Raspberry Pi Zero MakeCode Mini Arcade

by Old School Gamer | Jan 23, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Gamers and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts who would like to build their very own pocket sized mini arcade console may be interested in a new tutorial published to the Adafruit website by Peli de Halleux. Created by Microsoft, MakeCode Arcade is open source And freely...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: SNES Favorites – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Jan 22, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns

  DEATH AND RETURN OF SUPERMAN AND SUPER STAR WARS My new book, The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 1 (A-M), is finally available, so I decided to focus this month’s column on Nintendo’s famous 16-bit console. Since the theme of the issue...

Game and Market Watch – By Dan Loosen

by Dan Loosen | Jan 21, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Columns

Most people’s game collections don’t consist simply of games. You may have read that sentence and thought that is obvious, those col- lections include things like consoles and controllers too, but that’s also not what I was to. Instead, I’m referring to the trinkets,...

Pop Culture – The Movie Favs

by Old School Gamer | Jan 20, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

WE ASKED WHAT YOUR FAVORITE DOCUMENTARY AND VIDEO GAME FRANCHISE TYPE FILMS ARE… DOCUMENTARIES, LONG FORM Atari Game Over The King of Kong Video Games: The Movie Bits of Yesterday Chasing Ghosts Indie Game: The Movie The Power of Glove From Bedrooms to...

Symphony Orchestra Performs the Most Beloved Music and Songs from METAL GEAR! The official concert US Premiere in New York and Los Angeles! 

by Old School Gamer | Jan 20, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, Events

More than 70 Musicians on Stage – Giant Screen HD Game Video Projection – with Singer Donna Burke The official METAL GEAR orchestral concert series will premiere in the US in 2019, starting in New York (March 23) before moving to Los Angeles (April 6). The...

Bit Quest II for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Jan 18, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Console/Handheld

After the conclusion of the first Bit Quest game, the evil Baron von Darkbit turned his back on forty years of video game tradition and, instead of recapturing the Princess for the sequel, captured the Hero. In Bit Quest II it’s up to the Princess to defeat the...