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The Road to 300 By Mark Androvich
Back in the day when my Atari 2600 was brand new and still smelled of plastic, I used to receive a handful of cartridges each year: one for my birthday, two at Christmas, and perhaps two for special events throughout the year. If I managed to save up my allowance, I...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: RG350 Initial Thoughts
Old School Gamer Magazine Staff Writer Patrick Hickey Jr. shares his thoughts on the RG350 handheld.
Amameusements By Scott Alan Marriott
There is a deep-rooted fascination with penguins in Japan, which explains why there are more than a handful of video games starring the flightless bird, with Sega’s Pengo being the country’s most famous offspring here in the States. At first glance, Penguin Kun-Wars...
Super Huey By Fred Pierson
For the Commodore 64, Cosmi brought out a good number of titles during its support. Starting in the early years, they released Aztec Challenge, Caverns of Khafka, Monster Trivia, some productivity and educational packages, and one of my favorites, Forbidden Forest....
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jerry Momoda
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jerry Momoda, who is displayed on card number 2330, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Jerry was the Nintendo of America’s original market research analyst and game master back in the early 1980’s. Throughout his...
Video Game of the Day – February 28th – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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...
Bleeps on Wax – By Mike Mertes
Over the last few years vinyl records certainly seem to be making a large scale come back, and stores like Wal-Mart and Target have the latest music releases predominantly displayed on their shelves in the format. Along with this resurgence, several labels have been...
Game Gear – Modern Reviews By Old School Gamer Staff
As a child growing up in the 80s, my beloved video game console of choice was the Nintendo Entertainment System. Despite all the different con- troller options that came out for the system, like the NES Advantage arcade stick, I’ve always gravitated towards the stock...
This Day In Video Game History
