by Brad Feingold | Oct 3, 2022 | 1970s, Home Consoles, iiRcade, Reviews
Now for my next review, I’d like to return to the classics. If you go back to where it all started with video games, well you’ve gone too far. But never forget where it did start. No, I am talking about the one game that made my eyes go wide and sparkle, my hands...
by Todd Friedman | Sep 29, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Home Consoles, Reviews
In 1986 Nintendo was at the top of their game with the Nintendo Entertainment System. Sega released a 16-bit system that would be a strong contender for the battle of the home consoles. Back in those days you were wither team Nintendo or team Sega. Personally, I...
by Old School Gamer | Jul 26, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine, Reviews
Written by David L. Craddock, Long Live Mortal Kombat goes behind the scenes to reveal untold stories from the making of Mortal Kombat 1 through 4 and explores how the franchise impacted popular culture, and is due for publication this fall. In this excerpt from the...
by Old School Gamer | Jun 9, 2022 | 2010s, Console/PC/Handheld, Reviews
The best time to start accumulating games for a non-current system is when the successor is fully in bloom, but the system in consideration isn’t fully in “retro” mode yet. It helps when the game media isn’t backwards compatible on the newer system and a lot of the...
by JasonBreininger | May 13, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Columns, Console/PC/Handheld, Reviews
Do you want head smashing, gut splashing, grotesque monstrosity pummeling action this Halloween? If the answer is yes (and of course it is), then Splatterhouse is your game of choice. Splatterhouse is a diabolical, gruesomely violent game for the Turbografx-16/PC...
by Old School Gamer | May 4, 2022 | 1980s, Reviews, The Story Of...
It’s the holiday season, which means it is time to sit down and watch The Star Wars Holiday Special. It has become something of a cult classic since its one and only airing forty years ago. This made for TV masterpiece told the story of Chewbacca, his wife Mallatobuck...
