Jason Knigge: A Completist From the Chicago Area – By Todd Friedman
I am a huge video game collector. I have about 3,500 individual games and 26 consoles and handhelds. I always knew people had a bigger collection than I did, and I knew a lot of people had more complete collections as well; but years ago, I met a person who lives...
Dan Kitchen: 2600 to Modern and Back – By Old School Gamer
Old School Gamer staff members have had the privilege of meeting many programmers from the heyday of the 1970s and 1980s, notably, David Crane, Garry Kitchen and Dan Kitchen, all of whom were influential during the Atari 2600 Generation and also the founding of...
Excitebike for the NES
Growing up, I had a few friends who had dirt bikes. I did not. I was always a little jealous. The closest I could come to my own personal motocross was taking my bicycle to construction sites and riding it on dirt piles. Well, that and playing Excitebike. Based on my...
Nintendo’s R.O.B.: Your Video Game Playing Robot Buddy
What do you do when your industry collapses and you are looking for an innovative way to stay viable? If you are Nintendo, you create a video game playing robot and hope for the best. In 1983, the bottom fell out of the video game industry. After reaching revenues...
Gun Fight: A Two Player Shoot Out
There’s probably no better scene in movie history than Doc Holliday stepping through the trees to confront Johnny Ringo and saying coolly, “I’m your huckleberry.” The quick draw gun fight that follows is brilliant, capped by Doc standing over Ringo’s body and...Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
To Read Click Cover
