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Remembering Joe & Mac 2: Lost in the Tropics

by William Schwartz | October 22, 2026 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

Functional simultaneous co-op is, or at least was, tricky business. Even the flagship Nintendo games of the Super Nintendo era, Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country, could not manage simultaneous co-op, instead forcing players to take turns. This weakness...

Remembering Pokémon Pinball for the Pokémon Mini

by William Schwartz | October 20, 2026 | 2000s, Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

Lately I've been thinking a lot about the late Gunpei Yokoi's core design philosophy, the one that led to him parting ways with Nintendo when the company decided to focus on creating more powerful hardware. Lateral thinking with withered technology. The idea...

New Release: Alien Breed 3D HD

by Marcus Albers | October 19, 2026 | 1990s, 2020s, Retro Computing | 0 Comments

Development house Team17 has become a prolific, popular company best known for its Worms series, which has appeared on nearly every platform since the 16-bit era. But in 1991, they were a new group that formed from the European demo scene. Their first major release...

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Arcade Gun Game Memories – by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi

by Old School Gamer | Oct 2, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Magazine Preview | 0 Comments

Operation Wolf, T2 Arcade Game, Mad Dog McCree, House of the Dead As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, arcade games were not a hard thing to find. Whether it was in a NAMCO GUNCON (PS1 & ARCADE) grocery store, at a pizza parlor, or at a dedicated arcade,...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Daniel Jones Talks Quartercade

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Oct 1, 2025 | 2020s, Arcade, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews | 0 Comments

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Quartercade creator Daniel Jones, who discusses the new console and its arrival on IndieGogo later this month. Check it out Below: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-quartercade-the-budget-gaming-console/coming_soon Old School...

MODERN LIGHT GUN DEVELOPMENT and REVIEW – by Ryan Burger

by Ryan Burger | Sep 30, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview | 0 Comments

Kickstarter is an amazing website. It helps bring to light new ideas from people and companies that want to release something but funding and research support through its unique system. In this case, Tassei Denki/Dashine Electronics, which is a company behind many...

The Plumber Who Saved Video Games Turns 40

by Matthew Owen | Sep 30, 2025 | 1980s, Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

In 1985, one lone Italian plumber rescued the video game industry from certain collapse. This is how Mario saved video games from extinction.

eXoDOS and actually playing classic computer games

by William Schwartz | Sep 29, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Retro Computing | 0 Comments

As you read through the latest print edition of Old School Gamer Magazine, focusing on 8-bit computer gaming, one obvious question may come to mind- how exactly do you play any of these games? The more famous ones might be available via Steam or other modern...

Preserving Legacy Event – Ottumwa, Iowa Nov 7-8, 2025

by Todd Friedman | Sep 29, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Events | 0 Comments

It's been a while since we have hosted an event here in Ottumwa, The Video Game Capitol of the World! We are pleased to announce our Preserving Legacy 2-day event as we honor Walter Day and his Legacy with the gaming industry and the father of competitive E-Sport as...

Apple for the Students – by Tristan Ibarra

by Old School Gamer | Sep 27, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

Every Wednesday from 4th to 8th grade there was no school period I enjoyed and looked forward to more than the hour we got to spend in my school’s computer lab. Not only was it a welcome change of pace from the often boring classroom lecture we had to sit through the...