Jordan Mechner and John Romero Interview

by Old School Gamer | Sep 16, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Interviews, Podcast of the Week

Jordan Mechner (Prince of Persia) and John Romero (DOOM) speak out about historical preservation of video games Following GameStop’s abrupt shuttering of Game Informer and the total deletion of the 33-year-old magazine’s website last month, Jordan Mechner...

Arcade Memories – by Old School Gamer Staff

by Old School Gamer | Sep 15, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Opinions

My memories of arcade machines start a little past my home video game history. My memory takes me back to Showbiz Pizza in West Des Moines, Iowa in 1983 for my 11th birthday. It was a small birthday party since we had just moved there that week from Ohio and I didn’t...

8 Bit Adventures 2 – The Gem That Hooked PC Gamers Comes to Consoles

by Todd Friedman | Sep 11, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

  11th September, 2024 – Australian developer Critical Games released their hit JRPG 8-Bit Adventures 2 on PC last year. Flushed from its success, and the critical fanfare it received from media, they’re eager to announce that the console versions...

Atari 2600 Thunderground from SEGA | It’s All About Design!

by GenX Grownup | Sep 10, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Opinions

Thunderground is an Atari 2600 video game developed by Sega Electronics and released by Sega in 1983. It appears to have been inspired mainly by one section of arcade game Borderline (1981), which sees a player drive a tank underground firing at other tanks while...

Super Charge Bros Achieves Goal on Kickstarter in Less Than 24 Hours

by Old School Gamer | Sep 6, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Dallas, TX –September 6, 2024– Independent publisher The Retro Room Games has announced that the Kickstarter campaign for Super Charge Bros went live and has reached its goal in less than 24 hours. The accomplishment of this goal will help the team in the production...

Five Modern Games/IP That Would Be Well-Served With Retro-Reboots

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 6, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Lists, Opinions

So many franchises today focus on delivering high-end visual experiences to tell their stories. They often forget that people played their games when visuals weren’t at a premium, because they were easy to play and had a level of fun needed to inspire long gameplay...