The World Inside Your Computer: Little Computer People

by Shaun Jex | Jul 28, 2018 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Before The Sims, before Tamagotchi, there were Little Computer People. It’s hard to know what to say about Little Computer People. The concept was profoundly, wonderfully bizarre: Little people have been found living inside your computer. Players were given an open...

Interview With Video Games Monthly – By Jonathan Polan

by Old School Gamer | Jul 27, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Video Games Monthly is a monthly subscription service that delivers video games to gamers who own classic gaming systems from the 1980’s-2000’s.  Play the past into the future! OSG: Can you tell us about the origins of Video Games Monthly? VGM: The concept actually...

Arcade 1Up pre-orders now available!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 25, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

New York, USA – June 12, 2018 – Tastemakers, LLC. is opening the doors to the past on July 25. Eager consumers will be able to place pre-orders for the first wave of affordable Arcade1Up smaller-scale arcade cabinets stocked with classic games like Atari’s Centipede...

Run Through The Jungle: Remembering Pitfall!

by Shaun Jex | Jul 25, 2018 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Growing up, I wanted to be an archeologist. Not a real archeologist mind you. I wanted to be Indiana Jones. I wanted to carry a whip, wear a leather jacket, and travel the world searching for rare (and possibly cursed) historical items. I even built a museum of...

The C64 Mini has almost made it to North America!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 23, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

Ontario, Canada – July 23, 2018 – Retro Games Ltd. and Solutions 2 GO announced today that the THEC64® Mini is coming to North American retail stores on October 9, 2018.  THEC64® Mini, a 50% replica of the of the world’s bestselling home computer that launched...

Retro Gaming Archives – Nintendo Edition: July/August 1987

by JasonBreininger | Jul 23, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...

The summer of 1987 proved quite the landmark season for a certain gray toaster-shaped home video game console. By the summer of ’87, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was wildly outselling both the Sega Master System and the Atari 7800. Their technique of...