NES Oddities & The Homebrew Revolution Book Review – Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | May 23, 2018 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The original NES (Nintendo Entertainment System), or Famicom in Japan, is one of the most popular gaming system ever made, and, as a result, is the most written about console system. There are dozens of books about the system, it’s games, it’s re-release as a Mini...

Retro Gaming Archives – May/June 1991

by JasonBreininger | May 15, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...

Consoles When any sort of new technology is made available for public consumption, there’s a portion of the population that will resist it and a portion that will embrace it wholeheartedly. Consumers of video games are no different in this regard. 1991 was a couple of...

Retro City Festival in SoCal – By Old School Gamer Staff

by Old School Gamer | May 14, 2018 | 2020s, Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Sunny Southern California is the scene, specifically Pomona, CA, which seems to be the home of so many great things for the retro gaming community: Hyperkin, RetroBit, and the Retro City Festival. This event in mid- January (moving to the first weekend of January in...

Raspiboy Review and Atari 2600 Arcade Companion Review – By Brad Feingold and Old School Gamer Staff

by Brad Feingold | May 10, 2018 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Flying at 30000 feet and I am bored. My laptop won’t fit in my lap and my PSP Vita died. And I can’t surf. I can only type on my iPad. Whee…. Ryan is sitting next to me as we are heading to Las Vegas to the 2018 CES and he was reading and gave me something to...

Review: Hyperkin Supa RetroN HD – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | May 4, 2018 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

W hen the Old School Arcade Magazine started, I was brought in to review products available to the consumer. I was able to review a reboot of the Nintendo Entertainment System and was extremely pleased with the product from another distributor. You can imagine my...

Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs: Mini Lightbox Review

by Brad Feingold | May 1, 2018 | Reviews

With the arcade machines, one of my most favorite parts is the marquees.  Besides the monitor and graphics, the marquee is the sign to attract you to the glowing light.  There are some people that collect the marquees, but the price of them can range from $5 up to...