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Convention & Event Update: May – June 2019 – By Old School Gamer Staff
CINCICLASSIC CINCINNATI, OH BY BRIAN SZAREK On May 18th, 2019, Old School Gamer Magazine was proud to be a part of the CinciClassic Retro Convention, located in the Cincinnati, OH suburb of Ft. Thomas, KY. We had a double booth set up on the far wall, so we had a...
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters By Amy Trinanes
If you’re a 90’s kid, or just really enjoyed Nickelodeon cartoons, then you probably remember Aaahh!!! Real Monsters. Aaahh!!! Real Monsters the game was released in 1995, two years before the show went off the air. Well, the show may be gone but Ickis, Oblina, and...
Let’s Play Gaming Expo Coming Soon – By Brett Weiss
The Let’s Play Gaming Expo, one of the most interactive video game conventions in the country, is returning to Dallas/Fort Worth for an action-packed weekend of alien invading, dot munching, and pixel blasting. The annual, all-ages event will be held August 9-11 at...
Video Game Collector Spotlight – Ed Hathaway of NE Ohio – By Brian Szarek
In an effort to highlight our readers, Old School Gaming Magazine has added a new section dedicated to the vintage gaming collectors, whether it be arcade cabinets, game cartridges, consoles, memorabilia, or anything related. We recently had the pleasure of...
Nostalgia Moment: Donkey Kong Country By Brandon Poe
As modern day gamers, we sometimes forget where the ideas for some of the games we play today come from. I tend to sometimes jump back in time and play all the games that I can remember playing when I was younger. The drive to play those games usually comes from...
Metal Gear Solid Demo Disc Memories
The 32-bit era of video game systems introduced a new concept to gamers that opted to pick up the CD-ROM based Sony PlayStation or the Sega Saturn: Demo discs. These discs would occasionally be included as a pack-in with the game systems, but magazines specifically...
The Cabinet of Curiosities: Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdom
Everyone knows that pumpkins are evil. It’s a well established fact. Put a pumpkin in a position of authority and it will definitely, 100% guaranteed, abuse its power. This is such a well known truth, that it’s baffling that the produce of the Salad Kingdom ever...
Virtua Racing Shaped MegaSD can now play Virtua Racing
We first wrote about the MegaSD here at OSGM towers back in June, and while now barely released, it appears the developer has been hard at work making it the best product it can possibly be. For those not in the know, the MegaSD is an FPGA-based piece of hardware that...
This Day In Video Game History
