What Classic Game Design Can Teach Modern Casinos
The best casino games today borrow from the roots of good design. The kind that came from the arcade halls, pixel heroes, and side-scrollers that made people fall in love with games in the first place. Casinos look back at those classics to understand what made...
How a Back-to-Basics Approach Gives Crash Games an Arcade Feel
Modern gaming has become bloated. Every title wants to be a cinematic masterpiece, complete with orchestral soundtracks and dialogue trees longer than election manifestos. Somewhere along the way, the joy of simply playing got lost. Crash games brought it back....
The Enduring Appeal of Retro Gaming: How Old-School Gamers Keep Classics Alive
Insert Coin. Continue? Step into an arcade. The air hums. There’s a smell of warm circuitry and soda syrup. Light flashes across the floor, a kaleidoscope of reds and blues. Somewhere, Pac-Man chomps endlessly through a maze that’s been running since 1980. No...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: K.C. Apostolakis Talks Chantey
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Chantey developer K.C. Apostolakis about the pirate-themed RPG on the Modretro Chromatic. Old School Gamer Magazine: What was it like to develop Chantey? What did you learn? K.C. Apostolakis: I began development on Chantey during...
How Do Older Play Styles Continue to Shape New Digital Games?
Games have moved from wooden boards and plastic pieces to screens and servers, but the way people play still draws from long-standing patterns. Many of today’s top digital titles follow ideas from card tables, arcades, tabletop setups, or even coin-operated machines....Latest Magazine For Paid Subscribers
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