Can Shining Force Be Fixed?

by William Schwartz | Jun 3, 2025 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Opinions, Reviews

  The title probably isn’t entirely fair. Plenty of Shining Force fans would say the game doesn’t need to be fixed, it’s already a classic, and I would wager that greyskies is among them. Nevertheless, greyskies has brought his Return to Grans...

The Art Director of Majora’s Mask Joins the Nightmare Busters Adventure!

by Todd Friedman | Jun 2, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

Pix’n Love Games and Aurora Game Studio are thrilled to announce that the legendary Takaya Imamura is joining the Nightmare Busters Rebirth project! KICKSTARTER  Takaya Imamura, the renowned designer who spent over three decades at Nintendo, is now part of the...

The Five Best Retro iPhone Games You’ve Never Played And Probably Can’t Anymore

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 1, 2025 | 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

With so many titles available to play on the iPhone, there’s always a chance there are games you simply just missed out on. Mega addictive hits the likes of “Angry Birds” and “Candy Crush” don’t make it any easier to try new games...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Paul Zimmerman Talks The Video Game Summit

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 1, 2025 | 2020s, Events, Gaming

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with legendary competitive gamer and The Video Game Summit promoter Paul Zimmerman, who lets us know why this year’s event is going to be a special one. *Writer’s note- Patrick Hickey Jr. will be appeared at The Video Game Summit as a...

“Arcade 92” – The Full Interview

by Todd Friedman | May 28, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Interviews

This month’s Old School Gamer Magazine has been shipped.  In the issue, I interview the owner of Arcade 92, Michael Lepsch. The article is a short version of the interview I did with him back in March of 2025.  Here is the full interview with all the questions...

A review of Hermano for the Chromatic

by William Schwartz | May 20, 2025 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews

    Despite what’s implied by the title, Hermano isn’t actually the name of the character you play in the side scroller of the same title for the Game Boy, best optimized for the Chromatic from ModRetro. Rather, you play as Nano, who rises from...