Hyperkin Announces Cortana Edition Duke as Well as Xbox 20th Anniversary Dukes Coming This November

by Old School Gamer | Sep 26, 2021 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

    Hyperkin has announced, in collaboration with Xbox and 343 Industries, that they will be releasing a collectible Cortana Edition Hyperkin Duke, for Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One in Q4 of this year. Just in time for the Dec. 8th release of Halo Infinite,...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Mira’s Brush

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 21, 2021 | Console/Handheld

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Blake from Angel Star Studios, who discusses their new retro and experimental platormer, Mira’s Brush. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Blake: I have been making games for fun since I was a kid in the 80’s,...

What’s Old Is New Again.

by Ben Magnet | Sep 19, 2021 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Opinions

As lovers of retro video games we love nostalgia.  We love it when we sit down with our comfort games, play through them like we did when we were younger, then move on to the next game.  Yet there are some games that, for whatever reason, we couldn’t beat at a...

iiRcade Review – Panic Road by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Sep 19, 2021 | Console/Handheld

This is a fun little pinball game for the iiRcade. Panic Road was produced by Seibu Kaihatsu in 1986. The controls are pretty basic.  The A button controls the left flipper and B button controls the right flipper. If you hit the X button, it gives the machines a...

Old School Gamer Exclusive: Bernhard Politsch Talks Heart Chain Kitty

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Sep 8, 2021 | Console/Handheld

Old School Gamer chats with Heart Chain Kitty Programmer, Musician, Writer & Artist from origamihero games Bernhard Politsch, who discusses the game’s development cycle and so much more. About Heart Chain Kitty: Created by solo developer Bernhard Politsch...

Why The Wata Games News Frightens Me.

by Ben Magnet | Sep 1, 2021 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Opinions

In recent months news stories have circulated all over the internet on old retro games being sold for millions upon millions of dollars.  I first found out about this when news broke that a sealed Super Mario 64 game sold for over 1.5 million.  The news struck me as...