Old School Gamer is available digitally and shipping Friday!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 10, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

OSG #5 is available digitally now for all subscribers and will be in the mailboxes of print subscribers early next week… This “action-packed” issue puts the emphasis sports games in the realm of retro gaming. We start out with NBA Jam and Mutant...

The Last Official Release: Sega Master System – Mickey’s Ultimate Challenge (1998)

by Brendan Meharry | Jul 5, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s

Greetings again, fellow retro travellers, and welcome back The Last Official Release. If you haven’t been following, in this series I investigate the very last official games to be released for your favourite consoles. A full list of what I’ve already covered can be...

Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – NES Open Tournament Golf

by David Oxford | Jul 4, 2018 | 1990s

With today being Independence Day in the United States and hot on the heels of the release of Mario Tennis Aces for the Nintendo Switch, it seemed to be a good time to look back at one particular entry in the Mario sports pantheon — one in which the company star...

I Played Every Action 52 Game and Now I Want to Die

by Ric Pryor | Jul 1, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld

When I discovered Action 52 ten years ago I thought it might be fun to play a new game every week and write about it. It wasn’t (the games are terrible and repetitive), but I kept at it for several months until I ran out of not only new and clever things to say...

Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Silicon Graphics, Inc.

by David Oxford | Jun 28, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

To wrap up “Jurassic June”, we’re still continuing our look at the members of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team, but slightly out of the intended order. This week, we’re taking a brief look at one of the pivotal partners in pioneering Project...

Blockbuster Moive Tie-Ins For the Sega CD

by JasonBreininger | Jun 26, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews, The Story Of...

Crazy special effects that make you feel like you’re in a virtual reality movie. Big (bigger! biggest!) budgets! A-list movie stars and directors! Summer blockbuster season is officially here. Beyond the traditional summer movie fare of superheroes and sequels...