Horowitz’s History Feature: Preserving History – By Ken Horowitz

by Ken Horowitz | Jan 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, Columns

A few years ago, I accompanied my oldest daughter on a field trip. I live in the Caribbean, and it’s almost always warm and sunny here, so I decided that day to wear a Minecraft t-shirt. During the bus ride, I chatted with some of her classmates, who asked me about...

Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Williams/Midway

by David Oxford | Jan 24, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade

I couldn’t have planned this any better if I’d tried. We’re just days removed from the big Mortal Kombat 11 reveal event, and we’ve now come to the companies who helped to make the original games a household name. When Nintendo initially...

Bammsters Podcast – Rated-R #147 – Total Flashback!

by Old School Gamer | Jan 23, 2019 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Arcade

Drac & G are joined this week by Ryan Burger of Old School Gamer, to talk about the Retro Gaming scene, and get utterly nostalgic in the good way!   Hear them talk about classic gaming from the 1970s and forward and also bacon in the latest podcast.  ...

Kool-Aid Man for the Atari 2600

by Shaun Jex | Jan 23, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Once upon a time, though you may not believe it, sugary, marshmallow filled breakfast cereals used to come with a toy hidden inside them. So did Cracker Jack, before they replaced it with a crumby sticker. In those way back times you could get all sorts of treasures...

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...