Five Reasons Why You’ll Love Super Blood Hockey

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 30, 2019 | 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews

The Nintendo Switch is starved for Sports titles and especially hockey games- and Loren Lemcke’s Super Blood Hockey provides a wonderfully fun, retro experience with a ton of depth that old school fans of games the likes of NBA Jam, Blades of Steel and Ice Hockey will...

Venture Kid Initial Thoughts

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 30, 2019 | Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews

Following up on their tremendous success with titles the likes of Monster Boy and Blossom Tales, FDG Entertainment’s newest Adventure on the Nintendo Switch, Venture Kid, wastes no time establishing itself as a fun, retro romp worthy of a serious time investment. The...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Down to Hell’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Apr 29, 2019 | 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Blazej Zbrzezniak, Game Designer at Red Dev Studio, who discusses their new game, “Down to Hell.” Taking a page from retro classics the likes of Castlevania and Berserk, as well as modern-day classics such as Devil May Cry, it’s an...

Atari VCS 2019: More exciting hardware news to report!

by Old School Gamer | Apr 3, 2019 | 2010s, Events, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

With the March AMD Ryzen upgrade announcement still fresh, the Atari VCS team spent four days at GDC in San Francisco where we met with numerous content providers and creators, distributors and others, before heading south to spend a full day with our engineering team...

Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘LUNA: The Shadow Dust’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Mar 16, 2019 | Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Beidi Guo / Freelance illustrator animator and Visual Artist of Lantern Studio, who lets us know why Luna is a special game that will tickle the fancies of retro gamers and those looking for something different. Old School Gamer...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Flap Happy’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Mar 10, 2019 | 2010s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Flap Happy” creator and Refresh Games CEO Ryan Carson, who discusses the development process and why the experience was a lifelong dream for him. A nifty new NES project developed for Mega Cat Studios, Flap Happy definitely has...