The Polybius Quarter Scale Arcade Cab Campaign Through Kickstarter

by Old School Gamer | Aug 28, 2020 | 2000s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Unearth the mystery, own a piece of history by funding the Polybius Quarter Arcade Kickstarter.   View our Kickstarter campaign: bit.ly/PolybiusNumskull   The team at Numskull Designs have eagerly been awaiting this day, by bringing the myth and urban legend of...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Yamnitz

by Todd Friedman | Aug 22, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan Yamnitz who currently is displayed on card number 3319, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Dan is a multi-world record holder on the arcade version of Pole Position II. He holds the record on all four tracks of the...

Video Game of the Day – August 17th – Chrono Trigger

by Video Game of the Day | Aug 17, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

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...

Missing Secret Characters in Fighting Games

by Ben Magnet | Aug 16, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Opinions

As awesome as fighting games are, there has always been one aspect that made me want to get good at certain fighting games.  It wasn’t because there was a tournament that I was going to participate in or because I wanted to school my brother in a game.  I wanted...

Video Game of the Day – August 14th – Wing Commander 2: Vengeance of the Kilrathi

by Video Game of the Day | Aug 14, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade

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...

The pandemic has been the catalyst for gaming records to be smashed

by Old School Gamer | Aug 5, 2020 | 2000s, Gaming

As many an industry suffers due to the continuing effects of the lockdown, the same cannot be said of the gaming industry – and video gaming in particular. With entertainment drifting away from live sporting events given the danger that they pose, people have...