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Designer of the Colecovision An Interview With Robert Schneck – by Ethan Johnson
The Colecovision was a remarkable console for its era, entirely stifled by market conditions well beyond its control. From its brief time in the spotlight and less than three years of production, it remains a console that many have experienced, but few know anything...
Bob “Rosha” Harris: Behind the Odyssey, Part 2
The Probe 2000 Story In mid-1983, North American Phillips began to preview a new console, the Odyssey 3. It would replace the Odyssey 2's membrane keyboard with a PC Jr.-style "chiclet" keyboard, and offer new high-resolution graphics - some of which would enhance...
The Philosophy of NOT Using a Rewind Feature.
I was scrolling through Twitter some time ago when I came across a tweet that got me thinking. It was from a twitter user back in the end of December where he basically said that if you use the rewind feature that's available in the NES and SNES games on the Switch...
Video Game of the Day – February 6th – Overcooked!
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...
Ghosts’n DJs Out Today on Steam
Retro-like run’n gun side-scrolling action platformer featuring deadmau5 and Dr. Kucho! Supporting Gaming Charities Madrid, Spain –February 6, 2020– Independent development studio Dr. Kucho! Games release Ghosts’n DJs on Steam today. The game will be free but...
Shooters That Deserve a Remaster
Remasters are a dime-a-dozen today, but what about the forgotten classics? In this exclusive Old School Gamer list, we share a few Shooters that deserve to be brought back from the dead. Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay: Starbreeze doesn’t get the credit...
A Conversation with Nolan Bushnell, Part 2 PART 2 OF 2 – Competition Thru Amazon Alexa – By Michael Thomasson and Todd Friedman with Ryan Burger
In issue #12, we started an interview with Nolan Bushnell that took us up to the VCS akaAtari 2600. Todd Friedman had also done a recent interview that we brought part of into this article. We pick up when competition in the home video game space kicks up with the...
Namco Museum By Kyle Snyder
I'm torn. When I recently purchased Namco Museum for the Sega Dreamcast, I sat down with a pen and paper to take notes on this classic compilation. How close did they get to the arcade games? Are there any detracting peculiarities? And then I was faced with a...
Video Game of the Day – February 4th – Tiny Toon Adventures: Buster’s Hidden Treasure
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...
Video Game of the Day – February 3rd – The Wonderful 101
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...
Forgotten NES gems from the last century
Despite being older than quite a few of you reading this, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is still considered to be one of the greatest gaming consoles ever produced. The original NES revolutionized video gaming back in the 1980s and spawned timeless classics...
Fiery Political Correctness Rains Down From the Sky
So it's 1980, and we're all playing Missile Command, that brutally brilliant game by Atari featuring strategy, sacrifice, death and destruction. You know, according to legend, the game was originally going to be called Armageddon, but the marketing folks at Atari were...
Computer game Shirts Market Division
Presently gaming shirts are enormous business, Yet did you realize that these shirts spread such a gigantic class of gaming in this list. What we will take a gander at, in this article, what are the famous shirts in this class and what are the contrasts between...
Playstation Collectibles? By Mark Androvich
Before the advent of the Internet, people searching for unusual collectibles were out of luck. Stamp and coin collectors had their magazines and newspapers, and it was easy to find books on Pez dispensers, G.I. Joe, Barbie, tin lunch boxes, baseball cards, and Hot...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Andrew Welburn
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Andrew Welburn, who currently is displayed on card number 1643, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Andrew has been collecting arcade games since 1997 and has been repairing very rare and undocumented PCBs for collectors...
The Eighties – Old School Gamer #14 Available Online Free Right Now! – By Brian Szarek
We’re very excited to present issue 14 of Old School Gamer Magazine. I’ve been on board since issue 3 and it’s been incredible to see the response and acceptance of OSGM by the community during that time. In this issue, we have an interview with Bob DeCrescenzo,...
Killer Queen Black – Review By: Brad Feingold
One day, I went to my local bar-cade and went downstairs and saw one of the biggest multiplayer video games I have ever seen, and it was way bigger than X-Men. I had to look closer. This huge white machine matched ten players into two teams of ultimate chaos in an...
The Tragedy of Warcraft 3
Warcraft 3 Reforged launched recently to nearly universal backlash. Official forums, reddit, and other social networks erupted in a united ire against the latest remastering from video game juggernaut Blizzard entertainment. This shocking development is hot off the...
NES Encyclopedia Review By: Frank Schwartztrauber
The NES Encyclopedia: Every Game Released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Chris Scullion is an incredibly comprehensive guide to one of the greatest gaming systems of all time. It covers more than 700 officially licensed games and over 160 unlicensed titles...
Video Game of the Day – January 29th – Super Mario Land
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...
Video Game of the Day – January 27th – FIFA Soccer Manager
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...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Mike Imhof
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Mike Imhof, who is displayed on card number 2712, from the Superstars of 2017. Mike and his wife Lisa are also on trading card number 2913. Along with his wife, Mike has a home arcade in Pittsburgh, PA called “RetroBrain...
Atari’s Misplays and Bogeys By Patrick Wong
Atari is synonymous with legendary arcade/action video games. From Asteroids, to Missile Command, to Tempest, videogamers will find very few games they would consider forgettable. However, when it comes to sports video games, gamers will have to think a little harder....
Arcade Auction: One Man’s Experience
The date? November 11th, 2000. The time? 5:15 am. The sound? The annoying *BUZZ BUZZ BUZZ* of my alarm clock. The reason? A gigantic arcade auction being held in Timonium, Maryland with the possibility of finding some cool piece of arcade history for really cheap....
