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A review of the Tetris My Play Watch

by William Schwartz | November 7, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews | 0 Comments

I have to be honest. When I first heard of the concept of the My Play Watch, I was skeptical. Wristwatches aren't exactly the best fit for gaming. They're certainly not a great fit for Tetris, a game famous for requiring often precise movements, something which...

Growing Up Gaming: What Life Was Like for a Gamer Kid in the ’80s and ’90s Part 1

by Chris Martin | November 6, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Gaming, GenX Grownup | 0 Comments

When you walked through the doors of a store in 1988, video games did not live in a big, uniform storefront advertising the latest releases, and there were no midnight releases. They were physical, chaotic, and awesome. If you wanted a new release, you went to the...

Trapped on Doomed Hardware: The Strange, Brilliant Legacy of Lucienne’s Quest

by Chris Martin | November 3, 2026 | 1990s, Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

When you walked into a game store in the mid-90s looking for a legitimate, awesome Japanese RPG to play on whatever console you had, your options were surprisingly slim. The SNES was winding down its legendary run, the Sony PlayStation was still finding its footing...

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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Lukianoff

by Todd Friedman | Mar 14, 2020 | 2010s, Columns | 0 Comments

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mike Lukianoff, who is displayed on card number 2591, from the Superstars of 2016. Mike is the winner for 3 years (2011,2013,2014) at ScrewAttack’s Ironman of Gaming tournament. In 2015, at the Southern Fried Gaming Expo, Mike...

Classic Import: PULSEMAN

by Magazine Writer | Mar 13, 2020 | 1990s, Other Magazines Preview | 0 Comments

Simply put, there's no reason Pulseman shouldn't have been released in America. This 1994 Mega Drive import (developed by future Pokemon designers Game Freak and published by Sega) has it all: beautiful graphics, inventive design, and intense action. Yet it remained...

Switch It Up – Wunderling – Review By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Mar 13, 2020 | 2020s, Columns, Reviews | 0 Comments

Welcome to a new segment of Old School Gamer Magazine called Switch it Up. In this column, I will be reviewing new games for the Nintendo Switch that we believe is deemed worthy of conversation. These games will have either the 8-bit, 16-bit, 64-bit or the classic...

Video Game of the Day – March 12th – Shadowrun (Genesis/Mega Drive)

by Video Game of the Day | Mar 12, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade | 0 Comments

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

Video Game of the Day – March 11th – Stardew Valley

by Video Game of the Day | Mar 11, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade | 0 Comments

Donkey Kong: A Decade Later

by Magazine Writer | Mar 11, 2020 | 1990s, Other Magazines Preview | 0 Comments

Ten years ago this month, Nintendo released the simply titled Donkey Kong for the Game Boy. At the time, it didn't seem like much of a mile- stone, but it has since become the gold standard of how to update a classic game without losing the soul of the original. The...

The Dreaded Backlog of Games (And how to deal with it).

by Ben Magnet | Mar 11, 2020 | Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

It was a problem that we all wanted to have as kids. Having so many video games that we wouldn't get bored. At least that was the argument I would give my parents whenever we were out shopping. Now that I am an adult I am facing a new problem. The backlog. Games...