by Shaun Jex | Mar 10, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Reviews
This weekend I took a trip to the past, and I didn’t even need a DeLorean to get there. All I had to do was make the short drive to Frisco, Texas to visit the National Videogame Museum. Opened in 2016 by Joe Santulli, Sean Kelly, and John Hardie (founders of the Las...
by Shaun Jex | Mar 7, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
The term “film noir” traces back to 1946 and the French film critic Nino Frank. He used the phrase in an article titled, “A New Kind of Police Drama: the Criminal Adventure,” which focused on films like Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, and Murder My Sweet. They...
by David Oxford | Mar 7, 2019 | 1980s
As time goes on, it’s amazing how many things from years ago continue to be uncovered. Case in point: A wrestling game for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) that few people even knew existed! Discovered by YouTuber Archon 1981 as a result of a purchase...
by Old School Gamer | Mar 7, 2019 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews
My interest in the GameShell began when I heard about it back in November 2017, right as Old School Gamer was in its infancy. I often find myself backing many retro gaming related products that I see popping up on crowdfunding sites, especially on Kickstarter, which...
by Michael Thomasson | Mar 6, 2019 | 1980s, 2000s, Reviews
The marketing boldly promotes the C-64 Mini as “The World’s Best-Selling Home Computer – Reborn!”, and in many ways, that proves to be true. At a buck and a quarter per game, the C64 Mini has a lot to offer. While not perfect, most of the promises made by this new...
by BillLange | Mar 5, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Reviews
Jamie Lendino, the Editor-in-Chief of ExtremeTech, recently released (June, 2018) a new book on the Atari 2600 titled Adventure: The Atari 2600 At The Dawn Of Console Gaming. It is his second Atari-related book and is the follow up to his earlier (March, 2017) Atari...