Arcade Paradise – “A New Challenger”

by Old School Gamer | Jul 30, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

Arcade Paradise is a love letter to arcades from the creators of Vostok Inc. Kit out your dream arcade with machines from the glory era, from simple vector-based games of the 70s all the way to the early 3D games of the mid-90s. Get a heavy dose of nostalgia with over...

Mortal Kombat Book Preview – by David Craddock

by Old School Gamer | Jul 26, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Written by David L. Craddock, Long Live Mortal Kombat goes behind the scenes to reveal untold stories from the making of Mortal Kombat 1 through 4 and explores how the franchise impacted popular culture, and is due for publication this fall. In this excerpt from the...

Dragon’s Lair II Time Warp: Amiga Intro Animation redone frame by frame in Personal Paint by Hache

by Indie Retro News | Jul 25, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I remember Dragon’s Lair very well, from the Amstrad version with the jumping of platforms or trying to stay on the spinning disk without being blown off, or the interactive animated version which appeared as a laserdisc in which you needed to press a specific...

Five Retro Game Industry Standards We’d Love to See Come Back

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 22, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Lists

The video game industry sure has changed since the ‘70s and ‘80s right? With micro-transactions and DLC, games change throughout development and release- a far cry from the old days. In this exclusive list, we old birds at Old School Gamer share five things we’d love...

Super Mario Bros. S – A collaborative fan game available as a download or browser play

by Indie Retro News | Jul 21, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I have always had a soft spot for Super Mario Bros, ever since I first played it as a kid all those years ago in America on the NES. Its one of those timeless games that you never can get tired of. Its super simple to learn and control for new players and the gameplay...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Chase the Chuckwagon?

by Derek Slaton | Jul 19, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1983 Publisher: Spectravision Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Arcade – Maze Alternate Title: N/A Model #: N/A Rarity: 8 Programmer: Mike Schwartz This is quite possibly the first (and only) example of a video game being based on a television...