Arcade 1Up pre-orders now available!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 25, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

New York, USA – June 12, 2018 – Tastemakers, LLC. is opening the doors to the past on July 25. Eager consumers will be able to place pre-orders for the first wave of affordable Arcade1Up smaller-scale arcade cabinets stocked with classic games like Atari’s Centipede...

Retro Gaming Archives – Nintendo Edition: July/August 1987

by JasonBreininger | Jul 23, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...

The summer of 1987 proved quite the landmark season for a certain gray toaster-shaped home video game console. By the summer of ’87, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was wildly outselling both the Sega Master System and the Atari 7800. Their technique of...

8BitDo Release DIY Kits to wireless-ify Retro Controllers

by Brendan Meharry | Jul 20, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s

Hm. “Wireless-ify” – that came out a bit weird. My terrible titling aside, to celebrate their 5 years of existence, 8BitDo are now selling DIY kits that allow you to mod Bluetooth connectivity into your favourite retro gaming controllers. Hippy birthday, 8BitDo!...

The Battletoads for Game Boy That Almost Was

by David Oxford | Jul 19, 2018 | 1990s

During a recent interview with Rare fan site RareFanDaBase, video game engineer and producer Paul Machacek spoke on a number of things which have occurred during his time with the company. A veteran of 30 years, he’s seen a lot — including things that most...

Nintendo 64 Chronicles [6] Blast Corps & FIFA 64

by Mike Benton | Jul 15, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

#11 : Blast Corps What are you to do when a nuclear missile that’s being carried through the countryside becomes a runaway? Why, you destroy everything in it’s path of course! Rare’s twist on a puzzle game, Blast Corps has you do exactly that through...

Nintendo 64 Chronicles [5] NBA Hangtime & Mario Kart 64

by Mike Benton | Jul 12, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

#9 : NBA Hangtime Not being a huge basketball fan, I wasn’t all that excited when I first fired this game up on my N64. However, it took about 30 seconds before that emotion completely flipped and I got hyped. NBA Hangtime is Midway’s continuation of...