Old Atari on Switch and New Atari on 4 Switchers – By Ryan Burger and Rice Pryor

by Old School Gamer | Apr 13, 2019 | 2010s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

New Atari-related releases are coming fast and furious, from many different directions recently. AtariAge. com has been publishing tons of new games, many of which were first released at the Portland Retro Gaming Expo and to the public quickly afterwards....

Coffee Crisis – Grab a Cup and Kick Alien Butt!!! – By Brad Feingold

by Brad Feingold | Apr 13, 2019 | 1980s, Arcade, Reviews

“The evil alien Smurglien race has taken notice of Earth’s fancy World Wide Web and have begun stealing its WiFi. In doing so, they have hacked their own version of the internet and hid it deep within the Earth’s web-based systems, calling it the Smurnet.”  Now that’s...

Convention Update: Nov 2018 – Jan 2019 – By Old School Gamer

by Old School Gamer | Apr 12, 2019 | 2010s, Events, Magazine Preview, Reviews

RETRO GAME CON SYRACUSE, NY – BY CONOR O’BRIEN The sixth Retro Game Con was held November 3-4 at the Oncenter in Syracuse, NY. Despite grey skies and cold rain, hundreds of attendees showed up at the venue. Some attendees came in costume and many were gamer...

Flip Grip: Bullet Heaven – By Rob Faraldi

by Rob Faraldi | Apr 11, 2019 | 2000s, Magazine Preview, Reviews

Shmups (short for “shoot ‘em ups”) were a mainstream genre decades ago, but have since become a persistent niche. Some of the more popular and notable shmups include Radiant Silvergun, Ikaruga, M.U.S.H.A., and Raiden. Certain classic consoles including TurboGrafx-16,...

Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Asteroids and Beamrider – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Apr 9, 2019 | 1990s, 2000s, Columns, Magazine Preview, Reviews

The theme for this installment of Old School Gamer is simu- lation games, but I’m still on a shooter high from the last issue, so I’m going to spotlight two more shooting games that are easy on the wallet, yet fun to play. If you’re cool with cartridge only, Asteroids...

ToeJam and Earl

by Shaun Jex | Apr 7, 2019 | 1990s, Reviews, The Story Of...

Last month, the world was gifted with ToeJam and Earl: Back In the Groove. The game was funded by a $500,000 Kickstarter campaign with help from Adult Swim, and comes out roughly 28 years after the first game in the franchise was released. To celebrate the release of...