by Brad Feingold | Oct 4, 2025 | 1980s, 2020s, Gaming, Indie, Press Release
What do you get when you cross Zelda with Grand Theft Auto? One awesome retro game, and it’s launching September 20th on Kickstarter. Vice: Magic City Mayhem is a top-down 8-bit retro action/adventure game inspired by Zelda with a GTA: Vice City theme. You play...
by Old School Gamer | Oct 3, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Press Release
Experience the evolution of retro gaming. The Atari Gamestation Go features a stunning 7″ display, HDMI output, and unique controls like a Trak-Ball and Paddle for an authentic feel. SmartGlow technology lights up the controls you need for each game, making it...
by Old School Gamer | Oct 2, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Magazine Preview
Operation Wolf, T2 Arcade Game, Mad Dog McCree, House of the Dead As someone who grew up in the 80s and 90s, arcade games were not a hard thing to find. Whether it was in a NAMCO GUNCON (PS1 & ARCADE) grocery store, at a pizza parlor, or at a dedicated arcade,...
by Ryan Burger | Sep 30, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview
Kickstarter is an amazing website. It helps bring to light new ideas from people and companies that want to release something but funding and research support through its unique system. In this case, Tassei Denki/Dashine Electronics, which is a company behind many...
by Matthew Owen | Sep 30, 2025 | 1980s, Console/Handheld
We owe a lot to Mario. There was a time, not too long ago, when the video game industry was on the verge of collapse. The market was all but doomed, and gaming was being put out to pasture. But in a truly unexpected turn of events, a plumber wearing a red hat and...
by William Schwartz | Sep 29, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Retro Computing
As you read through the latest print edition of Old School Gamer Magazine, focusing on 8-bit computer gaming, one obvious question may come to mind- how exactly do you play any of these games? The more famous ones might be available via Steam or other modern...