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Baseball by Micro Electronics
The dark times are here. The World Series is over, and that means five long, cold months without the life-giving light of baseball. Also, the sun. I live in Portland so it's quite possible I won't see the sun again until April either. Fortunately, just as science...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Greg Freres
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Greg Freres, who currently is displayed on card number 787, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Greg is a skilled artist of the pinball world and you have probably seen his work if you have ever played pinball. Some of...
The House of the Dead
I will always associate the game House of the Dead with going to the movies. The game was released in Japan in 1996, appearing in the United States a year later. It immediately became a staple at arcades. As I recall, it sat in the arcade section of every movie...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘The Adventure of Magical Girl’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with the solo developer of “The Adventure of Magical Girl,” 自由の渡り鳥, AKA Windward Birds, who lets us know what inspired his old-school 2D JRPG and how anime played a huge influence on the development process. Learn more about the game...
RETROSPECTIVE: Let’s Talk About the Intellivision Amico
Since you’re here on Old School Gamer, you obviously possess an appreciation for retro gaming to some capacity so further discussing the charms of a modern retro HDMI TV box is akin to preaching to the converted.
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Sierra On-Line
The member of the Dream Team who wasn’t.
16-year-old Joseph Saelee is the New Tetris World Champion
Have you ever had a killer session of Tetris – wiping out 4-lines of cubes consecutively - and thought to yourself, “damn, maybe I could be a world champion at this?” Well, prepare to have your hopes dashed. The world championship just received its new king, and he’s...
Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition Launching Oct. 30 At North American Retailers
CHICAGO – Sept. 19, 2018 – Just in time for Halloween, the hellishly brutal arcade-style football game Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition is now coming to Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, and Xbox One at North American retail on Oct....
The Shock and Scandal of Phantasmagoria
It all began with a single childhood trauma. At age four, future video game designer Roberta Williams saw the 1959 film Horrors of the Black Museum, a movie about a frustrated writer who hypnotizes his assistant and makes him torture people to provide inspiration for...
Alfonzo’s Arctic Adventure for the NES is On Kickstarter
Alfonzo's Arctic Adventure, a brand-new platformer game for the NES by Spoony Bard Productions, is currently up on Kickstarter and already funded! Bigger and better, but with everything that made the original so much fun, Alfonzo's Arctic Adventure is packed with tons...
Introducing the Intellivision Amico™!
Hello Intellivision Family! We are so happy to be able to share these details of the new Intellivision console. Please help us spread the word by sharing our reveal trailer and information on social media. Thank you for your support and we look forward to...
Remembering the Arcade Industry Trade Shows – By Q*Bert’s Dad Warren Davis
One of the most enjoyable aspects of a career in the video arcade industry in the 1980s was attending the industry’s trade shows. These events (not open to the general public) were like video arcades on steroids. Game manufacturers brought dozens of their newest...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jeffrey Wittenhagen
This week we look back at an interview I did with author and Retro Gamer Jeffrey Wittenhagen. Jeffrey has written a handful of retro gaming books with stunning illustration. You can access these books for purchase as well as other items from Jeffrey...
Shivers: Exploring Dr. Windlenot’s Mysterious Museum
Professor Windlenot's Museum of the Strange and Unusual sits in Mt. Pleasant, Ohio. Opened by Sir Hubert Windlenot, the museum was intended to highlight the arcane knowledge Windlenot gathered over the course of his career with the The President, Council and Fellows...
Analogue Announces FPGA-Based Third & Fourth Gen Sega Console
Sega fans, prepare to be delighted. Analogue, known for such hits as the Super NT and Nt Mini, is following up on its Nintendo based success with a complete Sega solution. The Mega Sg is no one-trick pony; not only will it support games from the venerable Mega Drive...
Midwest Gaming Classic, Vintage Computer Festival East, Corgs Southern Fried and E3 Convention Update – By Old School Gamer Staff
Starting out this season of expos we go from Milwaukee to New Jersey to Ohio and end up in Los Angeles for the mega E3 expo! MIDWEST GAMING CLASSIC • MILWAUKEE, WI BY RYAN BURGER The Midwest Gaming Classic is the first video game expo I have ever attended. It started...
A Closer Look at Nintendo’s Official Super NES Peripherals: Super NES Mouse
When the controller’s away, the Mouse comes out to play.
AtGames® and The Tetris Company Announce Iconic Puzzle Game Tetris® Featured in Legends Flashback Console and Upcoming Legends Ultimate Home Arcade
Value-Priced High Definition Console and Upcoming Home Arcade Machine Will Feature Legendary Video Games, Including Tetris® Los Angeles – October 17, 2018 - AtGames® Digital Media Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment products, and The Tetris Company, LLC,...
Soundtrack Review: Donkey Kong Country, Part II (SNES, 1994)
Welcome back! This is the second (and last) part of a two-part review. Last time around, I put down some of my thoughts on the first half (or so) of the SNES Donkey Kong Country soundtrack. If you want to catch up, here's the link. To listen to each track mentioned,...
Shenmue II for Xbox Review
With Shenmue III on the way and the remasters already out, I thought it would be prudent to finally play Shenmue II (I played the original about 7-years ago) but for the Xbox instead, since I'm too poor (cheap) for the Dreamcast version. It's a heck of a time...
Get Ready, PONG Just Got Way More Awesome!!!
Thanks to Kickstarter, the relaunch of the classic game of Pong was a successful reincarnation that has created a tremendous buzz across the video game world. The sit down cocktail marvel has people stopping by and staring at several video game conventions and even...
Wasteland II: Director’s Cut (Nintendo Switch) Review: Stellar
Wasteland II: Director’s Cut on the Nintendo Switch is like reuniting with a best friend you haven’t seen in a year. And when you lock eyes with them, you see them a little happier, with a fresh new outfit on and killer shades. Once you start talking, you see that...
Josh Neels – Collector Stories – By Josh Yawn
It was the fall of 2014. I had just purchased my first arcade machine on a whim. I had no idea what I was doing. I always wanted to own one (that one became forty) and was excited to get working on getting it running. I asked around in the mid-sized Texas city I’m...
The Evil Dead And the “Video Nasties” Menace
I believe I have made a significant find in the Kandarian ruins, a volume of ancient Sumarian burial practices and funerary incantations. It is entitled "Naturum De Montum", roughly translated: Book of the Dead. The book is bound in human flesh and inked in human...
