The Atari 2600 Comic Book Character Lineup

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Feb 28, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Atari, Lists

The Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Library of TV and Film properties are everywhere nowadays, including the video game world, but contrary to popular belief, comic book characters have been a fixture in gaming since the beginning. Don’t believe us? Take a look at...

Heritage Auctions – by Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Feb 28, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Columns

During the upside-down world that happened during the COVID pandemic of the last couple of years, the collecting world of video games has evolved tremendously. Several companies have grading services where they evaluate the complete in-box and often sealed video games...

Phantasy Star Online 2 New Genesis / LIVE Update

by Old School Gamer | Feb 26, 2023 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Scheduled for Feb 28, 2023 This program delivers the latest news surrounding Sega’s latest popular online RPG PSO2 NEW GENESIS (NGS)! Hiro Arai, the official navigator for NGS, will be updating players around the world about current operations, future updates,...

The Evolution of Gaming: Retro vs Modern Gaming

by Old School Gamer | Feb 24, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Opinions

  ARTICLE by CRUCIAL 2022 marks the 50th anniversary of the first commercial home video game console entering the market. Needless to say, gaming technology has made significant strides since then. Gaming manufacturers have been competing ever since, developing...

Subscriber Spotlight – by Ben Magnet

by Ben Magnet | Feb 24, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...

The year is 1989. A young man, really an eleven-year-old kid, is playing the NES he’s had for just over a year, but he isn’t playing the classic Super Mario Bros. Instead of saving a princess in a castle or shooting down ducks, his eyes that evening are on a much...

Quake Engine running on a ZX Spectrum looks mighty impressive!

by Indie Retro News | Feb 23, 2023 | 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Even though we were rather late with the news update as a bad headache got in the way, but if you have a ZX Spectrum and want to play something that’s very impressive, especially as it is running on an original 8bit machine, is the latest release of a fully...