by Old School Gamer | Jan 16, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, Gaming
Learning Without Borders Continuous education no longer lives in classrooms alone. It moves through quiet bedrooms glowing with tablets through commutes filled with audiobooks through short coffee breaks punctuated by downloaded PDFs. The idea of learning as a...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 15, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld
Audacity Games® announces the release of Rescue from Poseidon’s Gate™ by David Crane for the Atari® 2600™. You all know many of David Crane’s games, including Pitfall!™, The Activision Decathlon™, Grand Prix™, Laser Blast™, and Freeway™. David is still...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 14, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview
People of all ages have done some sort of maze or maze game in their life. Whether it’s on a piece of paper, an activity book, or a Halloween corn maze…mazes are all around us. The same can be said for video games past and present. Some would say the...
by Indie Retro News | Jan 13, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Other Magazines Preview
This week we have been flooded with awesome Amiga games, so to change all that, here’s the latest update from Jimbo, his newest of WIP creations for the Commodore C64 called ‘ Escape from PETSCII Castle’. A Wolfenstein 3D inspiration from the same...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 12, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Lists
With the MLB offseason in full swing, Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. counts down the most influential baseball video games of all time. Encompassing nearly 40 years of video game history, America’s pastime has a rich legacy in video games. 10:...
by Marcus Albers | Jan 11, 2026 | 1980s, C64 Vic20
The dream of many a gamer is to turn their big gaming ideas into reality. The 8-bit micros of the 80s came with the tools to do so built in, with BASIC baked into the system. But, even with the extensive manual provided by Commodore for the C64’s Microsoft BASIC...