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Convention Update: June – August 2018 – By Old School Gamer Staff
Convention Update: June - August 2018 TOO MANY GAMES - OAKS, VIDEO GAME SUMMIT - CHICAGO IL, REPLAYFX - PITTSBURGH, CLASSIC GAME FEST - AUSTIN, LETS PLAY GAMING - IRVING, GAME ON EXPO - PHOENIX, LONG ISLAND RETRO GAMING - GARDEN CITY by Old School Gamer Summer kept...
Collector Stories: Goal – Every Retro Game Ever and the Console Purist Museum: Stacy Burns: By Ryan Burger
Surfing Facebook, I’m looking for cool groups to get involved in to spread word of Old School Gamer, when I come across the Console Purist group along with its head moderator/owner, Stacy Burns. I start asking him some questions and the conversation gets to...
Horowitz’s History Feature: Preserving History – By Ken Horowitz
A few years ago, I accompanied my oldest daughter on a field trip. I live in the Caribbean, and it’s almost always warm and sunny here, so I decided that day to wear a Minecraft t-shirt. During the bus ride, I chatted with some of her classmates, who asked me about...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Williams/Midway
Prepare yourself.
Bammsters Podcast – Rated-R #147 – Total Flashback!
Drac & G are joined this week by Ryan Burger of Old School Gamer, to talk about the Retro Gaming scene, and get utterly nostalgic in the good way! Hear them talk about classic gaming from the 1970s and forward and also bacon in the latest podcast. ...
Kool-Aid Man for the Atari 2600
Once upon a time, though you may not believe it, sugary, marshmallow filled breakfast cereals used to come with a toy hidden inside them. So did Cracker Jack, before they replaced it with a crumby sticker. In those way back times you could get all sorts of treasures...
Pratt at the Arcade: Rebooted: Making Old New Again – By Adam Pratt
In the articles I have crafted for OSG Magazine to this point, the focus has been heavy on history, covering decades worth of video arcade games. This month we’re going to take a different approach, focusing on titles that you are likely familiar with from “back in...
Crazy Controllers – The Resident Evil Pad a.k.a. Biohazard Dedicated Controller
The long-awaited remake of Resident Evil 2 comes out in two days, so I decided to look back at a controller that was designed specifically for Resident Evil games. The Biohazard Dedicated Controller (released internationally as the Resident Evil Pad) was released in...
Capcom Announces North American Street Fighter™ Pro League Sports Series
LOS ANGELES (Jan. 22, 2019) – Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced a new esports series for its legendary Street Fighter™ fighting game franchise. Titled the “North American Street Fighter® Pro League,” the series...
Raspberry Pi Zero MakeCode Mini Arcade
Gamers and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts who would like to build their very own pocket sized mini arcade console may be interested in a new tutorial published to the Adafruit website by Peli de Halleux. Created by Microsoft, MakeCode Arcade is open source And freely...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: SNES Favorites – By Brett Weiss
DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN AND SUPER STAR WARS My new book, The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 1 (A-M), is finally available, so I decided to focus this month’s column on Nintendo’s famous 16-bit console. Since the theme of the issue...
Game and Market Watch – By Dan Loosen
Most people’s game collections don’t consist simply of games. You may have read that sentence and thought that is obvious, those col- lections include things like consoles and controllers too, but that’s also not what I was to. Instead, I’m referring to the trinkets,...
Pop Culture – The Movie Favs
WE ASKED WHAT YOUR FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY AND VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE TYPE FILMS ARE... DOCUMENTARIES, LONG FORM Atari Game Over The King of Kong Video Games: The Movie Bits of Yesterday Chasing Ghosts Indie Game: The Movie The Power of Glove From Bedrooms to Billions:The...
Symphony Orchestra Performs the Most Beloved Music and Songs from METAL GEAR! The official concert US Premiere in New York and Los Angeles!
More than 70 Musicians on Stage - Giant Screen HD Game Video Projection - with Singer Donna Burke The official METAL GEAR orchestral concert series will premiere in the US in 2019, starting in New York (March 23) before moving to Los Angeles (April 6). The concert...
A Momentary Lapse of Reason: The Story of Ecco
What do ketamine, mysterious cosmic entities, Pink Floyd and dolphins have in common? They all played a role in the development of the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive classic Ecco the Dolphin. The game, released in 1992, featured you as a dolphin named Ecco. Naturally enough,...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Geoffrey Lin
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Geoffrey Lin, who currently is displayed on card number 16, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Geoffrey Lin is a full time college student. Geoffrey offers his insight on various games and systems. He holds many world...
Bit Quest II for the Atari 2600
After the conclusion of the first Bit Quest game, the evil Baron von Darkbit turned his back on forty years of video game tradition and, instead of recapturing the Princess for the sequel, captured the Hero. In Bit Quest II it's up to the Princess to defeat the Baron,...
Top-5 Rarest Sega Master System Titles
Hello, retro maniacs! If you look for something mega old and specific, you came to the right address! In this GamesMojo.com guest article, I’m going to tell you about 5 rare-&-worthy games for the Sega Master System. This console was released in 1985 and is still...
List of Super NES Titles Rumored for Nintendo Switch Online Emerges
Including some rather rarely re-released titles.
The Last Official Release: Sega CD – Shadowrun
Hello, modern humans who are inclined to play games created by those less modern, and welcome back to The Last Official Release. Here, we dissect the final official games released for your favourite consoles with much vigour and candidness. Ending 2018 with the Sega...
Missing Classics – Star Ocean: The Second Story
You would be forgiven for not knowing about the Star Ocean series. In the pantheon of Japanese role-playing games, Star Ocean sits well below the likes of Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest despite all of them being published by the same company—Square Enix. Today, I'd...
Beware Dread Dragonfire!
Today is Appreciate A Dragon Day, so why not pay a visit to an old video game built around the fire breathing beasts? There have been more than a few. Spyro and Skyrim leap immediately to mind, but I want to drift back a bit further in video game history. Let’s travel...
Autofire Power Hour: Episode 44: Billy Mitchell Returns
First of all, thanks to everybody who stopped by and checked us out at the Retro City Festival in Pomona, CA. We had a blast and recorded a lot of cool interviews and content that we are starting to release. These recordings were done on the show floor and are going...
R-Type Dimensions Ex Thoughts
For decades, the R-Type series has been heralded by gamers and critics alike for being a revolutionary shooter. At the same time, its difficulty often has left casual gamers in the dust. Its newest edition, R-Type Dimensions Ex, silences any naysayers, with an awesome...
This Day In Video Game History
