Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues for Game Boy by Ocean

by David Oxford | Jun 14, 2018 | 1990s

In the early to mid-90s, Jurassic Park was big business, and every company who had a piece of the license was understandably fully intent on capitalizing on it to the fullest. However, there was something of a problem with that: Once they’d adapted the 1993...

Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: Jurassic Park by Ocean

by David Oxford | Jun 7, 2018 | 1990s

Welcome to Jurassic June! This month marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the movie Jurassic Park in theaters, and with a new entry in the series on the way, I’m celebrating all month long by looking back at where it all began — in video game...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ryan Burger

by Todd Friedman | Jun 6, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight Features Ryan Burger of Old School Gamer Magazine who is displayed on card number 2761, from the Superstars Collection of 2017.   Ryan is the founder and creator of Old School Magazine, which is an online and publication magazine. The...

King of Arcades Next Up, Picks Up After King of Kong – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Jun 1, 2018 | 1990s, Magazine Preview, Reviews, The Story Of...

A long time ago, in a…. wait, wrong movie…Another video game documentary has surfaced, but what is nice is that it’s not about competition or egos. And I do want to point out that egos are NOT a bad thing during competition. All the people that I have been...

Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: DMA Design

by David Oxford | May 31, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

The Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team studio we’re looking at this week bears some interesting parallels to the last one we looked at, Angel Studios. Like Angel, the Edinburgh, Scotland-based DMA Design began in 1984 as Acme Software, though unlike Angel, they were...

The rise of retro gaming

by Old School Gamer | May 30, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, Gaming

The rise of retro gaming In a world obsessed with innovation and progress, we also do great deal of looking back at the past. In fact, retro is such a phenomenon these days that it’s reaching into virtually every area of our lives. Of course, it’s always played a huge...