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...

You Can’t Call It… Stories from a life making video games a book by Warren Davis – Review By Ryan Burger

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

Meeting Warren a couple years ago has started out a relationship where I’ve spent some nice time with him – first talking at E3, then later in Des Moines when he was in town, and hanging out at a couple retro gaming expos. When I first met him he told me he was...

Dual Reviews – By Michael Mertes

by Brad Feingold | Apr 22, 2020 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Breakout: Pilgrim in the Microworld – Book Review By Michael Mertes As a video game player, you can probably name a few different game titles that intrigued you so much that you could potentially be clinically Thoughts of the game and how to play it race through...