Wolfenstein 3D – Could this classic first person shooter be coming to the Sega Master System and Sega 1000?

by Indie Retro News | Sep 9, 2022 | 1980s, 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Throughout the years we’ve featured many different types of news stories, from gaming updates, to music disks and even scene demos. Well here with another eye opening news story I think you’ll like, as if you have a Sega Master System or Sega 1000, then it...

The International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of Inductees for 2022!

by Old School Gamer | Aug 19, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18th, 2022 International Video Game Hall of Fame Announces the 2022 Class of Inductees! Ottumwa, IA— August 18th, 2022 — Put down that controller, close your gaming app and give that keyboard a little rest, it’s finally time to pull back...

Mortal Kombat – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Jul 24, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...

When I was a senior in high school in 1992, I worked in the local bowling alley which had an arcade in the back of the building. Each month or so, the gaming distributor would bring in some new arcade and pinball games that had just come out. There were a lot of...

The Best Wii U Games Under $20 (Even If You Have a Switch)

by Old School Gamer | Jun 9, 2022 | 2010s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

The best time to start accumulating games for a non-current system is when the successor is fully in bloom, but the system in consideration isn’t fully in “retro” mode yet. It helps when the game media isn’t backwards compatible on the newer system and a lot of the...

GOG partners with SEGA and release Alien: Isolation

by Old School Gamer | Jun 6, 2022 | 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

GOG partners with SEGA and release Alien: Isolation for the launch of the Summer Sale SEGA joins GOG to offer their renowned games DRM-free, starting with the release of Alien: Isolation • Sanitarium giveaway now available for all • Summer Sale brings 3500+ deals up...

Five Modern Animated Films That Would Make Amazing Retro Games

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 1, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

We here at Old School Gamer love animation too and it got us thinking- What flicks would make awesome retro games? We’ll, here we go with a few suggestions! Onward: A Pixar-inspired Diablo Clone? For those that don’t know, Onward was an awesome flick that got lost in...