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Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Always Wear Protection
There is a lot of things that are happening in the next couple of months. The Super Bowl was today and good thing we didn't see any wardrobe malfunctions. But the half time show wasn't bad. We were introduced to a few new movie trailers that are making me happy and...
Collector Willing to Pay $100K for Original NES Contra Artwork
Most reading this will likely be retro game collectors to some degree – but have you ever considered collecting the original artwork that adorns your classic favourites? ‘Dan’ (surname kept private) from Vancouver is one such collector, and if you happen to be the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Sashaun “Empr3ss Nile” Bailey
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Sashaun “Empr3ss Nile” Bailey, who is displayed on card number 2417, from the Superstars of 2016. Originally competing at Cyberbox tournaments as a competitor for Empire Arcadia in 2015, Empr3ss always knew she was a gaming...
RETROSPECTIVE: When it Comes to Retro, Nintendo’s Still Got It
Just like with the original NES rising like the proverbial Phoenix out of the ashes that was the Great Video Game Crash, Nintendo once again proves the timelessness of their early creations yet evokes a response within the world’s collective psyche’ powerful enough to get consumers to take action with their wallets.
Wizard Mode: Pinball With Heart
Different from your average video game, pinball, which has been around for a lot longer, has been and always will be one of the greatest challenges in the arcades. You never know where the ball is going to go or what will happen next. The same holds true in the...
Upcoming Gaming Events 2018
The first two pages of issue #2 are dedicated to showing the upcoming gaming convention events in 2018. Read the rest of this article on page 2 by clicking here! Be sure to sign up to get Old School Gamer Magazine for free by clicking here!...
TurboGrafx-CD & CD-ROM²: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World
It's been a while since the last WotRGW video (best acronym ever, right?) so, here we are! Definitely one of my most research-intensive videos yet considering all the different variants in both the West and Japan, but for the most part, this video focuses on the...
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PlayStation)
It’s impossible to hurl too many superlatives at Castlevania: Symphony of the Night because it deserves each and every one of them. Is it the best PlayStation game ever made? Is it the best game of the 1990s? Is it the best game ever? These are legitimate questions...
The World’s Best-Selling Home Computer On Sale March 29, 2018
The fully licensed re-imagining of the 80’s bestselling home computer - THEC64® Mini – will be released on the 29 March 2018 Developed by Retro Games Ltd - and distributed by Koch Media – THEC64® Mini is half the size of the original C64 and is a fully functioning...
RepliCade: Mini Tempest Arcade Machine Replica Launching on Kickstarter
Last year, Replicade wowed the gaming community by releasing a 1/6 Scale version of Centipede by Atari through a Kickstarter campaign. What turned out to be a monstrous success, they now have an incredible lineup of games coming soon. The second installment to the...
Atari 2600 Pricer – Presented By Puregaming.org’s Retro Game Collector Application
The following pages contain pricing for collectors of the Atari 2600 software lineup. All pricing below is based on Pure Gaming’s unique algorithm that scours online resoures looking for what actual product sold for in many different locations. It should be...
Mutant Football League Review: Back For More Carnage!!!!!
The Super Bowl is Sunday and the most important question to ask is, what commercial is going to win? Actually this is the first year I don't care. Lately, the commercials have been boring and not funny and I'm not caring if Justin Timberlake is going to pull another...
Text Adventures and Early Gaming – By Kristopher Purzycki
When we think of classic games, we might typically think as far back as to those days when Nintendo and Sega were battling for supremacy over the market. Many still look back further to when similar lines were being drawn in the sand between Atari, Coleco, and...
THEC64 Mini – A New Mini Console Based on the Obvious
Various mini Nintendo consoles, loads of mini Sega and Atari Consoles, even mini 90’s video rental stores – everything retro is better in miniature form. However, 80’s home PC’s have been, for the most part, left out of this (somewhat) cultural phenomenon. But, that...
Why Cartridges Instead of CDs for the Nintendo 64?
In 1994, things were changing in the video game industry as it looked toward the future. Part of that future involved shifting from the use of chip-based ROM cartridges to a newer technology: The CD-ROM. Early developments saw platform holders such as NEC and SEGA...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Robyn Swanson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Robyn Swanson, who is displayed on card number 119 from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Robyn is also displayed on card number 920. Robyn is one of the most competitive women gamers today. Robyn is currently a...
Two Classics From the 80’s , the Classics Boulder Dash Game and the Retro THEC64 Mini, Join Forces
Boulder Dash®, the world-famous video game from 1984, is to be supplied pre-installed in its original version on THEC64® Mini, the re-born retro computer based on the original C64 from 1982 that connects to any modern HD TV Munich, Germany – Retro Games Ltd. and BBG...
Review: Retro-Bit RES+ – By Brad Feingold
Let me start this review by saying I forgot how much I really hated the Teenage Mutant Turtles game for the Nintendo until I started to review this product. Also, I would like to say how much I forgot how much I hated Super Mario 3. Now before we start to get letters,...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Aperion Cyberstorm’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Jon Price – Co-founder and Designer of the new Nintendo Switch dual-stick shooter, “Aperion Cyberstorm.” A combination of Metroid and Geometry Wars, it’s a unique experience inspired by some of the greatest games of all-time. Old...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Dishonest Gamer
Oh, I'm probably not going to be liked after this one, but I was assigned write my memories about video games. But keep in mind, I was a kid and there wasn't any money stolen, but here we go. As a kid, I was always wanting to find that outlet to play the video games....
Space Invaders (Atari VCS/2600)
It has been well documented that Space Invaders was a quarter-hogging phenomenon back in the late 1970’s, and Atari catapulted themselves into 1st place during the early home console wars when they procured the rights to port it on their Video Computer System in 1980....
Phoenix IV: Arcade Classics Return
As Virtuality was bringing an old classic back to arcades in a new way, other companies were releasing classic arcade games for new formats. Following the success of Activision’s Atari 2600 Action Packs, several companies began releasing compilations of classic arcade...
Downright Bizarre Games: Zombies Ate My Neighbors – Good or Bad?!?!?
Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo 1993 You always secretly knew that your neighbors were useless… even before Lucas Arts and Konami confirmed it. In this run and gun game you control Julie or Zeke, armed to the teeth with unconventional artillery such as water pistols,...
A New Marauder for the Atari 2600
There's nothing wrong with the old Marauder if you ask me. It's a perfectly good Berzerk rip-off with an interesting line-of-sight mechanic. That means that any enemies or objects the main character can't "see," because they're behind him or on the other side of a...
