Will Shmups Ever Have Their Day In The Sun?

by John Michonski | Oct 7, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

Video game genres were formed in the arcade. The experiences we continue to play today were invented for coin-op, and then brought home for us to enjoy on consoles. Pretty much every genre made the jump to consoles just fine, from fighting games to platformers to even...

Metro Siege – The eagerly awaited Amiga brawler gets new footage from BitBeamCannon

by Indie Retro News | Oct 6, 2022 | 2010s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

What an incredible amount of Amiga news we’ve had this month, from the in-development game of Scramble, to the latest updates of the upcoming Robocop AGA. Well here we are with another Amiga news story, as we’ve just been told that Pixelglass and the team...

The MOST Controversial Game… EVER???

by Old School Gamer | Oct 5, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

The Quest for Stale Gum Begins! In the ’80s, the world was ruled by two things: the Nintendo Entertainment System and Garbage Pail Kids cards. These lovable, grossout monster children could be found in the lunchboxes of every latchkey kid, juvenile delinquent,...

A Night In Distant Worlds

by Ben Magnet | Oct 5, 2022 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Events, Gaming

The music from the Final Fantasy series has always been special.  The first official video game concert held in the US was a Final Fantasy show at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles in May of 2004.  While not the first video game concert to be held ever, it...

News & Updates from Intellivision

by Old School Gamer | Oct 1, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Greetings, This is Phil Adam, CEO of Intellivision. I had planned to respond sooner with the company status, but the team has been working through some production pipeline bugs that have delayed this update. As I’ve stated previously, updates from myself will be...

Disney Is Remastering The Sega Genesis Platformer Gargoyles

by Old School Gamer | Sep 30, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Perhaps one of the biggest surprises at the Disney and Marvel Games Showcase was the news of a Gargoyles remaster. If you’re not familiar with this game, it is a 2D platformer developed by Disney Software and released on the Sega Genesis in 1995. It’s...