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...

Nintendo 64 Chronicles [6] Blast Corps & FIFA 64

by Mike Benton | Jul 15, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

#11 : Blast Corps What are you to do when a nuclear missile that’s being carried through the countryside becomes a runaway? Why, you destroy everything in it’s path of course! Rare’s twist on a puzzle game, Blast Corps has you do exactly that through...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Sky Noon’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 13, 2018 | Console/Handheld

Review Fix chats with  Craig Taylor, Lead Programmer at Lunar Rooster, discusses the inspiration and creative process behind the new Steam FPS “Sky Noon.” Taking elements from Quake and Unreal Tournament and adding an innovative use/pull game mechanic, it has all the...