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WALTER DAY’S SUPERSTARS OF GAMING: VOLUME ONE
This 100+ page full color book covers the entire first year of Walter Day's Twin Galaxies Superstars trading cards, with stories! Kickstarter Link A collaboration project with Hagen's Alley Books, Walter Day's Gaming Superstars Volume One is a 100+ page book that will...
Tag Team Wrestling
For my money, artists such as Mikhail Baryshnikov and Bob Fosse don’t hold a candle to men like Ric “Nature Boy” Flair or Kerry Von Erich. Nor can Pavarotti or Maria Callas match the passion and drama of performers like Gorgeous George or Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson....
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paige Burger
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paige Burger, who is displayed on card number 3105, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Paige is part of the Old School Gamer Magazine crew. Daughter of the creator and publisher, Paige has made a huge impact on...
Two New Publishers Announced for the Evercade
The Evercade is an interesting new retro handheld we’ve been closely following at OSGM HQ for the last month or so. Starting off as something mysterious, it was soon revealed to be a completely self-contained console that would play retro games – but most importantly,...
Why they’re rare: Atlantis II
This is a tricky one as only a handful—not even—were ever made for a contest and they look exactly the same as the original. Let’s go back in time for a bit. The year is 1982, Imagic just released Atlantis for the Atari 2600 and other systems including the...
Knabber Rob – A Reverse Adventure for the Atari 2600
For the sake of expediency, I'm going to assume that anyone reading this is already familiar with the Atari 2600 game Adventure and not spend a lot of time explaining it. I'm not even going to do the thing where I say I'm not going to explain it but then do explain it...
Home Run for the Atari 2600
Canada Bill Jones was a con man and riverboat gambler from Yorkshire, England. An 1877 article in the Dallas Times Herald once described him as being, “gentle as a woman and cunning as a fox.” He is not particularly relevant to what follows, except in one regard....
The Duck Knight Returns: Where to Find More Darkwing Duck
“I am the terror that flaps in the night! I am the dead pixel that isn’t covered under warranty! I am Darkwing Duck!”
The Changing Face of Gaming
This is a golden era for gamers, a time where the choice of themes seems almost infinite. No matter what the genre might be, whether it’s fantasy, sport, combat or something else, the range of titles has risen exponentially over the last 30 years or so. It’s possible,...
Just 4 Qix: Warlords – By Michael Thomasson
Atari’s Warlords is considered one of the best competitive video game titles of all time. Warlords is a simple game that took Atari’s early games Quadrapong and Breakout and greatly improved upon them. By taking the multi-player paddle premise and spinning the concept...
Learning Without Boundaries: Online Games in Today’s World
Videogames have had a fair share of controversy whilst they have gained popularity but with 46 million units of Microsoft Xbox One being sold in just 2018 alone, there is no sign of this slowing down. With a number of educational benefits also associated with multiple...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ’Reventure’
Old School Gamer chats with Javier Cepa, CEO at Pixelatto, who breaks the fun down on his soon to be released game, Reventure. About the Game: Reventure, with an innovative approach on nonlinear mechanics and loads of humor is set to leave Early Access on June...
Arcades: The Granddaddy of Social Multiplayer Fun – By Adam Pratt
Years before four-player split screen, online play and MMOs, gamers had a place they could visit to experience multiplayer video excitement for 2 players and beyond: the arcade. For this issue, I’m going to highlight various titles that made social gaming a “thing”...
PAC-MAN or PUCKMAN? Old School Games in Other Names
It’s common knowledge that Pac-Man was once known as PUCKMAN. It made sense, of course, as the titular character resembles a hockey puck, but the ‘U’ and ‘K’ had to go as some no-good kids were getting creative with a certain rhyming word. There is also some...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Bobby “Q43” Wilson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Bobby (Q43) Wilson, who conveniently displayed on card number 43, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Bobby is also on other “43” trading cards such as 1043, 1143, 1243, 1343, 1943. Bobby can also be seen on card number...
New Books on Old School Gaming Topics – By Ryan Burger
We at Old School Gamer love a good book about video games, just like how we love putting out Old School Gamer for you! In this issue we have two new books to talk about that we have enjoyed over the last couple of months: one while traveling to cons as is the case...
Virtua Racing for Genesis/Mega Drive Review
Here's a new review for ya! Recently ported to the Nintendo Switch, Virtua Racing was the only game on Genesis/MD to use the SVP chip. That means, its the only game on the console to render in complete 3D! Certainly an oddity for the system. [wpdevart_youtube...
Earthworm Jim 1 & 2 Re-releasing on Combined SNES Cartridge
The Earthwork Jim series seems to be having a resurgence as of late. Hot on the heels of the news that the coveted Earthworm Jim 3 is finally being developed by the original gang – although to be exclusive on the upcoming Intellivision Amico console – a collectable...
The Video Game Machine – The Game that Makes Games
We are excited to announce that anyone can make, play, and share a video game of their very own with The Video Game Machine™, a brand new sandbox game from Stardock Entertainment! "If you play games, odds are you've wanted to try making one too," said Scott Tykoski,...
Video Games Debut at Heritage Auctions – By Brett Weiss
It had to happen...Retro video game collecting has been mainstream for well over a decade, with prices for desirable games skyrocketing exponentially, and Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, one of the biggest auction houses in the world, is finally getting in on the...
Why They’re Rare: Uniracers
Released on the Super NES in December 1994, Uniracers let the players race as fast as they could with a unicycle and no one on top of it. If it could appear odd at first, we quickly went past that detail and simply enjoyed the game. Furthermore, it uses the same kind...
Hackers Making Classic Super NES Games Better Than Ever
Or are they?
Bill Laimbeer’s Combat Basketball
The 1980s were a Golden Age for cartoonish super villains. Consider the brutish evil of Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, the greed of Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Yet both pale in comparison to Bill Laimbeer as portrayed by himself on the...
Turtle Power – By Shaun Jex
The Free Play Richardson arcade in North Texas sits in the middle of a non- descript strip mall. There is a Sherwin Williams and Bar flanking it, a noodle joint a few doors down, and a Taekwondo academy just beyond that. A neon sign with the words “retro arcade” is...
