Numskull Designs is incredibly proud to team up with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment for the first in a series of Quarter Arcades exclusives! 

by Old School Gamer | Aug 13, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

The world’s most recognizable video game ‘PAC-MAN’ has gone back to where it began with one of the most realistically-presented formats of the original platform. ‘PAC-MAN’ as a character inspired generations and the original game is still one of the most addictive...

The Last Official Release: Intellivision – Spiker! Super Pro Volleyball (1989)

by Brendan Meharry | Aug 9, 2018 | 1980s

Hello and welcome back to The Last Official Release – the genuine article as far as tracking what the last games released worldwide for your favourite console are. “Genuine article” is in the eye of the beholder, of course, but in this series, I search the interwebs...

Tales of Derring-Do: DuckTales on the NES

by Shaun Jex | Aug 8, 2018 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

For a kid born in the early 80s, there were no better cartoons than the Disney Afternoon: Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, and Gargoyles. My favorite was DuckTales. I adored Uncle Scrooge, Huey, Dewey,...

The 35th Anniversary of the Famicom and the 30th Anniversary of Nintendo Power

by David Oxford | Aug 2, 2018 | 1980s

Two big anniversaries took place over the course of July 2018: July 15th marked the 35th anniversary of the release of the Nintendo Famicom in Japan (as well as the SEGA SG-1000, but sadly, I’m not paid to talk about that), and five years later, Nintendo Power...

Key Quest: The Holy Grail of the VIC-20

by Shaun Jex | Aug 1, 2018 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

The Ark of the Covenant. The search for the Holy Grail. The Lost Dutchman’s Mine. All are legendary treasures that have inspired exhaustive quests. Epic literature, poems and folklore have been created about the subjects. Over the centuries, heroes and rogues have...

XtensionTMPremium Arcade Gaming Equipment as marketed by Rec Room Masters is introducing the all-new Alpha-Cade Series

by Old School Gamer | Jul 31, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

These arcade video game products that are built and ready to be shipped now are ¾ scale arcade and bar top units that you just add your monitor and arcade board or Raspberry Pi or PC to and you are ready to go. Yes, with August just around the corner, the summer heat...