by Old School Gamer | Feb 26, 2023 | 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release
Scheduled for Feb 28, 2023 This program delivers the latest news surrounding Sega’s latest popular online RPG PSO2 NEW GENESIS (NGS)! Hiro Arai, the official navigator for NGS, will be updating players around the world about current operations, future updates,...
by Ben Magnet | Feb 24, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Console/Handheld, The Story Of...
The year is 1989. A young man, really an eleven-year-old kid, is playing the NES he’s had for just over a year, but he isn’t playing the classic Super Mario Bros. Instead of saving a princess in a castle or shooting down ducks, his eyes that evening are on a much...
by Brad Feingold | Feb 21, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld
You know, I was never a fan of Basketball. I couldn’t stand the squeaking of the sneakers. You have to run back and forth the whole game long and I couldn’t do that more than twice. To top it off, I was a terrible shot. With video games it was the same thing. Also, it...
by Old School Gamer | Feb 17, 2023 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld
You’ll Have One Year To Transfer Funds Once 3DS & Wii U eShops Close, Says Nintendo Ahead of the 3DS and Wii U eShop closures next month, Nintendo of Europe has shared a reminder on Twitter on what you can do in the lead up and aftermath of the end of the...
by Eugenio Angueira | Feb 16, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Console/Handheld
In 1981, Williams Electronics released a horizontal shooter game by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar that took the arcades by storm. That game was Defender. In this game the player controls the Defender to protect humanoids, who have been stranded in some planet, from...
by Brad Feingold | Feb 15, 2023 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld
History has never been my favorite class in high school or college. I know there were very important facts, but flat out, I just couldn’t remember the dates and people involved… and it was boring. I needed a reason to stay engaged. Years after my education, there is...