
The Game Scholar: What’s in a Name? – By Leonard Herman
Since the dawn of time, or at least since 1975 when every Tom, Dick and Harry began releasing their own forms of videogame console that used General Instruments’ AY- 3-8500 chip, people have been referring to all video tennis consoles as Pong consoles. This is quite...
Contra vs. Paul Tesi – By Steve DeLuca
Coins Detected in Pocket 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...
Collector Cup Review
I just recently attended Combo Breaker in St. Charles, IL and while I was mostly there to witness the fights and cover the event for Old School Gamer Magazine, I was excited to see what vendors would be there offering merchandise. While most of the merchandise at the...
Old Casino Games still reign supreme despite advent of new technology
Despite the advent and proliferation of new technology, particularly mobile technology, classic casino games continue to stand the test of time, enchanting and enticing millions of US players every year to try their hand at some of the nation’s favorite pastimes....
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Goodness Gracious
We were somewhere in the Louisiana backwoods. I had been driving for hours, powered by a mixture of Five Hour Energy, coffee, and the Trainspotting soundtrack. A light fog hovered above the asphalt. At least, I think it was a fog. There was a non-zero chance that it...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘Super Mega Space Blaster Special’
Old School Gamer chats with Ste Wilson; Director, Programmer and Developer at Bare Knuckle Development who discusses the brand’s new shoot-em-up Super Mega Space Blaster Special and how his love and appreciation of retro titles, as well as the need to challenge...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Estel Goffinet
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Estel Goffinet, who is displayed on card number 553, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. Estel is also featured on cards 1049, 1240 and 2496. Estel is one of a very small group of gamers who has a recorded and approved...
Konami Announces the TurboGrafx-16 Mini
I swear every one of these mini-consoles includes the same promotional image of a hand holding it, palm spread. I get the connotation – it’s to emphasise size. But since the NES Mini, they’ve all been exactly the same. I’m surprised Nintendo hasn’t unleashed the...
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Buzz Bombers
In and of itself, the game Buzz Bombers was not that unusual. The title was Intellivision’s answer to the mega-popular game Centipede. In fact, the concept behind Buzz Bomber might be slightly less ridiculous. In Centipede, you play the part of a garden gnome with a...
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A B A Start – The Contra Anniversary Collection Is Here!!!!!
The Contra Anniversary Collection brings this classic Run and Gun franchise back to modern platforms and a new generation of players. Grab power ups and blast your way through waves of menacing enemies and bosses that will put your reaction skills to the test. Also...
30 Years of Gaming: A Look from 1989 to 2019
Gamers today enjoy optimum gaming experiences backed with microphones, 4K visuals and evenVirtual Reality. However, our grandfathers didn’t have these luxuries and couldn’t enjoy online gaming platforms and online gambling accounts with providers such as Steam and...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Tetris
Mario (and Luigi!) are both in the Game Boy’s original pack-in title, but is seeing them more trouble than it’s worth?
Convention & Event Update: February 2019 – April 2019 – By Old School Gamer Staff
MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC, MUSEUM OF PLAY , VINTAGE COMPUTER FESTIVAL EAST MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC MILWAUKEE, WI BY RYAN BURGER Spring is a quieter season for gaming conventions, but winter found a way to come back to the Midwest Gaming Classic again, this year in...
This Day In Video Game History
