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Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Captains Log, I Still Love Star Wars!
With all of the video games that are created and played, and with all of the graphics and controls, how is it possible to go back to the basics? Sometimes, it is all about the memories of the game. But at the beginning of January, it was a lot more than that. During...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ιlias Florakis
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Ιlias Florakis who is displayed on card number 70, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Ilias lives in Athens, Greece and is an avid game player on multiple game consoles. Ilias is the record holder on many games such as...
Preserving the Past: Patrick Scott Patterson
Texas native Patrick Scott Patterson is a video game advocate, historian, and preservationist. He works tirelessly to ensure the legacy of the industry and culture so they are not lost to time. Patrick took time out of his busy schedule recently to answer a few of my...
Phoenix IV: Neo Geo
SNK’s Neo•Geo Many of the third-party publishers that had released games for the Famicom, such as Konami, Capcom and Enix, went on to produce games for the Super Famicom as well. However, SNK, a publisher of nine Famicom games, didn’t have anything initially available...
Downright Bizarre Games: Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire? – Seriously, can I phone a friend?!?!?
Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire? Sega Dreamcast 2000 At the turn of the century, Regis Philbin’s primetime trivia game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was wildly successful. Often when popular phenomena reach critical mass, they tend to be parodied and that is...
GPD WIN 2, a Handheld Console for PC Games, is Now On Indiegogo
GamePad Digital, a hardware startup, previously released a handheld device and 7-inch pocket PC based on Intel’s Atom mobile chipset. It was called the GPD WIN, and on Monday, the company announced the Indiegogo campaign for the second-generation version, the GPD WIN...
NESmaker On Kickstarter to Make Your Own NES Game: NO CODE!
With over $17,000 over the Kickstarter goal and with less than 27 days left for the campaign, NES lovers will have the chance to create their very own Nintendo game without knowing one line of code. NESmaker, launched by Joe Granato will literally be the game changer...
System Spotlight – Atari 7800
There aren’t very many consoles in my collection that I’ve ignored in the manner that I’ve ignored the Atari 7800 ProSystem over the years. I’ve owned Atari’s 3rd (2600 x 3 = 7800) foray into home console gaming for many years but after my initial purchase along with...
Ed Averett is KC Munchkin
Ed Averett developed a whopping twenty-four games for Magnavox’s Odyssey2 system. Responsible for roughly half the game library, Ed believed in the Odyssey2 and kept it humming long before Magnavox and parent company Philips saw the light. His creation, KC Munchkin,...
PAC-MAN™, Galaga™, and Dig Dug™ Headline New Wave of Table-Top Mini Arcades and Portable Handhelds
TORRANCE, CA - Jan. 9, 2018 - Retro gaming brand, My Arcade has acquired license from legendary video game developer, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, to release a new range of collectible table-top arcade machines and portable handhelds. A preview of the collaborative...
Hyperkin Developing Aluminium Aftermarket Game Boy
CES is a great time for the tech industry as many of the big players announce and showcase their new products. There is such a broad range of items on show that even retro gamers get a piece of the technological pie - and with it being 2018, that, of course, comes in...
Defend the Arcade – With Playing Cards!
Let's say it's 1983. You're at the arcade, about to drop your last quarter into your favorite game when everything shakes. The quarter slips from your fingers, rolls across the floor, out the open arcade door and stops on the sidewalk. You run outside to pick it up...
A Closer Look at Nintendo’s Official NES Peripherals: NES Advantage
When the Nintendo Entertainment System hit the U.S. gaming scene in late-1985, the arcade scene was still burgeoning. So it was that around the same time as the NES Max, Nintendo released another alternative input device for their runaway hit console. The NES...
Get Your Kicks From QIX By Michael Thomasson
The screen flickers “Your marker controlled with joystick. To draw stix press fast or slow. Claim areas by joining walls with stix.“ Or so the first three simple sentences of the original Qix attract mode boldly stated. It continues, “Scores based on area. Fast score...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: “Molo Ram! Prepare to meet Kali…in hell!”
There are hundreds and thousands of video games out there. And when you look at the list, it is almost a 50/50 split in the games that keep going and the games that have an end. Back in the 80's though, finishing a game was not only a milestone in someones life, but...
The Need for Speed (3DO)
The Need for Speed, or it’s official long winded title, Road & Track Presents The Need for Speed, is the first entry in the long running 3D car racing franchise that got its start on the 3DO. Developed by Electronic Arts Canada and released for the console in...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Alexis Crowley
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Alexis Crowley, who is displayed on card number 2721, from the Superstars of 2017. Alexis is a collector of all things Nintendo. He also collects arcade machines which were made by Nintendo. You can see Alexis on his...
Downright Bizarre Games: I Want My Mommy
I Want My Mommy Atari 2600 1983 If the box featuring a crying teddy bear on the cover doesn’t pull on your heartstrings, you’re a cruel individual indeed! Teddy has had a bad dream, a nightmare actually, and he wants the comfort that only a mother can offer. To reach...
Switch Games You May Have Missed in 2017 That Retro Fans Will Love
With 2017 in the books, it’s easy to look to the future and what games are slated for release in 2018, but in the case of the Nintendo Switch, there are too many great games you may have missed. In this exclusive Old School Gamer list, we give you a hearty handful of...
Mutant Football LeagueTM Will Be Coming to PlayStation 4 and XBox One January 19th
MORTON GROVE, Ill. - Jan. 5, 2017 - After receiving heaps of threatening letters, angry late-night phone calls, and one unmarked box of manure (wrapped in holiday paper, natch), indie game developer Digital Dreams Entertainment has finally relented and will release...
Kombat Kon at Galloping Ghost Arcade
On Saturday August 23,2017 the Galloping Ghost Arcade hosted it’s annual Mortal Kombat convention called the Kombat Kon! The event originated as Shang Tsungs Fight Night but after five years grew from being held at the arcade to a bigger venues. Now in its seventh...
Best Retro Games to Play on a Snow Day
Baby, it’s cold outside. With the Northeast being plummeted with snow and hundreds of schools closed, it’s the perfect time to curl up with a retro classic. From the NES to the Dreamcast, Old School Gamer gives you some great picks to warm you up. NHL 94…18?: The guys...
Legendary Gaming Hardware Brand Returns, with New Management, New Ideas, and a New Range of High-Quality Gaming Products
Kowloon, Hong Kong – January 4t h 2018, – Mad Catz Global Limited, the legendary brand, leading innovation in gaming hardware for almost three decades, announced today a surprise return to the international gaming scene. Less than a year after the much-loved brand...
Clean Footage of Super Mario 64 from Its Earliest Days
The early days of the fifth generation of console hardware was a little bit of a rough one for Nintendo fans. While SEGA and Sony launched their entries into the market in May and September of 1995, respectively, fans of Mario would hear about Nintendo's Project...
