Switch It Up – Match Of the Mellennium SNK vs. Capcom Review

by Brad Feingold | Jun 26, 2021 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

Fighting games are a dime a dozen on home systems. If it’s not a Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat or a Fatal Fury, it’s always going to be something new and different. The series of port over games from the NeoGeo Pocket to the Nintendo Switch started with the Gals...

Why Fans Of Old Nintendo Franchises Shouldn’t Lose Hope.

by Ben Magnet | Jun 24, 2021 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Events, Gaming, Magazine Preview, Opinions

Nintendo has a love-hate relationship with retro gamers.  Sometimes Nintendo puts out games from series that are tried and true and almost every new entry is cause for celebration.  Other times they let a series run its course and never speak of it again.  Even with...

E3 2021 Arcade1Up (Coming Soon) – The Simpsons Home Arcade Machine

by Old School Gamer | Jun 17, 2021 | 1990s, 2020s, Arcade, Columns, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Tastemaker’s Arcade1Up unveils a series of exciting new products at E3 2021 coming to consumers this year. Arcade1Up is modernizing the retro arcade experience from the 80s and 90s and growing the home entertainment industry with first-time fan favorite classic titles...

Game Gear – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Jun 13, 2021 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Whether you’re fighting, driving, running through a maze or jumping over barrels, the name of the game is control. Of course, every game will have its own type of controller, but if you are using computers and emulators, sometimes that can be a tricky concept to...

Free Social Gaming Platform Piepacker Enters Open Beta After $3 million Seed Funding and $220k Kickstarter Campaign

by Brad Feingold | Jun 9, 2021 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Piepacker, a brand-new multiplayer social gaming platform that allows users to play fully-licensed retro games online and with friends, for free, is now available in open beta, following a $3 million seed funding round and $220,000 Kickstarter campaign. With...

iiRcade Adds Modern 2D Platformer, Dandara, To Game Line-up

by Old School Gamer | Jun 9, 2021 | 2020s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, iiRcade, Press Release

    iiRcade Inc., the ultimate connected arcade machine that allows gamers of all ages to play their favorite retro and modern games in arcade style at home, is pleased to announce that Dandara: Trials of Fear Edition, officially licensed by Raw Fury, is now...