GenX Travel Experience
About This Episode They say it’s not the destination, but the journey that matters. Striking out on a trip — be it for business or pleasure — has changed dramatically since our days growing up as Generation X’ers. In this Backtrack, we’re exploring all the ways that...
Infogrames Acquires Publishing Rights of Co-op Hit Bread & Fred
NEW YORK, Nov. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Infogrames — a game publishing and distribution subsidiary of Atari — today announced the acquisition of the Bread & Fred publishing rights in an agreement with Apogee Entertainment. Bread & Fred is a popular co-op...
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a 1989 beat ’em up arcade game released by Konami. It is based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, including the first animated series that began airing two years earlier. In the game, up to four players control the titular...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Howard Scott Warshaw
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Howard Scott Warshaw who currently is displayed on card number 208, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. Howard is a true pioneer in the gaming industry. As one of the original Atari programmers for the Atari 2600, Howard...
Recent News in Keitai Game Preservation
Japanese feature phone games, also known as keitai games or I-Mode games, remain one of the stranger side quests in gaming history. At a time in the aughts that started to see more official releases for Japanese-only titles in the West, keitai games from the...
GTA Advance: A Forgotten GBA Gem Turns 20
Grand Theft Auto is one of the biggest media franchises of all time, you need only look at the sales numbers for proof. The most recent game in the series, Grand Theft Auto V, has cleared over 6 billion dollars, making it the best-selling piece of traditional...
Introducing Polymega® Collection
At long last, Polymega System Software Update v1.1.32 will be releasing any day now, and with that news comes some great new features that we've been hard at work on for the last few months that we want to share with you. Introducing Polymega Collection Polymega...
A review of Day of the Tentacle from Boss Fight Books
As Boss Fight books go, Day of the Tentacle is unusual in that it is not, strictly speaking, an original composition about the 1993 LucasArts adventure game. Author Bob Mackey is a video game journalist who worked for USgamer.net among other publications, and...
Atari Acquires Chris Sawyers’ Transport Tycoon
NEW YORK, Nov. 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Atari® — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers —today announced the acquisition of Transport Tycoon in an agreement with the game’s creator Chris Sawyer. The 1994 title set...
IREM COLLECTION VOL. 2 IS TAKING OFF! (Release 14th Nov)
Stuttgart, Germany - Can you hear the bustling sound of the arcades? ININ, Tozai Games, Irem, and Strictly Limited Games revive the exhilarating atmosphere of 90s arcade action with the next chapter of the Irem Collection. The run and gun masterpieces GunForce,...
Old School Gamer Exclusive Q & A: Grady Hunt Talks Bloody Roar
Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. chats with gaming developer Grady Hunt, who discusses his time on Bloody Roar on the original Sony PlayStation. Old School Gamer Magazine: How did you get involved in the game? Grady Hunt: I was working at Sony, it was the second...
Creepy NES Games to Celebrate Halloween
Halloween is here, and while you could settle in with some scary movies, we believe that firing up some retro horror games is the best way to celebrate the holiday. Although the horror genre didn't really take off in gaming until the late 1990s with titles like...
Games That Go Bump in the Night
With the advent of Fall upon us, the appearance of ghosts, witches and vampires at our front doors is not too far in the distance. Yes, Halloween will soon be upon us once again. What better way to spend a Halloween’s eve than curled up with your classic gaming system...
Five Spooky Classic Video Games to Play This Halloween Season (Part Two)
Five (Kinda) Obscure Retro Horror Games to Play This Halloween If you’re looking for spooky games that are a bit off the beaten path, retro gaming has you covered with some eerie hidden gems. While these games might not be household names, they each offer a unique...
Haunted: Halloween ’87 NES KICKSTARTER
October 25, 2024 (Pittsburgh, P.A.) - October of 2025 will mark the 10 year anniversary of us making games as Retrotainment, and to celebrate we'll be releasing Haunted: Halloween '87 (Year of the Witch). It will complete the Haunted: Halloween trilogy on the NES!...
Spooky Pinball, Jersey Jack Pinball, First Look at Sushi Madness and First Listen to Blues Brothers
Spooky shared pictures of cool new testing rigs at its new factory building. Neat pictures: "So excited to be using these new test rigs this week on the production line! Can't wait to do a factory walk through and explain our whole setup to all of you. We're very...
Ghosts, Puzzles, and a Cause: Graveyard Dude Now Available on NES
In Graveyard Dude, you’ll step into the boots of Henry the Knight, the legendary cemetery guardian, who wakes up to a haunting scene — graves overturned, bones scattered, and ghosts lingering where they shouldn’t be. It’s up to you to help Henry clean up the chaos!...
New Images of Dutch Pinball Exclusive’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Good morning everyone. I know that I've been quiet here for the past several days. A few 12 hour days in a row at a real job will do that to you lol. I'm finally starting to see the light at the end of the work tunnel and wanted to share some new news on Dutch Pinball...
Five Spooky Classic Video Games to Play This Halloween Season (Part One)
As the nights grow darker and Halloween draws near, it’s time to revisit some classic spooky retro games. Fancy graphics are not required since there’s something uniquely eerie about the atmospheric simplicity of retro games. So...
The Nightmare Fuel of “Clowns” by Bally Midway
Halloween is finally upon us. Over the last few weeks, I’ve been taking a tour through creepy, old video games, and I saved the most terrifying for last. For those who are unaware, coulrophobia is described as the “morbid fear of clowns.” Psychologists have looked at...
DarkFusion Systems
DarkFusion Systems has been in business for over 5 years, developing small form factor bespoke PCs for gamers and creators alike. Whether you're a gamer, engineer, accountant, designer, video editor, or other creator, they have you covered. Over the last 2 years,...
Splatterhouse (Turbografx-16)
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...
Soundtrack Showdown: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (NES, 1988) vs. Friday the 13th (NES, 1989)
It's that time of year again! Halloween is upon us, and with it inevitably comes the horror genre. Whether it's movies, games, music, or an overall aesthetic, Halloween is one of the most festive holidays of the year. Two horror franchises that have seen their share...
Metamorphosis Collection Pre-Order: Game Boy Color’s First Horror Compilation
First-Ever Game Boy Color Horror Compilation: Metamorphosis Collection Now Available for Pre-Order Montreal, Canada –October 22nd– Retro publisher Incube8 Games and indie development studio Ben Jelter, announce that the Metamorphosis Collection for the Nintendo Game...
The Tale of Orpheo’s Curse
Submitted for the approval of the Midnight Society, I call this story, “The Tale of Orpheo’s Curse.” For kids who grew up in the 1990s, “Are You Afraid of the Dark?” was practically a right of passage. Along with R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps books (the television series...
New Smurfs 3D Platformer coming October 24th
The Smurfs - Dreams launches across PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One | Series, and PC on October 24. THE SMURFS: DREAMS The fate of the Smurf Village rests in your dreams: dive into a fantastic journey to save it! Discover enchanting locations...
The Electric Playground Reveals Officially Licensed Attack From Mars Topper
If you follow this website, you've probably seen me talk about the cool aftermarket toppers from The Electric Playground (TEP) in the past. They are pretty well known for their neat Twilight Zone and Godzilla toppers. This morning the Company announced that it has...
Stern Pinball Unveils Metallica Remastered
The Pinball Expo in Schaumberg near Chicago is in full swing and will continue through October 19th. In the midst of these events, Stern Pinball has seen fit to announce a remastered revival of their popular 2013 Metallica table. The new LCD display...
The PlayStation 2 Killer That Never Was
When thinking of failed game systems there are a few that always come to mind such as the Dreamcast, Virtual Boy, and Atari Jaguar. Those all are examples of large, established companies that dropped the ball on a console in the public limelight, but what about a...
The Suffering II: Ties That Bind- Torque’s Last Stand; A Monster In My Closet
“I keep the ends out for the tie that binds, because you're mine, I walk the line.” -Johnny Cash Gritty, unmistakably smart and brewed in a combination of adventure, action, survival-horror and shooter gameplay, Surreal Software and Midway’s The Suffering was a...
Video Game Summit in Chicagoland, October 17-19, 2024
WE HAVE EXPANDED TO A MASSIVE 100,000 SQ FT SHOW FLOOR FOR THIS YEAR'S EVENT!! The Pinball Expo will be expanding its show floor to 100,000 sq. ft. and celebrating its 40th year as the longest running pinball show. The event, which takes place Oct. 17-19th, will be...
TI’s Field Guide of Collecting – by Tristan Ibarra
This column / article / retrospective or whatever you want to call it is a reflection on why and how we collect video games. Each time we’ll cover a different collector and discuss various (sometimes) polarizing topics that affect us. COLLECTOR PROFILE: Aaron Gum...
Uninvited: A Vastly Underrated NES Horror Adventure
Point and click adventure games have a certain undeniable charm about them, granting exceptional immersion despite their occasionally clunky controls and obtuse puzzles. In the sea of retro point and clicks, the “MacVenture” franchise stands out, thanks to its brutal...
OSG Bookshelf – by Old School Gamer Staff
Video Game of the Year. What an attention-grabbing title for a book, and what an accomplishment for a game to be titled as such. Jordan Minor, who works as an editor at PCMag, has put out a book that names his favorite games of the year. Overall, I agree with a large...
Cosplay Competition at Video Game Summit
It is now official. There will be a Cosplay competition on October 19th, 2024 at the Video Game Summit in Schaumburg, IL. The first year that VGS will be hosting this competition. Prizes and awards will be given out to winners if multiple categories. Categories Youth...
TETRIS® FOREVER News — New Trailer and Game List!
How Will You Play? The latest in our Gold Master Series of interactive documentary games, Tetris® Forever will tell the amazing true story of one of the most legendary games of all time, alongside over 15 different playable games from 40 years of Tetris history. We...
Love at First Fight – by Brian Lesyk
Back in the 80’s and 90’s, it wasn’t uncommon for nearly every grocery store in North America to have an arcade machine or two in its foyer. With just a handful of quarters, it served as an ideal place where preoccupied parents could temporarily stow their kids while...
DOOM II Celebrates 30 Years of FPS Mayhem
When developer id Software first released DOOM for MS-DOS in late 1993, the world was forever changed. Engulfed by this fast-paced frenzy of demon slaying, gamers old and new were enamored with the genre-defining first-person shooter. 10 months later, DOOM II arrived,...
Digital Nostalgia
Growing up in the 90s and early 2000s, I was gifted my first video game console. My Grandfather bought me the first Playstation for my birthday with the original Crash Bandicoot, a naughty dog developer staple. I remember my Grandpa setting up the Playstation console...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Don Hodges
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Don Hodges, who currently is displayed on card number 753, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Don is a classic arcade gamer who has analyzed program code for games such as Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Defender, and Galaga. He may be...