Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Howard Scott Warshaw

by Todd Friedman | Nov 3, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Howard Scott Warshaw who currently is displayed on card number 208, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection.  Howard is a true pioneer in the gaming industry. As one of the original Atari programmers for the Atari 2600, Howard...

A review of Day of the Tentacle from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2010s, Retro Computing, Reviews

  As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and...

Atari Acquires Chris Sawyers’ Transport Tycoon

by Old School Gamer | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

NEW YORK, Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Atari® — one of the world’s most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers —today announced the acquisition of Transport Tycoon in an agreement with the game’s creator Chris Sawyer. The 1994...

IREM COLLECTION VOL. 2 IS TAKING OFF! (Release 14th Nov)

by Old School Gamer | Nov 1, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Stuttgart, Germany –  Can you hear the bustling sound of the arcades? ININ, Tozai Games, Irem, and Strictly Limited Games revive the exhilarating atmosphere of 90s arcade action with the next chapter of the Irem Collection. The run and gun masterpieces GunForce,...

Old School Gamer Exclusive Q & A: Grady Hunt Talks Bloody Roar

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Nov 1, 2024 | 1990s, Console/Handheld, GenX Grownup, Interviews, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. chats with gaming developer Grady Hunt, who discusses his time on Bloody Roar on the original Sony PlayStation. Old School Gamer Magazine: How did you get involved in the game? Grady Hunt: I was working at Sony, it was the second...

Creepy NES Games to Celebrate Halloween

by Matthew Owen | Oct 31, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld

Halloween is here, and while you could settle in with some scary movies, we believe that firing up some retro horror games is the best way to celebrate the holiday. Although the horror genre didn’t really take off in gaming until the late 1990s with titles like...