Five Great Quotes From Game Developers to Get You Hyped For More Gaming History

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | May 1, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Gaming, Interviews, Lists

Over the course of writing seven books on video game history, I’ve interviewed hundreds of game developers, many of which have dropped mountains of knowledge on the industry. For me, it’s essentially one of the reasons why I’m here- to share the behind-the-scenes...

Here’s How The Salmon Run Music Is Recorded For Splatoon 3

by Old School Gamer | Apr 30, 2023 | 1980s, 2000s, Gaming

We love a bit of Salmon Run here at Nintendo Life. The Splatoon 3 game mode takes the usual ‘ink, swim, repeat’ format of your standard Turf War Battle (not to cast any shade, we love a good Turf War too) and throws in the added distractions of a...

American Amusement Machine Association Hall of Fame Inductees

by Old School Gamer | Apr 21, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Press Release

AAMA ANNOUNCES THE INAUGURAL CLASS OF INDUCTEES TO THE AMUSEMENT INDUSTRY HALL OF FAME INAUGURAL CLASS TO INCLUDE 31 INDIVIDUALS AND SIX ENTITIES The American Amusement Machine Association, (AAMA) inducted 31 individuals and six legendary products/games into the...

What are you doing Saturday? Join OSG at CoMo!

by Old School Gamer | Apr 19, 2023 | 2000s, 2020s, Events

Join Old School Gamer this Saturday in Columbia, MO at the Stoney Creek Inn for the CoMo Retro Game Con! There will be video games to play, buy and much more! CLICK HERE FOR EVENT The CoMo Retro Game Convention project started in 2021 and held its first convention at...

The Most Loved and Hated Video Game Franchises in Every Country

by Old School Gamer | Apr 18, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Press Release

The characters may be fictional and the franchises may thrive on fantasy, but the emotions gamers feel towards their games – and their fellow gamers – are very, very real. Indeed, during lockdown, the video game realm became more tactile, more real than...

Mighty Street Fighter – Upcoming ‘Street Fighter’ for the Amstrad 128k is still looking super cool!

by Indie Retro News | Apr 16, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you have an Amstrad CPC 128k or even a GX4000 then you are going to love this latest news story that’s just been sent to us by XeNoMoRPH! As thanks to the hard work of Amstrad GGP, at some point soon you’ll be able to play the eagerly awaited...