Pong Quest: Thou Must Go – Review By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Jun 6, 2020 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Reviews

Hear ye, hear ye. Thou has been bestowed with a quest. To go through the dungeons and collect gold coins and treasure and defeat the oversized dungeon monsters with your pong paddle. And you are to….wait, what? Yes your pong paddle. Pong quest is one of those...

The Prince of Prince of Persia – By Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Jun 6, 2020 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The first computer that I spent a lot of time on was an Apple IIc (after experiencing Apple IIe’s at junior high school) and one of the first games that I spent a lot of time on was Karateka – Jordan Mechner’s martial arts game that came out in 1984. I probably...

Switch It Up: SNK Gals’ Fighters a Five Minute Review on a Ten Minute Game – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | May 8, 2020 | 2020s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Reviews

Fighting games on the early handheld systems is not an easy accomplishment. We are not here to discuss the failure of Mortal Kombat for the Game Boy Advance, but that was just one example. To find a game that allows quick and easy movement and decent visualizations...

VECTOR 21 (GCE Vectrex) Designed by George Pelonis

by Magazine Writer | May 5, 2020 | 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Other Magazines Preview, Reviews

Available for $21 from Fury Unlimited (www.furyunlimited.com) Take it from someone who knows – when you start out learning to program on a new platform, you try to pick a project that is not overly complex. Making your first project a homebrewed 3D shooter like Quake...

Merlin’s Walls (Atari 2600) by Igor Barzilai

by Magazine Writer | May 3, 2020 | Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Other Magazines Preview, Reviews

Available from AtariAge.com for $25 Any creative art, from movies to novels to video games (yes, I called video games art), has to move forward with new techniques and big ideas. And any designer who hits on something that’s never been done before will give it...

Ulimate Guide to the NES Library 1985-1995 – Review By Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Apr 29, 2020 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Knowing of Pat Contri since I started up Old School Gamer Magazine, I knew I wanted to check out one of his books. Recently, at the Retro Game Con in Syracuse, NY, I asked him what book I should start out with. He said while he has the SNES book released more...