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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...
My Arcade Reveals Collectible SPACE INVADERS Micro Player
Taito Partnership Expands to Bring Arcade Game Icon to Tabletop Form LOS ANGELES, CA – June 11, 2019 – My Arcade today announced the SPACE INVADERS Micro Player™ in partnership with TAITO Corporation. Expanding on My Arcade’s collectible line of Micro Players, gamers...
The Best Retro Basketball Video Games of All Time
Although Atari released the first NBA game called Basketball way back in 1978, it was the 90s that revolutionized the industry. Advanced graphics made it possible to step into the shoes of your favorite players and hit the virtual court. Plus, with 2K Sports and EA...
ATARI® Brings the New ATARI VCS™ Video Computer System to Life During E3 2019
LAUNCHING OFFICIAL PRESALE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GAMESTOP AND WALMART After Successful Indiegogo Campaign, Atari Re-Energizes Legacy Fans and Engages New Generation of Gamers by Announcing Atari VCS Configurations, Specs, and Pricing for Systems and Accessories NEW...
Arcade1Up Unveils New Titles at E3!
Arcade1Up announces Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Marvel alongside a 16-foot Marvel cabinet! New York, USA – June 10, 2019 – Arcade1Up is extremely excited to return to E3 bigger and better than ever with the announcement of exciting new cabinet titles for fall...
Thanks to Everyone that Pledged
This Kickstarter has been backed! This book will be published and shipped out to gamers. Thanks so much This 100+ page full color book covers the entire first year of Walter Day's Twin Galaxies Superstars trading cards, with stories! Pre-Order Book A collaboration...
E3 2019 is here! And So Are the Goodies !
E3 2019 is taking place this week at the Los Angeles Convention Center, and New Wave Toys is proud to be taking part. We will be on the floor inside the IndieCade Booth again this year. Come by and see us in West Hall Booth 5200! If you make it by, you will be...
Tecmo Super Bowl Is Alive and Competition Is Fierce – By Sam Fritz
Down, set, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut, hut... If those words continue to ring in one’s head then it is likely they have at one point experienced the thrill of 1991’s Nintendo Entertainment System classic “Tecmo Super Bowl”. You might have found yourself sprinting...
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Frog Bog
Back in college, I was enamored of Samuel Beckett’s ‘Waiting for Godot’, an existential tragi-comedy in which nothing in particular happens for two acts except for the bizarre ramblings of the play’s two characters. When the play ends, the audience leaves either...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – David Perry
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features card number 200, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. His name is David Perry. David is a Northern Irish video game developer who brought to us dozens of video games such as Earthworm Jim, Wild 9 and Enter the Matrix....
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘Neon Abyss’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Jason Yeung, who discusses his new game, Neon Abyss, which is now on Steam Early Access. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Jason Yeung: Roguelike games have been in the form of designs similar to Diablo for years....
The Polymega Now has a Light-Gun for HDTV’s
It hasn’t been since March that we’ve heard a peep from the Polymega, and that was mostly technical information and emulation progress. But if you haven’t considered buying one thus far, that might soon be changing. Light-gun games have been the scourge of retro...
Own a Mac? Here’s how to play some classic console games
In 2014, I switched to a MacBook Pro and I’m never going back. Of course at first, I didn’t use it to play older a more recent games, it was a workstation before anything else. And I was glad. It was faster, more robust and more intuitive than my PC which was acting...
This Day In Video Game History
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