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The Battletoads for Game Boy That Almost Was
During a recent interview with Rare fan site RareFanDaBase, video game engineer and producer Paul Machacek spoke on a number of things which have occurred during his time with the company. A veteran of 30 years, he's seen a lot -- including things that most fans will...
Way of the Dragon: Remembering Bruce Lee the Video Game
In the world of martial arts, no name looms quiet so large as that of Bruce Lee. Born in the Year of the Dragon in the Hour of the Dragon, he was the creator of Jeet Kune Do (Way of the Intercepting Fist) and a star of film and television. He was Lee in the legendary...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Dungeons & Dragons – By Brett Weiss
Welcome once again to Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin, where I point out inexpensive games worth playing. Great RPGs for retro consoles tend to be pretty pricey, so I have a different and historical angle for this issue’s role-playing theme. We’re traveling back in...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: I’m Running Out of Quarters!
Oh the love of the video game, Pacman, Donkey Kong, Popeye, Tron, Tempest, Tapper...... I could go on forever. The fact that you go up to these video games, put a quarter in and start to play with 3 lives and you are done was a very satisfying concept back then,...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [6] Blast Corps & FIFA 64
#11 : Blast Corps What are you to do when a nuclear missile that's being carried through the countryside becomes a runaway? Why, you destroy everything in it's path of course! Rare's twist on a puzzle game, Blast Corps has you do exactly that through it's 57 levels....
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tim Mcvey
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tim McVey who currently is displayed on card number 56, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. He is also featured on cards 162, 510, 612, 2095 and 2304. Tim is an avid game player starting from the early 1980s in Ottumwa,...
Pirate Adventure and the Story of Adventure International
Robert Louis Stevenson published his classic novel Treasure Island in 1882, telling the story of Jim Hawkins, the pirate Long John Silver and their quest for buried gold. Almost 100 years later, the book would serve as the inspiration for the classic adventure game...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Sky Noon’
Review Fix chats with Craig Taylor, Lead Programmer at Lunar Rooster, discusses the inspiration and creative process behind the new Steam FPS “Sky Noon.” Taking elements from Quake and Unreal Tournament and adding an innovative use/pull game mechanic, it has all the...
Lord British Meetup: Dave and Busters With Richard Garriott – Bill Lange
On Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018, Michael Sean Kane organized and hosted a Shroud of the Avatar Launch Review with special guest, Lord British himself, Richard Garriott. The event took place at the Dave & Buster’s, a full-service restaurant and video arcade, on 42nd...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Brigand: Oaxaca’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Brigand: Oaxaca” developer Brian Lancaster, who lets us know what inspired the FPS/RPG hybrid, as well as how he got into the video game development scene. A throwback that’ll take you back to the days of the original Deus Ex and...
Sega Arcade Pop-Up Book to Soon Feature on your Coffee Table
Your coffee table is about to become astounding, and you don’t even know it yet. The world has been blessed with many great pop-up books over the decades, creating a quasi-AR-before-AR like state – however, to my knowledge none have yet to feature arcade gaming greats...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Iacovelli
Join us tomorrow for the Video Game Summit in Villa Park, IL. Today we will talk with Dan Iacovelli of Westchester, IL who began this event 13 years ago. For more information go to http://www.videogamesummit.net/ Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan...
Video Game Summit 2018
Video Game Summit, is Chicago’s Premier Video Game Event. The 2018 show will be at The Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park,IL, 7/14/18 show hours are: 10:00am till 6pm(all times central) Remember how much fun you used to have playing Atari, Nintendo and all kinds of games...
There are more Tiny Arcades coming any day now!
It’s up to you to save the planet and galaxy, or maybe just avoid those pesky ghosts with the new Tiny Arcades! Super Impulse has brought the most iconic arcade video games back in a size that will fit in the palm of your hand! The screen size is less than 1.5 inches...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [5] NBA Hangtime & Mario Kart 64
#9 : NBA Hangtime Not being a huge basketball fan, I wasn't all that excited when I first fired this game up on my N64. However, it took about 30 seconds before that emotion completely flipped and I got hyped. NBA Hangtime is Midway's continuation of it's NBA Jam...
Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: WWF Warzone
Saturday, July 14th marks the 20th anniversary of the release of WWF War Zone, a revolutionary title for its time which has unfortunately fallen by the wayside as time has marched on. The mid-90s was a period of transition in the wrestling industry, and that includes...
Creature Features: Monster Games of the 1980s
I adore the old, black and white monster movies. Films like Frankenstein, King Kong, and even clunkers like Gamera are some of my favorite cinematic experiences. Given the choice between Citizen Kane and Creature from the Black Lagoon, I’ll pick the creature feature...
Old School Gamer is available digitally and shipping Friday!
OSG #5 is available digitally now for all subscribers and will be in the mailboxes of print subscribers early next week... This "action-packed" issue puts the emphasis sports games in the realm of retro gaming. We start out with NBA Jam and Mutant Football...
Pinball…..Not a Easy As You Think!
We have always talked about the retro gaming world and how it has effected us in a positive or negative way. But there is another level that we have not even tapped the subject on. The one type of gaming that was there even before the first video games..... Pinball....
Evolution of Role-Playing Games in Japan – By Antoine Clerc-Renaud
Dragon Quest may be the first Japanese Role Playing Game using mechanics still used today, but it’s certainly not the first role playing game from the land of the rising sun. It was a trailblazer that inspired and led a charge by the Japanese but there were some...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Joe Jackmovich
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Joe Jackmovich, who is displayed on card number 2101, from the Superstars of 2015. Joe is an experienced journalist with his M.A. from Indiana University. Being a video game reporter, Joe has talked to many figures in the...
Who You Gonna Call?: Remembering Ghostbusters for the C64
VIdeo games made from licensed films are notorious for their sketchy quality. Gameplay and graphics tend to be thrown together slap dash in an effort to capitalize on the film’s popularity before the public has moved on to the next big thing. So, it would be if gamers...
Wiz(ardor) Talk: Memories of Wizardry – By Kevin Butler
During my sophomore year in August, 1981, our high school was gifted a black (Darth Vader) Bell & Howell Apple computer. These were given to select secondary educational institutions around the country. Additionally, our school purchased three or four more of...
6 Random Games To Play This Summer
While summer time is when you can relax and admire the beautiful nature, you can also play some games. Get out of your comfort zone and play some games that you’ve never played before and you might a new genre to fall in love with. It doesn’t matter whether you like...
