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Pikmin for GameCube Review
This was my first GameCube review - Pikmin! Released in 2001, Pikmin has you directing a bunch 'Pikmin' to salvage scattered spaceship parts after crash-landing on an uncharted planet. You're under the pump, though - you've only got 30 days until your oxygen runs out!...
The Fourth Annual Northwest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts Swap Meet
On the morning of January 20, 2018, barely three months after the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, gamers from in and around Portland Oregon ready for more lined up outside the DoubleTree hotel for the Fourth Annual Northwest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts Swap Meet. While...
The Game Scholar: Conversations with Consoles
In today’s gaming climate a microphone is practically just as standard as a controller, but it’s usually used for conversations between players. But one goal has always been for verbal interaction, where players could actually speak their commands into voice...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Hunt Is On, Unless You Are A King……..
Yeah, I wasn't to sure how to title this one. But when it gets to the point, it's the same thing. Back in 1982, there were a whole lot of games being released in the arcade and not a lot of quarters in my pocket. But that really didn't stop me from going to the...
Downright Bizarre Games: Jaws Unleashed – Dah Dumm….Dah Dumm
Jaws Unleashed Microsoft X-Box and Playstation 2 2006 There are not many titles that allow you to play as the antagonist. Jaws Unleashed, a free-roaming action game, fulfills that adolescent wish. Exactly how bad-ass is Jaws? Well, the tutorial alone teaches players...
Phoenix IV: Magazines Reach Their Peak
Interest in videogames reached an all-time high during 1994. In January, GamePro became the rst videogame magazine to sell 500,000 copies of a single issue. EGM broke a di erent type of record when its December issue contained 404 pages. So much news concerning...
Retro Gaming Archives – Winter/Spring 1984
1984 was a tough year for video gaming releases. For many of us, 1984 was just another year and the words "video", "game" and "crash" were never uttered consecutively. There was still a plethora of Atari, Intellivision and Colecovision consoles and games available in...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: The 1970s
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/ Video...
My Arcade Delivers a Nostalgic Blast from the Past with New Line of Micro Player TM Arcade Cabinets
Data East Classics BurgerTime, Bad Dudes, and Karate Champ are Now Available in Mini Arcade Form TORRANCE, CA - Dec. 4, 2017 - My Arcade, manufacturer of retro gaming products and classic console accessories, has licensed the rights for classic titles from legendary...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin – Q*Bert
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Brett’s Old-School Bargain Bin, where I’ll be pointing you to games that won’t break your bank account. Instead of rushing out to buy a Nintendo Switch for $400 (if you can find it), plus a couple of $60 games, why not kick back on...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘We Got Dungeons’ Part II
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Mega Cat Studios’ Milosh, the lead developer behind the developer’s upcoming rogue RPG on the Sega Genesis, “We Got Dungeons,” who lets us know exactly why it's a special title. Developing a retro game, using retro hardware, is no...
Xi Rao – Student, Curator, Gamer
Xi Rao is a research assistant and PhD student in Technology and Humanities at Illinois Tech. She is interested in social media analysis, information design, as well as fan study. She studies and curates Twitter discussions on games such as #1ReasonWhy and...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Alleyway
When it comes to filling in one's collection of games Mario has appeared in, one mustn't overlook the U.S. launch titles for the original Game Boy. Naturally, there's the obvious in Super Mario Land, but the plumbing protagonist really pulled his weight as the...
Dreamcast Games Ooga Booga, NFL 2K1 to have Online Functionality Restored
Are you disenchanted with modern online experiences that leave you with nothing but insults from 14-olds? Well, fret no more as more Dreamcast games are set to soon have their online functionality restored. Modder, Shuouma, who has already returned a number of great...
Control everything from Street Fighter, to Mario, to Sphero Droids!
Old School Gamer played with one of these at CES last week and we are excited about it as we spend more time with their tablet version hopefully next week. Look for a full review of the Iphone, Ipad edition coming up in a future Old School Gamer Magazine! LOS...
MAKERbuino Demo At CES!
While at CES last week, we were able to spend some time with Albert the successful Kickstarter of MAKERbuino! MAKERbuino is a handheld retro gaming device that you can build yourself. It's 8-bit, fun, educational and hackable. You can check out more information at...
Austin Powers Pinball for PSone Review
It's a game that involves Austin Powers... and pinball. [wpdevart_youtube width="640" height="385" autoplay="0" theme="light" loop_video="0" enable_fullscreen="1" show_related="1" show_popup="0" thumb_popup_width="213" thumb_popup_height="128" show_title="1"...
I Own a Pac-Man Toboggan
As much as I love classic video games, I have no interest in classic video game ephemera. Collectibles. Knick-knacks. Tchotchkes. Whatever you want to call them, I don't need them. My game room isn't cluttered with action figures, bedspreads, lunch boxes, creepy...
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...
This Day In Video Game History
