Arcade 1Up pre-orders now available!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 25, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

New York, USA – June 12, 2018 – Tastemakers, LLC. is opening the doors to the past on July 25. Eager consumers will be able to place pre-orders for the first wave of affordable Arcade1Up smaller-scale arcade cabinets stocked with classic games like Atari’s Centipede...

VGM Classics Starts Crowd-funding Campaigns for New Orchestral Albums of Video Game Music

by Old School Gamer | Jul 24, 2018 | Console/Handheld

On July 20, 2018, VGM Classics (NM, USA), a classical record company specializing in video game music, has started three crowd-funding campaigns for new orchestral CD albums featuring music from the video games: “Star Fox,” “Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon,” and “Suikoden...

Nostalgia Comes Alive with the C64 Mini – Coming to North America October 9

by Old School Gamer | Jul 24, 2018 | Console/Handheld

  Pre-order now, this Holiday’s Must Have Gaming System Ontario, Canada – July 23, 2018 – Retro Games Ltd. and Solutions 2 GO announced today that the THEC64® Mini is coming to North American retail stores on October 9, 2018. THEC64® Mini, a 50% replica of...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Rowdy Wrestling’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 24, 2018 | Console/Handheld

Old School gamer chats with Rowdy Wrestling developer Colin Lane, who details the development process and inspiration behind the mobile wrestling game that takes simplicity and fun as its main inspiration and combines it with a ton of video game and wrestling...

The C64 Mini has almost made it to North America!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 23, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

Ontario, Canada – July 23, 2018 – Retro Games Ltd. and Solutions 2 GO announced today that the THEC64® Mini is coming to North American retail stores on October 9, 2018.  THEC64® Mini, a 50% replica of the of the world’s bestselling home computer that launched...

Retro Gaming Archives – Nintendo Edition: July/August 1987

by JasonBreininger | Jul 23, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...

The summer of 1987 proved quite the landmark season for a certain gray toaster-shaped home video game console. By the summer of ’87, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was wildly outselling both the Sega Master System and the Atari 7800. Their technique of...