CES: My Arcade Unveils New Retro Hardware w/ Taito and BANDAI NAMCO

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...

Sound Bytes: NES SimCity Prototype (NES, Unreleased)

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...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Brian Colin

by Todd Friedman | Jan 6, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Brian Colin who is displayed on card number 2363, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection.  His Brian Colin Collection Cards are featured on 2603, 2609, 2612, 2615, 2617, 2634, 2636 and 2637.  Brian has worked on over 60 games...

Spider-Man: The First Marvel Video Game

by Shaun Jex | Jan 5, 2019 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

It’s been awhile since I played a video game so long that my fingers ached when I finally set the controller down, but such was the case with the new Spider-Man game developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation 4. With an open world and an array of missions and...

Use your Game Boy as a Gamepad with this Modified Cartridge

by Brendan Meharry | Jan 4, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Everyone loves playing Game Boy games through the Wii’s Virtual Console or the GameCube’s Game Boy Player, but the controls are just never exactly right. Sure, the Game Boy didn’t exactly rep the most complex control system ever that was needing replication, but the...

Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Pinball

by David Oxford | Jan 3, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade

Among the releases for the Nintendo Entertainment System to feature guest appearances by Mario, it’s hard to get much earlier than Pinball, one of the 18 launch titles for the platform’s North American debut. Alongside Wrecking Crew, Tennis, Golf, and...