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Antoine Clerc-Renaud Talks ‘Coleco: The Official Book’ And More
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with author Antoine Clerc-Renaud who discusses his “Coleco: The Official Book,” as well as his experience at the recent Coleco Retro Expo in New Jersey and what’s next for him. For more on the book, click here. Old School Gamer...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: HEY YOU GUYYYYYYSSSSS!!!!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT!!!
June 1985. Now that was a helluva a summer! RJ Reynolds Company proposed a merger with Nabisco. Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula. That went well. (Sarcasm). 18th Space Shuttle Mission (51-G)-Discovery 5 launched. Weird Al Yankovic...
McFarland & Company to Publish Video Game Interview Anthology “The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews with Cult and Classic Game Developers”
Book contains over 50 interviews with some of the greatest minds in the video game industry, interviewed by Award-Winning journalist and former NBC Editor and Examiner National Video Games scribe Patrick Hickey Jr. Who wrote "Romeo & Juliet? Who first sang...
Remembering the CD-Based Consoles Before the PSone
The fifth generation of consoles is mainly associated with the rise of 3D graphics. While important and no doubt defining, none of that would have been possible without the inclusion of CD-ROM’s. 3D graphics were around beforehand of course; it was quite common on...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Eat Me!
What triggers a good memory? A smell, a taste, a sight, or even a sound. Our senses are our most important factor in our lives. If you smell ribs, you may remember the fair. If you see a logo, you remember the product. If you smell a fart, you remember that...
Preview Issue of Old School Gamer Now ONLINE!
The preview issue of Old School Gamer Magazine is online, all 4 pages of it. Written to give you a tease of what we plan on doing, some of the articles that are in process and more. Check it out by clicking on the magazine to your right!
4 Retro Gaming Documentaries Definitely Worth Your Time
Video games and movies historically do not have the best track record. From as early as 1986, the movie industry has tried to capitalize on the gaming "fad" with quick cash grabs like the Super Mario Bros. movie and Double Dragon. Luckily, there are more than a few...
Atari 2600 Returns as New Compact Handheld and Innovative Plug and Play TV Joystick with 50 Classic Atari® Games Built-In
One of the most iconic video games consoles, the Atari 2600 is returning as a handheld console and innovative plug and play TV joystick in time for Christmas 2017. The 'Atari "Retro" Handheld' features the immortalised "wood" effect and includes 50 classic games...
Atari Box is going to crowdfund
The buzz on Ataribox continues to grow, and we can’t wait to share more news in the weeks ahead. Ataribox will first be made available via a crowdfunding campaign this Fall 2017 with shipments planned to start in Spring 2018. Why Crowdfunding? Amazing brands are...
The Greatest Hockey Games of the 16-Bit Era
While gamers’ choices in hockey video games have slimmed down tremendously over the past decade, thanks to the fall of 2K's hockey titles and the dominance of EA Sports, the 16-bit era saw a plethora of puck being played on the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis. From...
New Super Nintendo Release by Capcom – Call me crazy but it’s true
Super Nintendo nostalgia is reaching fever pitch, and now even Capcom is getting into the act with a re-release of Street Fighter II on a Super NES cartridge. Produced in conjunction with iam8bit, this $100 collector’s edition is available to order now and will ship...
The Satellaview: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World
It's time for an episode of Wonders of the Retro Gaming World, and after checking out the Satellaview and the Net Yaroze, today we're taking a look at the SEGA Channel. Released in 1994, this service allowed SEGA's Genesis to hook up to cable networks and temporarily...
Other Magazine Update: Retro Gamer August 2017
As you will find out I'm a big fan of Retro Gamer Magazine (https://www.retrogamer.net) and my quest to create an industry publication like Retro Gamer for the US is how we end up with Old School Gamer Magazine and this website you are reading this on. I started...
My Arcade Reveals Super Gamepad for the Super NES™ Classic Edition
TORRANCE, CA (Aug. 29, 2017) - My Arcade is proud to unveil its Super Gamepad for the hotly anticipated Super NES™ Classic Edition. Old school meets new school in this Super NES inspired controller that sports unique features including wireless functionality, TURBO...
Spread The Word
Old School Gamer needs to spread the word and get it out there with our offer of a free digital magazine subscription of Old School Gamer. Below are a variety of different sized banners that can be used on websites and then linked up with...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Greetings Program
Like Star Wars, as a kid I loved watching movies and then pretending that I was part of the movie. That's why you buy toys, clothes, posters, and even the trading cards. However, I never could figure how my Death Star was serviced by only one Stormtrooper. ...
Super Nintendo Entertainment System™: Super NES Classic Edition Features Trailer
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Fear Effect Reimagined for Modern Day Hardware
London, UK, August 21: More than 17 years after it first stormed onto PlayStation, Square Enix Collective is excited to announce that the original Fear Effect game is being reimagined for modern day hardware, all under the watchful eye of some of the series’ biggest...
Blog For Us – Join The Team!
Positions Within Old School Gamer Magazine Growing magazine with growing needs we are (as Yoda would say) - The team is forming, and we have some of our regular columnists for the magazine and the online blog but we are in need of bloggers and...
PQube (London, UK) August 18, 2017 – PQube is excited to announce that the latest instalment in the legendary shoot 'em up series, Raiden V: Director's Cut, debuts on PlayStation®4 in Europe on October 6, 2017! The Raiden series is one of the original trailblazers in...
Retro Fighter – New Controller for N64 – Kickstarted!
What is Retro Fighters? - The Retro Fighters controller for N64 is a modern take on the N64 controller. We wanted to remake the N64 controller with next generation features and designs! What's Different? - We changed some things to make the N64 controller more...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Cursing Donkey Kong and Peeing In My Pants
The year was 1981, and I was 8 years old. Shut up, I know that I'm old. My dad, brother and I went to see Raiders of the Lost Ark at the River Hills theater. Gotta say, I peed a little during the ending of thay movie cause it was loud and scary. I said I was 8! ...
Two Polls To See What Decade Is It!
We want to know, what decades are you most interested in both in the arcade arena and in home game consoles. Please spread the word and vote in both. Thank you, Old School Gamer Magazine
Downright Bizarre: Atari wants you to blow chunks (1994) from Downright Bizarre Games
Atari gives potential customers a warning that if they play the Jaguar, it will make their brain burn and the 3-D graphics are real enough to make them “blow chunks.” Atari, promoting negative side- effects such as regurgitation is usually not a good selling point....
