Mini Vectrex? Looks Promising

by Old School Gamer | Aug 22, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s

After 42 years, someone has finally worked out a way to make a mini version of my favorite ’80s console, and it involves an AMOLED screen Preview Video While ’80s rivals such as the Atari 2600 and Intellivision fought for domination of the TV,...

DIGITAL ECLIPSE, ATARI AND WARNER BROS. INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT UNVEIL FINAL LINEUP AND NEW FEATURES FOR MORTAL KOMBAT: LEGACY KOLLECTION

by Old School Gamer | Aug 21, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s

COLOGNE, DE (August 21, 2025) | During today’s Xbox Showcase at gamescom, Digital Eclipse and Atari officially revealed the final lineup and feature set for Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection, launching later this year. Headlining the announcement is the inclusion...

Mutliplayer Battle Mode added to ModRetro Tetris

by William Schwartz | Aug 21, 2025 | 2020s, Console/Handheld

  While the ModRetro Chromatic is in general a self-contained device, the Cart Clinic software is a means by which the firmware can be updated. This includes for ModRetro games themselves, and ModRetro recently released a new proof of concept of the idea with the...

Mattel and Limited Run Games Announce “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Dragon Pearl of Destruction”

by Old School Gamer | Aug 19, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. and APEX, N.C. – August 19, 2025 – Mattel, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAT), a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world, in partnership with Limited Run Games, a premium publisher of...

A Look Back at Duck Hunt

by William Schwartz | Aug 15, 2025 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

  Recently I set up a Nintendo Entertainment System in my home. I’m just slightly too young to have any personal nostalgia for the NES (I was more in the SNES/N64 cohort), but my girlfriend is a different story. Despite being excited about having an NES in...

Boulder Dash – by Ryan Burger

by Ryan Burger | Aug 11, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Magazine Preview

Boulder Dash is one of the games I distinctly remember playing on my Apple II computer in the mid-80s. Over a span of six years, it was released on nineteen different platforms after originating on the Atari 8-bit series of computers. Developed originally by Peter...