Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn: Are You Shaqin’ With Me?!?!?!?

by Brad Feingold | Feb 21, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld

For the past years, unknown how many to be exact, retro gaming has become a popular concept to not only to the gaming community, but to the manufacturers as well.  We have seen so many retro systems created by major companies as well as the everyday user too.  We look...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Listening to Slipknot in the 8 Bit Universe

by Brad Feingold | Feb 20, 2018 | 1980s, Console/Handheld

When you play any type of video game, you are experiencing several elements to make that game cool.  There is the graphics, control, playability, characters, storyline and most important, the audio/music.  There is not a day that goes by where I play Tetris and then...

Nintendo 64 Anthology Book Review – By Kelton Shiffer

by Old School Gamer | Feb 20, 2018 | Console/Handheld, Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Want to know where OSG will be this year?  Check out our current schedule and come on out to join us and the fun.  Read the rest of this article on page 13 by clicking here! Also, read the latest book review by Kelton Shiffer for “Nintendo 64 Anthology.”...

Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘Technolites’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Feb 20, 2018 | Console/Handheld

Old School Gamer chats with Branden Sloane (Co-Founder & CEO, zugalu) about his awesome retro-inspired Shoot-Em-Up, “Technolites’” which is currently looking for funds via Kickstarter. Discussing the development process and goals for the game, Spokane lets us know...

RETROSPECTIVE: Making Sense of THEC64 Mini

by Jason Russell | Feb 19, 2018 | 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld

If ever there were a plug and play mini retro system that I couldn’t quite be sure about, THEC64 Mini would have to be the one.  On the surface it looks like there’s a lot for a retro gaming enthusiast to appreciate but dig a little deeper and some of the early...

Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! (Nintendo Entertainment System)

by JasonBreininger | Feb 18, 2018 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

‘He’s Hurt Me Doc!’….. ‘Join the Nintendo Fun Club Today Mac.’ Doc really didn’t seem to know what he was doing when it came to coaching and training beyond late night jogs in lower Manhattan, and providing sometimes useful advice between rounds. He probably also...