IntelliVania – Welcome to Castlevania for the Intellivision!

by Indie Retro News | Sep 23, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

As many of you are aware by now Matthew Kiehl is not only bringing the classic game of Prince of Persia to the Intellivision, but also as we’ve mentioned previously Mega Man 2. Well if you’ve been following our posts and remember us also featuring...

Stern Pinball Launches New James Bond 007 Pinball Machines

by Stern PInball | Sep 22, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Pinball, Press Release

Click here for all Access look at the new pinball machines Click here for the Stern Insider website Clock here to shop Stern Clothing 60th Anniversary Limited Edition Limited to 1,000 machines globally, the highly collectible cornerstone Limited Edition includes an...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Sam McNear

by Todd Friedman | Sep 22, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Interviews

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Sam McNear, who currently is displayed on card number 3372, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection.  Sam is also featured on card number 3547.  Sam is a classic arcade collector, gamer restorer and score chaser. He loves...

Games That Defined Genres That People Forget

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 18, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Lists

We here at Old School Gamer are all about preserving gaming history, so take a look at five games that changed video games forever, that no one talks about anymore. Find them and play them! Parappa the Rapper: Could you imagine the rhythm genre without this one? From...

PacMen Evolution – Yet another Pac-Man game has been announced for the Atari XL/XE

by Indie Retro News | Sep 16, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve featured Pac-Man so many times now on our website that I’m wondering if it’s worth changing our name to Pac-Man Retro News :p. Well here we are with yet another Pac-Man game that’s going to get a shout out, as we’ve recently found...

Sharp X68000 Retro Mini Edition Announced

by Jason Russell | Sep 15, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Gaming

As amazing as it seems, it’s been 6 years now since Nintendo revitalized the retro plug & play mini industry with the NES Classic Edition (released November 2016). In the time since many, many brands have followed suit – everyone from arch-rival Sega...