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Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Race to the Finish
Folks, as you may or may not have been aware, I have been away from the computer for a little while trying to get things back together in life. It was like someone took a video game apart and said put it together. For someone who has never done that, it was very...
The Pac-Man Card Game
When I was in college and Magic: The Gathering was the new hotness, I tried my hand at creating a Pac-Man card game. Bear in mind, this was before the World Wide Web was littered with print on demand operations and making a card game meant going to a print shop,...
RBI Baseball 18 Review: Standup Double
When RBI Baseball made its return a few years ago, there were plenty of skeptics. And although the game has been a fun retro experience overall, RBI 17 proved the developers had to take the series to the next level. With remodeled players, ballparks and the same...
System Spotlight – Fairchild Channel F
Atari gets a lot of credit for pioneering the ROM cartridge based home video gaming system craze and for good reason. They were the company that bought the rights to port popular arcade games and bring them into families living rooms. All anyone really wanted back...
The Game Scholar: The Nintendo Odyssey?? – By Leonard Herman
A question had arisen regarding whether a statement in my book, Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry, was correct or not. The book stated that Nintendo had imported the first videogame console, the Magnavox Odyssey, into Japan. Shortly after the book’s...
Mini Doom II – Relive the Classic in 16-Bit, Until You Die
Years ago, ID software came out with what was considered to be the game changer with the Doom franchise. The object of the first person shooter was simple, survive the depths of hell while destroying demons, skeletons and other painful monsters. The series was one...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Acclaim
The first member of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team we're going to take a look at is none other than Acclaim, the self-proclaimed "Masters of the Game." While Acclaim's reputation over the ensuing years hasn't held up especially well, at the time, they were not at...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [1] Super Mario 64 + Pilotwings 64
What is the Nintendo 64 Chronicles? Before diving into this series, I'd like to share with you a bit of what it's about. The Nintendo 64 was my first ever experience as a child with 3D gaming,and I fell in love when I opened it on my 8th birthday. However, I parted...
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Leaked on Amazon
While it’s been theorised since February that a remaster of the much-loved Insomniac Games trilogy would be hitting shelves later this year, our suspicions finally seem to have been confirmed thanks to a few Amazon leaks today. While Activision is still staying Mum on...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Aiden Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Aiden Friedman, who currently is displayed on card number 2820, from the Superstars of 2018 Collection. Aiden is an up and coming gamer who is heavily involved in the gaming community and contributes his time to be a junior...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: 1980–1983 – By Adam Pratt
This is an update & re-write of an original article that was published on ArcadeHeroes.com on June 27th, 2012 entitled ‘40 Years Of Arcade Games’. You can still read that post here: http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/27/ 40-years-of-arcade-games/ In...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Kite’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Kite’s James Treneman (Solo Developer & Founder, Lab Cat Games), who details the game’s origin and outlines its goals. A unique dual-stick shooter experience, it’s definitely inspired by games of the past. About Kite: After the...
New Dreamcast Game in Development – Reaperi Cycle
In a testament that it is truly the best console ever made, news has come out that the long-discontinued Sega Dreamcast is receiving yet another game. While it had a very short shelf life of only two years up until 2001, the homebrew scene has been flourishing ever...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Coffee Crisis’
Old School Gamer chats with game developer Zack Manko, who lets us know why the enhanced version of Coffee Crisis, which is currently gearing up for release on Steam, is the best version of the game to date. About Coffee Crisis: The Smurglian race has come to Earth...
System Spotlight – 3DO
The early ’90s were something of a second coming for the wild west of video game console manufacturing. The early ’80s saw a number of console manufacturers trying to make a go of it after the success of the Atari VCS. Then there was the crash of ’83 and...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Ready Player One
THIS IS A SPOILER FREE REVIEW! This is a special edition of KCAIC as I am presenting to you a movie review for a film that was released this weekend. Why? Well, the thing is.... It has to do with... Oh just read the review and you'll understand. 🙂 I love...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Donkey Kong and Beauty and the Beast – By Brett Weiss
Welcome to the second installment of Brett’s Old-School Bargain Bin, where I point you to games that won’t break your bank account. We’re going full retro this time around (big surprise there), focusing on two key games from a fondly remembered genre that is now all...
Video Game Tradng Card Spotlight – Matt Miller
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Matt Miller, who is displayed on card number 44, from the Superstars of 2011. Matt is also on Cards 1252 and 1646. Matt is an old school as well as modern gamer. He holds 56 Twin Galaxies world records and is the proudest...
Howard Phillips Speaks on Dragon Quest’s Initial Performance and Nintendo Power Giveaway
During its run, Nintendo Power was a publication beloved by fans of Nintendo all across North America. One of the most famous tales from the magazine's run is of the time you could subscribe and receive a brand-new copy of the role playing game Dragon Warrior (which...
OSG Profile: Steve Wiebe
This piece originally appeared in the Video Game Collector Magazine but has been updated and added to with more current information. Q: What were you into when you were growing up? SW: I was really into drawing. I was always drawing as a kid. I’d make my own baseball...
Nights into Dreams (Review) – Sega Saturn
There isn’t a true Sonic game available on the Saturn? What?!?! 32X owners already had to make due with having only Knuckles Chaotix and its odd control scheme available but no plans to release a Sonic game (sorry, Sonic Jam and Sonic R don’t count) seemed like a...
RETROSPECTIVE: Are We Ready for an N64 Classic Edition?
So back to the N64 Classic Edition. Could it work? Theoretically. At least from a hardware perspective. From an economic one, things begin to get fuzzy.
The Last Official Release: NES – The Lion King
Welcome back to The Last Official Release; a series of posts where I explore the last games to be officially released on a variety of different consoles, focusing on a different one each article. Previous entries have included the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Game Boy....
OSG Profile: Billy Mitchell: The Legend Updates Us On the Last Ten Years – By Ryan Burger
This piece originally appeared in the Video Game Collector Magazine, but has been updated and added to with more current information including from an interview at Galaxy of Games in Ottumwa, Iowa. Q: The film King of Kong made you a celebrity in even more people’s...
This Day In Video Game History
