A review of Final Fantasy VI from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Apr 14, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews

  Today, video game music is the stuff of orchestras. You can easily find your favorite songs played by serious professionals on YouTube. While there are many arguments for Final Fantasy VI’s importance in the annals of gaming history, Sebastian Deken makes...

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...

Jay and Silent Bob Pinball Coming Soon?

by Knapp Arcade | Apr 11, 2025 | 1990s, KnappArcade, Pinball

OK, maybe not soon, but tonight I heard something very interesting about a possible pinball machine based on the characters “Jay and Silent Bob.”   Many of you will be familiar with the director / actor Kevin Smith. His big debut came in 1994 with the movie...

A review of Baby T-Rex for the Chromatic

by William Schwartz | Apr 8, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews

  At first glance, Baby T-Rex is not an intuitive title to see a rerelease for the Chromatic. Note that, labeling of the rewriteable lime green cartridge notwithstanding, Baby T-Rex is, indeed, merely a Game Boy game, playable on original hardware. The original...

Bomb Jack Extra Sugar – This Arcade classic as an Amstrad CPC remake via Anthony Flack looks super impressive!

by Indie Retro News | Apr 7, 2025 | 1990s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I can still remember in the late 80’s on my Amstrad CPC 464 playing the brilliant Arcade port ‘ Bomb Jack ‘. It is a game that required you the player to high jump and float about getting rid of all the bombs on the screen before they are used to...

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...