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Retro City Festival in SoCal – By Old School Gamer Staff
Sunny Southern California is the scene, specifically Pomona, CA, which seems to be the home of so many great things for the retro gaming community: Hyperkin, RetroBit, and the Retro City Festival. This event in mid- January (moving to the first weekend of January in...
Farsights Pinball Arcade Is Losing 60 Tables From Their Library
After years of success with the Williams and Bally pinball licenses that were part of the Farsight Pinball Arcade, they are no longer going to have the games available after June 30, 2018. A press release was issued on May 4th on their Facebook page: "Our...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – HollyAnne Setola
Our next Trading Card Spotlight Features HollyAnne Setola who is displayed on card number 293, from the Superstars Collection of 2012. HollyAnne is one of the most competitive female gamers out there. She has been playing games since she was 12 years old. She has...
New SNES Game Raises Awareness About Mental Health, for Charity
In a noble bid to raise awareness about the mental health of game developers and a toxic game industry practice known as “crunch”, publisher, Devolver Digital and developer, Mega Cat Studios have partnered up to produce a new SNES game. Fork Parker’s Crunch Out has...
Raspiboy Review and Atari 2600 Arcade Companion Review – By Brad Feingold and Old School Gamer Staff
Flying at 30000 feet and I am bored. My laptop won’t fit in my lap and my PSP Vita died. And I can’t surf. I can only type on my iPad. Whee.... Ryan is sitting next to me as we are heading to Las Vegas to the 2018 CES and he was reading and gave me something to do. He...
A Closer Look at Nintendo’s Official NES Peripherals: NES Satellite
There are certain things that are easy to take for granted in video games these days, and the overall capacity for multiplayer experiences is one of them. With today's tech, we can see anything from 8-player matches in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U to the staggering...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Lode Runner Legacy’ on Switch
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Takuya Banno, Producer, Tozai Games, who gives us the inside scoop on the Nintendo Switch version of “Lode Runner Legacy.” One of the most important retro games of its time, the new version brings the experience to the Switch,...
Rainbow Brite and Robotech Coming to Coleco Evolved Mini Arcades
May 8, 2018 - Coleco today announced Coleco Evolved Mini Arcades, recreations of the 1981 classic tabletop arcade machines updated with two new games: Rainbow Brite: Journey to Rainbow Land and Robotech The Macross Saga. The Coleco Evolved Mini Arcades are available...
Introducing the Super Nt
There are many companies that are coming out with their own version of the reboot of games and game systems. Next on the list is no exception for the 16 bit generation and the Super Nintendo. Introducing the Super Nt. A reimagining of perhaps the greatest...
Game and Market Watch – By Dan Loosen
In the last article that I wrote, I discussed the importance that the role of story can have when collecting games - good stories make interesting items more desirable, thus raising their prices, while rare items that are relatively unknown tend to be forgotten...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [3] Wayne Gretzky’s 3D Hockey & Killer Instinct Gold
#5 : Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey Nowadays, you generally don't see a sports title unless it's under the EA helm. However, that wasn't always the case. Wayne Gretzky's 3D Hockey is our first sports title on the console, and it's brought to us not by EA, but Midway. So...
SEGA Mega Drive/Genesis Pre-Order Now!
Scream it out loud... SEGA!!!!!! Sometimes there are not too many things to get excited for when playing retro games on your Xbox or Playstation 4. But when you get a list of 50 of the best Sega games into one place, it is more of a reason to load up your gaming...
Atari VCS Coming Soon… Get Ready!!
The time is almost here to participate In one of the most anticipated console releases to date. The Atari VCS will be available for pre-sale soon and here is the information to see what the hype is all about. Atari VCS Pre-Sale Opens May 30th on Indiegogo! Featuring...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Gedeon
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mike Gedeon, who’s Cleveland's Classic Console and Arcade Gaming Show (CCAG) is displayed on card number 233, from the Superstars of 2012. Mike and his partner Matt Teske are the organizers of the Cleveland Classic Gaming Show...
Classic Home Video Games: Tron Maze-A-Tron: By Brett Weiss
The second Intellivision game based on Disney's Iron (1982), Tron Maze-A-Tron puts players in the role of Flynn, a computer programmer who suddenly finds himself inside the circuitry of a computer. The game is divided into two sections, neither of which is...
Review: Hyperkin Supa RetroN HD – By Brad Feingold
W hen the Old School Arcade Magazine started, I was brought in to review products available to the consumer. I was able to review a reboot of the Nintendo Entertainment System and was extremely pleased with the product from another distributor. You can imagine my...
RETROSPECTIVE: Meet the Neo Geo Mini
Suffice to say, the average gamer knew only of the Neo Geo and its library of games through the MVS arcade cabinets- which, amazingly, contained the same cartridges as the AES home console.
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Angel Studios
The next studio we're looking at from the vaunted Dream Team assembled by Nintendo to provide exclusive titles for their upcoming Ultra 64 console is Angel Studios. Some of you may not recognize the name, but by the time we're done here, you might just know who they...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘West of Loathing’ on Switch
Old School Gamer chats with creative director Zack Johnson and programmer Victor Thompson, who detail the Open World Western RPG and how its retro look and creators love of Nintendo make it a perfect fit on the hybrid console. About West of Loathing: Don’t let its...
The Last Official Release: N64 – Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3
Greetings fellow retro devotees and welcome back to a series I like to call, The Last Official Release. Here, we take a gander at a particular console and focus in on its final official game release. Previous entries have delved into the Game Gear, NES, Atari 2600 and...
Mega Man 30th Anniversary Classic Cartridge Coming Soon
If you are a lover of classic Nintendo games and don't know who Mega Man is, it's time to get out and get some fresh air. One of the most iconic Nintendo characters, next to Zelda and Mario, is coming back in a special edition cartridge to celebrate 30 years of...
Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs: Mini Lightbox Review
With the arcade machines, one of my most favorite parts is the marquees. Besides the monitor and graphics, the marquee is the sign to attract you to the glowing light. There are some people that collect the marquees, but the price of them can range from $5 up to...
The Latest Issue of Old School Gamer is online now!
Old School Gamer has released it's latest issue, issue #4, and this time it's themed RPG's, Role Playing Gamers. Along with some of the regular features of every issue of Old School Gamer, we have targeted RPG's with the below coverage: A Selected History of RPG's by...
The Walter Day Report: Back in the 80s, was there a “Greatest-of-All-Time?” – By Walter Day
With all the talk about the Patriot’s Tom Brady being the NFL’s greatest quarterback of all time, one begins to wonder if there was ever a gamer back in the Golden Age of arcade gaming who was undeniably the Greatest of All Time (aka G.O.A.T)? As a sport reaches an...
