by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 8, 2026 | 2020s, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Astro Burn developer HaZ Dulull, who discusses their game, Astro Burn, which is gearing up for a physical release on PC and Mac. About Astro Burn: Beyond The Pixels®, a London based transmedia media studio dedicated to bringing...
by Ryan Burger | Apr 7, 2026 | 1970s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
Before home computers ever had an “adventure game,” there was Colossal Cave Adventure (1976- 1977) by Will Crowther and Don Woods. Often referred to simply as Adventure or ADVENT, it ran on a PDP-10 mainframe, a machine that cost about $150,000 in the 1970s, roughly...
by Brett Weiss | Apr 5, 2026 | 1970s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
I discovered Space Invaders in 1978,Space was visiting my aunt and cousins in McGregor, Texas (outside of Waco), a town of barely over 2,000 people. It was in a dingy, seedy arcade and was very imposing. I’d already played my share of pinball and electromechanical...
by William Schwartz | Apr 4, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Bookshelf, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Reviews
It’s the thirty-year anniversary of the very first Pokémon games which were released back in 1996. Nintendo is pulling out all the stops reminding us. But unofficial historians are getting in on the act too, with The History of the Pokémon Games by James...
by Old School Gamer | Apr 3, 2026 | 1970s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
Beating our educations had taken upon moving from New York (Catholic schooling, Nuns who also acted as Wardens, Mandatory Mass every Friday Morning) to California (“Deliverance” music, lots of “twins”, English? “Wash” pronounced as “Warsh”). The first thing he brought...
by Eugenio Angueira | Apr 2, 2026 | 1970s, 2020s, Magazine Preview
Pong! was my very first experience with Atari Home Pong released in 1975. Not only was I hooked on the game, but so was my dad, my uncle, and just about everyone in my family. It was easy to play, but the game really shined when we were playing against each other. Of...