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Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: ‘Yer Out! – By Brett Weiss
For this sports-themed issue of Old School Gamer, we’re going back to the basics: five early and essential games for the Atari 2600 and five for the Intellivision, the two most popular systems of the pre-NES era. These highly influential titles, which paved the way...
Early NES (Nintendo) Box Art Pt 1 – Black Box Titles
Nintendo Power was an enormous resource when it came to helping NES owners determine what games were worth buying, renting, or better off skipping entirely. However, not everyone was blessed enough to be a Nintendo Power subscriber, and there were very few other ways...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Wrecking Crew ’98
While the "Mario Mania" series of articles is more for games featuring Mario that aren't immediately obvious, you can see from the title screen above that Wrecking Crew '98 is considerably more up-front about who its star is than its worldwide-released predecessor. In...
Bart Vs. The Space Mutants
The first animated shorts featuring The Simpsons debuted on the Tracey Ullman Show in 1987. The characters got their own prime time series two years later. Over three decades later and the show has becomes longest running American sitcom and the country’s longest...
PS1 Fans Rejoice… a Mini “Classic” Version is Coming
Well, I now know what I want for Christmas. Obviously inspired by Nintendo’s success with their mini NES and SNES Classic consoles, Sony is taking a punt at the concept with their own PlayStation (the original). Originally released on the 3rd of December, 1994 in...
Game and Market Watch – By Dan Loosen
In prior Game & Market articles, I discussed factors that increase awareness of games, and can be a large factor in driving their value up. This time, we’re going to look at an entire segment of games that is generally overlooked by those factors, why they are...
Midwest Gaming Classic Dates Announced!
We are excited to announce that we will be returning April 12, 13 and 14 to the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee! Tickets are on sale right now at https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/buy-tickets/ Hotel rooms may be booked now through...
12-inch RepliCade X Centipede Arcade Cabinet Now Available From New Wave
New Wave Toys has officially launched RepliCade X Centipede, an officially licensed, fully-playable 1/6-scale reproduction of the classic Atari arcade cabinet. RepliCade X Centipede is now available for $160 on NewWaveToys.com, and soon on Amazon, Walmart, and Best...
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