by Shaun Jex | Mar 3, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...
All good things come to an end. Beginning with the 1986 release of Labyrinth, Lucasfilm/LucasArts released some of the greatest adventure games ever created. Games like The Secret of Monkey Island, Zak McKracken and The Alien Mindbenders, and Maniac Mansion still...
by Old School Gamer | Mar 3, 2019 | 1990s, Arcade, Magazine Preview
IMMATURITY IN AN ARCADE… NO WAY Alot of us can remember sitting in front of the television set late at night on our carpet and watching our heroes sing on MTV. Our smiles appearing on our faces once the two teenage idiots appeared on the screen sitting on their...
by Brendan Meharry | Mar 3, 2019 | 1990s
Welcome back, welcome back! This – THIS is The Last Official Release. I’m not sure why I keep repeating myself, but let’s just roll with it. I’m having fun. Here, I delve into the last games officially released for your favourite consoles. A pretty darn...
by Old School Gamer | Mar 1, 2019 | 1990s, Console/Handheld
Even as a young upstart, Kobe Bryant looked like a superstar in the making. It is not much of a surprise then that the former Los Angeles Laker already had a video game to his name at the tender age of 19. In 1998 Nintendo released the Left Field Productions-developed...
by Brett Weiss | Mar 1, 2019 | 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview
My forthcoming book, The SNES Omnibus: The Super Nintendo and Its Games, Vol. 2 (N-Z), is now available for pre-order. The book won’t release until April 28, 2019, but I decided to give Old School Gamer readers an advance look at one of the entries. Since the...
by David Oxford | Feb 28, 2019 | 1980s, 1990s
Following the initial batch of announced members of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team, Nintendo would add to their ranks by continuing to sign other talent. One such later addition was that of Ocean Software, often referred to as simply “Ocean” for short....