Super Nt to be released with Director’s Cut of Super Turrican

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 29, 2017 | 1990s, 2010s

Following on from our story last week of the Super Nt release (abridged version: a FPGA SNES with a high degree of build quality) it’s been announced that every console sold will also come preloaded with a director’s cut of Super Turrican as well as its sequel, Super...

Keep Kalm and Insert Koin: Happy 25th Birthday….FINISH HIM!!!!

by Brad Feingold | Oct 28, 2017 | 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

I wanted to take a moment to post a very special CCAIC blog which, again is dated but it is also extremely important!  25 years ago, the arcade industry was forever changed by the release of one loud game with two joysticks and ten buttons. In 1988, there was a game...

Retro-Bit releases Multi-Carts for NES and SNES

by Old School Gamer | Oct 27, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld

POMONA, CA, October 26th, 2017 – For retro gaming fans looking to build their collection in one easy step, Retro-Bit® has provided the perfect solution – Multi-Cartridges!  Retro-Bit® has partnered up with legendary game publishers Data East and Jaleco to...

The Super Mario 64 Difference: Not Your Father’s Mario

by David Oxford | Oct 26, 2017 | 1990s

Super Mario Odyssey arrives on the Nintendo Switch tomorrow, and returns the series back to its roots — well, its 3D roots, that is. “What’s the difference,” you may ask? While the Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario 3D titles have taken...

Can you name all of the characters on our cover!

by Old School Gamer | Oct 23, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s

At the Portland Retro Gaming Expo this past weekend, over 2,000 copies went out of our first issue of Old School Gamer, and they (and all print copies) go out with our cover as a foldout poster.  Alot of people were asking who all the characters were on it.  So here...

Game Link and You: How Game Boy’s Least-Used Accessory Gave It New Life

by David Oxford | Oct 19, 2017 | 1980s, 1990s

It’s a rare thing for a hardware developer to release a peripheral at launch that sees use throughout the entire life of a system. But perhaps even rarer still is for such an accessory to see even more use at the end of its respective system’s lifespan....