The Vectrex: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 16, 2017 | 1980s

The Vectrex was the first and only console for the home market that used vectors instead of raster graphics. It was also the first to support a peripheral for 3D (several years before the SMS’s 3-D Glasses). For all its merits, though (including the fact it had...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Poor Stacking

by Brad Feingold | Oct 13, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

This is probably one of the few timely blogs that I am going to do.  But recently, my family and I finally moved out of our hell hole of an apartment and moved into a new house.  Well, not so new.  It was built in 1952, but you know what I mean.  And this happens to...

Rumored Game Boy Classic Poses Many Questions

by David Oxford | Oct 11, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

Following the success of the NES Classic and Super NES Classic, it seemed all but inevitable that Nintendo would continue the line with another vintage video game system packed with classic games. Common belief in the gaming community is that the Nintendo 64 would be...

Downright Bizarre: Kool-Aid Man “OH YEAH!!”

by Michael Thomasson | Oct 10, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

This eighties pop-culture icon was so cool that it burst through the brick wall to become one of the most unmistakable product placements on record. OH YEAH! The game was available through conventional retail channels, but could also be acquired by submitting a mere...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Wonder Boy and the Cursed Kingdom

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Oct 6, 2017 | 1980s, 2010s

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Wonder Boy and the Cursed Kingdom co-producer Philipp Döschl, who details the origin and creative process behind the newest original game based in the world of the cult-classic retro adventure RPG. With the blessing of original...

A Review of “Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution”

by BillLange | Oct 6, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Apple 2

In the new book, Break Out: How the Apple II Launched the PC Gaming Revolution, the author, David L. Craddock, covers about two dozen influential Apple II computer games along with the companies and people who created them. For the book, Craddock states that he...