by Brendan Meharry | Jan 12, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Way back in the December of 2017, Retro-Bit signed a deal with Sega of America to manufacture officially licenced accessories for consoles such as the Genesis, Saturn and Dreamcast. We didn’t hear much about this arrangement until last August, where prototypes for...
by Shaun Jex | Jan 12, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
If you are like me, you probably have halcyon childhood memories of Saturday mornings spent in front of your television, clutching an NES controller in your hands. Maybe you complimented the experience with a bowl of cold cereal (if you were an early riser) or a bag...
by David Oxford | Jan 10, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s
Originally released in 1989, Nintendo’s Game Boy took the world by storm in a way that few — if any — had a hope of competing with. Its reign over the handheld market lasted until early 2003, just shy of a good 14 years. That kind of run for hardware...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 9, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s
With remakes and ports on the Nintendo Switch quickly racking up over the last year, Old School Gamer lets you know what other games deserve to find their way to Nintendo’s hybrid home/portable console. Maniac Mansion: The most influential point-and-click game of...
by Old School Gamer | Jan 8, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade
My Arcade just announced their latest lineup of retro-themed hardware to the world, including new officially licensed Micro Players and Pocket Players from TAITO featuring rare games never released in the West and BANDAI NAMCO’s iconic MS. PAC-MAN. It also unveiled...
by Adam Johnson | Jan 6, 2019 | 1980s, Audio, Console/Handheld
You may have recently heard that a SimCity prototype for the NES was unearthed near the end of 2018. Although not 100% finished, the game (which was never released on the NES, but instead developed for the SNES) does have a full score composed by Soyo Oka, who also...