Give Me My Pancake! – A DIY Homebrew Kit for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Dec 3, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

Homebrew video games have come a long way since they first started appearing in the 1990’s. Not only the games themselves, but the way they’re packaged and sold. Long gone are the days of inkjet printed labels and photocopied instruction sheets. Current...

FULL Games List Revealed on the Super Retro-Cade – Learn More

by Old School Gamer | Dec 2, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s

Bring the power of an arcade to your home with the Super Retro-Cade plug and play console by Retro-Bit. Packed with over 90 popular retro games from Capcom, Data East, Technos, and Irem! The stylish console re-introduces such gems as Mega Man 2, BurgerTime, Joe &...

Billy Mitchell coming to SoCal!

by Old School Gamer | Dec 1, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

Billy Mitchell will be coming to the Retro City Festival in January – http://retrocityfestival.com.  And Old School Gamer will be there giving out issue #2 of our magazine. “THE KING OF KONG” BILLY MITCHELL The star of King of Kong and history’s most...

Phoenix IV: Movies and Videogames

by Leonard Herman | Dec 1, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

Parker Brothers was another major company that began licensing games for home use.  In addition to acquiring arcade games like Sega’s Frogger, Parker Brothers also licensed the movie The Empire Strikes Back and designed a game around it. Even the cereal company...

Classic Home Video Video Games 1985-1988: FOOD FIGHT

by Brett Weiss | Nov 30, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

Publisher : Atari. Developer: Atari, Action, 1 or 2 Players (alternating). 1987 A very nice port of Atari’s highly entertaining arcade game (1983), Food Fight for the 7800 has players guiding gluttonous Charlie Chuck (who starts on the right side of the screen)...

A Closer Look at Nintendo’s Official Game Boy Peripherals: Game Boy Battery Pack

by David Oxford | Nov 30, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

When it comes to powering up your portable devices these days, all one really needs to do is plug it in and go. Whether you’re playing on your Nintendo Switch, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo DS, or Game Boy Advance SP, playing with portable power is a cinch. However,...