Intec Gaming® Bridging the Gap: The 3-Year Journey to the Time Breaker LightGunTM

by Old School Gamer | Aug 8, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Press Release

Classic gaming shouldn’t be trapped in the past. For three years, the engineering team at Intec Gaming® has been obsessed with a single problem: bringing the classic light gun experience to modern TVs without the wires, or setup headaches. After three years of...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside new C64 Temple of Webshai Project

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Aug 6, 2026 | 1970s, 2020s, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with game developer Van, who discusses his new Temple of Webshai game. Project, which he calls “a tribute to the foundational and beloved 8bit classic Temple of Apshai (1979).” Old School Gamer Magazine: How did this project begin? Van:...

A review of Dragon Age II from Boss Fight Books

by William Schwartz | Aug 5, 2026 | 2010s, 2020s, Bookshelf, Console/Handheld, Reviews

  By Charlotte Reber’s own admission, Dragon Age II is a somewhat counterintuitive choice for a Boss Fight book. After all, Dragon Age: Origins is the main famous, well-regarded game of the series, a fantasy epic role-playing game in the Bioware house style...

Testing the M64: Xibalba 64

by William Schwartz | Aug 2, 2026 | 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews

  If you’ve never heard of the original Xibalba, that’s not too surprising. The 2014 browser game from Phobos Lab is a weird little artifact of its era, a chonky retro styled Doom clone premised around the Mayan underworld. The blocky aesthetic exists...

Testing the M64: Xeno Crisis

by William Schwartz | Jul 31, 2026 | 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews

  With the release of the M64, most hobbyists concern themselves with the technical aspects of the machine. How does it compare to the Analogue 3D, or original Nintendo 64 hardware? Worthwhile questions to be sure, but I prefer to try and evaluate the console on...

M64 Now Available From ModRetro

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 29, 2026 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

After months of teases, ModRetro released the M64 to the public on July 28. For 229.99 USD, the M64, which also comes in a variety of colors, has full compatibility with the original 64 and supports video output up to 4K. Wired and wireless updates also plan to add...