by Old School Gamer | Dec 5, 2017 | Console/Handheld
Legendary Series Returns in 2018 with Brand New Mega ManTM 11 Game and Legacy Titles for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC UK, London – Dec. 4, 2017 – Today during the Mega Man™ 30th Anniversary Livestream in partnership with Twitch, Capcom, a leading...
by Old School Gamer | Dec 4, 2017 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld
TORRANCE, CA – Dec. 4, 2017 – My Arcade, manufacturer of retro gaming products and classic console accessories, has licensed the rights for classic titles from legendary arcade game developer, Data East. The centerpieces of the collaboration will be a...
by Ric Pryor | Dec 3, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld
Homebrew video games have come a long way since they first started appearing in the 1990’s. Not only the games themselves, but the way they’re packaged and sold. Long gone are the days of inkjet printed labels and photocopied instruction sheets. Current...
by Old School Gamer | Dec 1, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Console/Handheld
Billy Mitchell will be coming to the Retro City Festival in January – http://retrocityfestival.com. And Old School Gamer will be there giving out issue #2 of our magazine. “THE KING OF KONG” BILLY MITCHELL The star of King of Kong and history’s most...
by Leonard Herman | Dec 1, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld
Parker Brothers was another major company that began licensing games for home use. In addition to acquiring arcade games like Sega’s Frogger, Parker Brothers also licensed the movie The Empire Strikes Back and designed a game around it. Even the cereal company...
by Brett Weiss | Nov 30, 2017 | 1980s, Console/Handheld
Publisher : Atari. Developer: Atari, Action, 1 or 2 Players (alternating). 1987 A very nice port of Atari’s highly entertaining arcade game (1983), Food Fight for the 7800 has players guiding gluttonous Charlie Chuck (who starts on the right side of the screen)...