Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Asteroids and Beamrider – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Apr 9, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The theme for this installment of Old School Gamer is simu- lation games, but I’m still on a shooter high from the last issue, so I’m going to spotlight two more shooting games that are easy on the wallet, yet fun to play. If you’re cool with cartridge only, Asteroids...

ToeJam and Earl

by Shaun Jex | Apr 7, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Last month, the world was gifted with ToeJam and Earl: Back In the Groove. The game was funded by a $500,000 Kickstarter campaign with help from Adult Swim, and comes out roughly 28 years after the first game in the franchise was released. To celebrate the release of...

RetroPlace.com – A New Community to Collect With – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Apr 6, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The staff of Old School Gamer has possibly found a new home for keeping track of our console game collection online and we recommend you check them out! This dynamic site, Retroplace.com, is built utilizing an amazing database that can do so many things. I can easily...

Driver and Driver 2 – By Conor McBrien

by Conor McBrien | Apr 5, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Reviews

W hile most classic driving games would make players participate in races, stunts, or demolition derbies, Driver has players do things like helping crooks flee the scene of a bank robbery or delivering a stolen car to a chop shop. In Driver and Driver 2, you play as...

Duck Hunt

by Shaun Jex | Mar 31, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

I am not a hunter. As a general rule, I don’t enjoy guns (with the exception of water guns and Nerf guns). So, it’s a bit odd to think just how MUCH I loved the game Duck Hunt. It could be that it’s one of the first games that I ever played on the Nintendo. Getting an...

Blockbuster Video, Earthworm Jim, and the 1995 World Video Game Championship

by Shaun Jex | Mar 29, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Earlier this month, the Blockbuster Video located in Morley, Australia announced that it was closing. It was the last Blockbuster on the continent, and the second to last Blockbuster in the world. Now, there is only one left. The last Blockbuster Video on the planet...