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...

A NEW HANDHELD RETRO GAMING SYSTEM FROM BLAZE ENTERTAINMENT

by Old School Gamer | Jun 1, 2022 | 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld

The EVERCADE ecosystem continues to grow with the announcement of the EVERCADE EXP, a new handheld retro gaming console from Blaze Entertainment. Announced during the Evercade 2nd Anniversary Show that was broadcast today. The EVERCADE EXP is the second handheld retro...

30 indie games on 1 physical package!

by Old School Gamer | May 20, 2022 | 1990s, 2010s, 2020s, Gaming, Press Release

Super Rare Games is proud to announce the Super Rare Mixtape Vol. 3 – a curated physical compilation of games from the grassroots indie game scene. Following on from the massive success of our first volume, which sold out in 5 hours last August, I’ve...