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A nice interview by the Switch Effect of Old School Gamer
Joining The Switch Effect on today’s Industry Interview is Ryan Burger, Founder and Publisher of the newly launched Old School Gamer Magazine. Old School Gamer Magazine is a digital and print magazine that focuses on all games retro, whether it is the original Atari...
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 arcade game developer, Data East. The centerpieces of the collaboration will be a series of unique...
California Games for NES Review
Today I'm checking out California Games - a totally TUBULAR selection of mini-games that fit right into 80's California. Some examples include skateboarding, surfing, BMXing and... hacky sack. [wpdevart_youtube width="640" height="385" autoplay="0" theme="light"...
Give Me My Pancake! – A DIY Homebrew Kit for the Atari 2600
Homebrew video games have come a long way since they first started appearing in the 1990's. Not only the games themselves, but the way they're packaged and sold. Long gone are the days of inkjet printed labels and photocopied instruction sheets. Current homebrew...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Sucked Into a Black Hole
So over the Thanksgiving weekend, I was honored to be part of one of Iowa's largest video game and pinball auctions. These auctions happen twice a year. Normally during Easter weekend and Thanksgiving weekend. I'm not going to get in depth about the auction because...
FULL Games List Revealed on the Super Retro-Cade – Learn More
Bring the power of an arcade to your home with the Super Retro-Cade plug and play console by Retro-Bit. Packed with over 90 popular retro games from Capcom, Data East, Technos, and Irem! The stylish console re-introduces such gems as Mega Man 2, BurgerTime, Joe &...
Billy Mitchell coming to SoCal!
Billy Mitchell will be coming to the Retro City Festival in January - http://retrocityfestival.com. And Old School Gamer will be there giving out issue #2 of our magazine. "THE KING OF KONG” BILLY MITCHELL The star of King of Kong and history’s most famous video game...
Phoenix IV: Movies and Videogames
Parker Brothers was another major company that began licensing games for home use. In addition to acquiring arcade games like Sega's Frogger, Parker Brothers also licensed the movie The Empire Strikes Back and designed a game around it. Even the cereal company Quaker...
This Day In Video Game History
