River Raid II Refueled the 2600

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Aug 12, 2024 | 1980s, Interviews, The Story Of...

The name River Raid was- and still is- synonymous with high-energy shooting action. A classic on the Atari 2600 when originally released during the holiday season in 1982, Carol Shaw’s creation is regarded as one of the most enjoyable and original arcade dogfighters...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Ciro Camera Talks Whirlight – No Time To Trip

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Aug 1, 2024 | 2020s, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Ciro Camera, Co-Founder at imaginarylab discusses their new title, Whirlight – No Time To Trip. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Ciro Camera: After the experience of “Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town”...

Spider: An Amazing Arachnid Adventure

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 10, 2024 | 1990s, Gaming, Interviews, The Story Of...

The mid-‘90s were a transitional time in gaming. Make no mistake, the shift from pixels to polygons was on. The industry was in the midst of focusing solely on 3D gameplay. All of sudden, industry favorites and perennial 2D classics the likes of Sonic the Hedgehog and...

Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing: Sega’s First Real Knockout

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 5, 2024 | 1990s, Gaming, Interviews, The Story Of...

Boxing games have a rich history, but those on the early Sega consoles have always been hit or miss. While games the likes of Rocky II on the Sega Master System and Buster Douglas Boxing on the Genesis have cult followings, they weren’t exactly critically acclaimed...

An interview with Dustin Hubbard of Gaming Alexandria

by William Schwartz | Jul 2, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Interviews, Retro Computing, The Story Of...

The history of retro gaming isn’t an especially long one, only going back maybe fifty years, at least if we limit ourselves to retro games as being computers rather than just complex machines. Preservation of this material can be challenging and thankless. All...

King’s Bounty: Putting the “Heroes” Into “Might and Magic”

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 1, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Interviews, The Story Of...

Released in 1990 on PC and 1991 on the Sega Genesis, King’s Bounty is a strategy/RPG that even the most hardcore of gamers may have missed when it was originally hit shelves. However its place among the greatest strategy/role-playing games of all time should never be...