Greed Is Good: Tax Avoiders for the Atari 2600

by Shaun Jex | Apr 15, 2025 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Sometimes it’s fun to sit and try to imagine the pitch meeting for various products. Picture a group of executives and game designers sitting around a boardroom when the following conversation takes place: “So, we’ve had huge hits with Adventure and Space Invaders....

Top 10 Wrestling Video Games of All Time That Are Over 10 Years Old

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 11, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Opinions

Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. counts down the best wrestling games in video game history that are over 10 years old, ranging from arcade favorites to…the Gamecube. Do you know them all?   10: WWF Warzone: While the controls mirrored a Capcom...

BDTZ – A WIP Zombie themed Cannon Fodder game for the Amiga by Acneproduction (+Demo)

by Indie Retro News | Apr 9, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you remember the game Cannon Fodder on the Amiga, then take a look at how this game plays, it will bring back a little bit of nostalgia! Ok… So Cannon Fodder didn’t have Zombies (Not that I remember) but the style of game play is very similar in this...

H.E.R.O – A cool PC remake of a classic now on itch io by Langford Productions!

by Indie Retro News | Apr 8, 2025 | 1980s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Heads up ‘ H.E.R.O’ gamers! As Liqmatrix recently informed us, that ‘H.E.R.O, which is a game that was released for the Atari 800/2600, ColecoVision, C64, C128, and Sinclair ZX Spectrum, has been remade for PC, and available to download through itch...

A look at Brian’s ManCave

by Todd Friedman | Apr 4, 2025 | 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

Do you remember your first video game / arcade you played and what do you remember about it? I believe it would have been Astrosmash!  On the Intellivision. I know that the Intellivision was our first video game system when I was a kid and I have many memories playing...

This Weekend Walter Day Movie and Book!

by Todd Friedman | Apr 2, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Walter Day Books Are NOW IN (and the movie is in theaters) If you are going to be at the Midwest Gaming Classic this weekend, save Saturday at 7 p.m. for the showing of the new Walter Day Movie and make sure to stop by the meet-and-greet at the Old School Gamer...