Classic Home Video Games: Tron Maze-A-Tron: By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | May 5, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s

  The second Intellivision game based on Disney’s Iron (1982), Tron Maze-A-Tron puts players in the role of Flynn, a computer programmer who suddenly finds himself inside the circuitry of a computer.  The game is divided into two sections, neither of which...

The Latest Issue of Old School Gamer is online now!

by Old School Gamer | May 1, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

Old School Gamer has released it’s latest issue, issue #4, and this time it’s themed RPG’s, Role Playing Gamers.  Along with some of the regular features of every issue of Old School Gamer, we have targeted RPG’s with the below coverage: A...

Classic Home Video Games: Scrapyard Dog – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Apr 30, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s

  The closest thing the Atari 7800 has to Super Mario Bros., Scrapyard Dog is the type of side-scrolling platform game that was popular during the late ’80s and early ’90s.  Players guide an ugly, big-nosed guy names Louie through six rounds (17...

My Experience at Midwest Gaming Classic 2018

by JasonBreininger | Apr 19, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Events, Magazine Preview

The first video gaming convention I ever attended was the inaugural Missouri Game Con held in St. Louis (where I live) in 2016. Gaming conventions always seemed like cool events that other people attended. Those lucky people that lived within a 2 or 3 hour drive of...

Tax Avoiders for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Apr 15, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

Happy Tax Day everyone! Did you get your refund yet? I did. Ten big ones. Ten United States dollars, deposited directly into my bank account by Uncle Sam himself. And what better to spend my newfound wealth on than the game inspired by the IRS, conceived by a licensed...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Race to the Finish

by Brad Feingold | Apr 9, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade

Folks, as you may or may not have been aware, I have been away from the computer for a little while trying to get things back together in life.  It was like someone took a video game apart and said put it together.  For someone who has never done that, it was very...