by Jason Russell | Mar 8, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, The Story Of...
Making Sense of the Pieces and Bits Have you ever wondered why the numbers in the names of today’s consoles have more to do with the generation of the hardware family than they do processing power? Let’s cut to the chase on this one – technology has surpassed...
by Brad Feingold | Mar 6, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...
A few posts back, I wrote about someone sending me a link to a YouTube page that had a bunch of rock and classic songs redone in 8-Bit style. But after that, I received a couple different emails telling me about some other pages that you can subscribe to, So I felt...
by Jason Russell | Mar 1, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews
A Big Step in the Right Direction DreamGEAR is one of those companies that’s been steadily releasing affordable plug and play (as well as handheld and mini) hardware for years. Well over a decade in fact. So it’s a safe bet nearly everyone with even a modicum of...
by Dan Loosen | Feb 27, 2018 | Columns, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview
It’s undeniable in the past 20 years, the market for retro games has changed a lot. The market changes have come for a lot of different reasons, and in this new column, Game and Market Watch, I’m going to explore some of the changes we’ve seen and the factors that...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Feb 27, 2018 | Console/Handheld
D3 Publisher is known for their epic puzzle RPG experience Puzzle Quest, a game that married two genres no one ever thought could be mixed. Their latest effort, Billiard, is quite simply a no-frills version of the classic game that plays well enough but lacks the...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 27, 2018 | Console/Handheld
Recently, Old School Gamer Magazine was proud to talk about the Raspiboy and how successful it was funded on Kickstarter. Now, Pierre-Louis Boyer, the creator of the Raspiboy is at it again with a new and improved handheld marvel called the RetroStone. And this is...