NES’s Golf Found as Easter Egg on Switch Consoles

by Brendan Meharry | Sep 20, 2017 | 1980s, 2010s, Uncategorized

Satoru Iwata, who was the 4th President and CEO of Nintendo, was a programmer and game designer decades before he was a businessman. Long before his tragic death in 2015, he successfully wrote and initiated his own data compression tool to fit the NES’s Golf (which...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘A Robot Named Fight’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 20, 2017 | 2010s

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Matt Bitner – Lead Developer of A Robot Named Fight, now available on Steam. A combination of classic retro adventures the likes of Metroid, Mega Man, Castlevania, Contra and Diablo, it’s a wild retro meets modern experience...

New NES and Genesis Games? Mega Cat Studios Has You Covered

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 16, 2017 | 1980s, 2010s

With the resurgence of retro games, thanks to the NES Classic, more gamers than ever have gone back to their pixel roots. But what if you’re looking for new games for your favorite retro consoles? While there are a plethora of homebrew developers out there,...

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by Old School Gamer | Sep 4, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Home

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Preview Issue of Old School Gamer Now ONLINE!

by Old School Gamer | Sep 1, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Home

The preview issue of Old School Gamer Magazine is online, all 4 pages of it.  Written to give you a tease of what we plan on doing, some of the articles that are in process and more.  Check it out by clicking on the magazine to your...

4 Retro Gaming Documentaries Definitely Worth Your Time

by Johnny Nieves | Sep 1, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s

Video games and movies historically do not have the best track record. From as early as 1986, the movie industry has tried to capitalize on the gaming “fad” with quick cash grabs like the Super Mario Bros. movie and Double Dragon. Luckily, there are more...