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 &...
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...
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...
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)...
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,...
by Ric Pryor | Nov 29, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld
Asterix is the name of a very popular French comic that, like many Americans, I have never read. I can tell you that Asterix is the little guy, Obelix is the big guy and they both have Atari 2600 games named for them. That’s about it. Sales weren’t...