Old School Gamer started it's existence as a small service provided to other video game collectors. When I first started to collect classic consoles, it became obvious to me that many old consoles suffered from various technical failures. Some easy to fix, and some not. Once I fixed my first IntelliVision, I was hooked. I decided to offer the service to others, in hopes of saving some early systems from the dumpster, and maybe making a few dollars to fund my growing collecting hobby. I offered my services to game stores that sold older systems, and soon proved OSG's value to these shops. It wasn't long before they started asking me to look at more modern systems. At first I was reluctant, but with some arm twisting I was convinced to give it a go.

That was in 2002.

During this period I became very active in the forums at Digital Press, at Atari Age, at Neo-Geo.com, and at the then fledgeling CGCC (I go by the handle 'omnedon', or 'omne' at these places). I petitioned for the existence of the Technical and Restoration forum at DP, and am proud to be the moderator of such a fantastic resource, and collection of experience. At the CGCC, I also have the honour of moderator duties, and am pleased to be associated with such a fine community of Canadian game enthusiasts. I've written some 'How To' articles for the CGCC, and have had an article about the refurbishing of Atari 5200 controllers published in the 2nd issue of Manci Games magazine. I've found being an active and contributing member of the online game collecting/restoring community very rewarding.

Here we are, in 2008. OSG is now a growing concern, providing full and part time employment to a growing number of excellent passionate individuals. OSG has gained a lot of hands on experience with many many many different consoles, and have successfully fixed and improved each and every game console listed on the main page, in many cases, consoles numbered in the 1000+ quantities. OSG has a large parts inventory, with parts available for OSG to install ranging from the common modern parts, to the arcane IC's and microswitches for the likes of the IntelliVision and ColecoVision, and rare laser optics. Things have grown far beyond what was ever envisioned for OSG. It's rewarding and a real pleasure to make a living helping people play games, listen to music on their iPods, and to breathe life into treasured classic consoles, and future classics. Someone needs to support the consoles and hardware that are no longer supported or not well supported by their manufacturers, and that's where OSG comes in. When all the others have left the Xbox, and PS2 behind, OSG will be here, continuing to support your favourite system, even when no-one else is. The entire OSG family and myself want to Thank all of OSG's customers, past, present, and future for helping make the OSG dream a reality.

"Old gamers never die, they just need their contacts cleaned."