Wasteland II: Director’s Cut (Nintendo Switch) Review: Stellar
Wasteland II: Director’s Cut on the Nintendo Switch is like reuniting with a best friend you haven’t seen in a year. And when you lock eyes with them, you see them a little happier, with a fresh new outfit on and killer shades. Once you start talking, you see that...
Josh Neels – Collector Stories – By Josh Yawn
It was the fall of 2014. I had just purchased my first arcade machine on a whim. I had no idea what I was doing. I always wanted to own one (that one became forty) and was excited to get working on getting it running. I asked around in the mid-sized Texas city I’m...
The Evil Dead And the “Video Nasties” Menace
I believe I have made a significant find in the Kandarian ruins, a volume of ancient Sumarian burial practices and funerary incantations. It is entitled "Naturum De Montum", roughly translated: Book of the Dead. The book is bound in human flesh and inked in human...
The Last Official Release: N-Gage – Civilization (2006)
Hello again, retro gaming fanatics, and welcome back to The Last Official Release. Throughout these pixels, projected outwards into your eyeballs, I take you through the final games released for your favourite consoles. I’ve covered quite a few consoles thus far (a...
New Nintendo Patent Could Bring Game Boy Games to Mobile Devices (Officially)
Is Nintendo looking at bringing Portable Power to mobile devices? And would they consider going beyond that?
The Spooks and Chills of Atari’s Haunted House
Many years ago in the small town of Spirit Bay, there lived a mean old man named Zachary Graves… So begins the tale of Atari’s Haunted House, released in 1982 for the Atari 2600 console. As we lurch toward Halloween, let’s pay a brief visit to Old Man Graves’s house...
Go Retro Portable from Retro Bit hitting major retailers this fall and winter!
Pomona, Ca, October 3, 2018 -- Retro-Bit®, the leading manufacturer of classic gaming accessories, is bringing some of the most popular video games into your hands this holiday season with its new GoRetro! Portable handheld console. Available throughout North America...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin – This is Why I Hate Horror Games
I have always talked about video games and the arcade world. But this time I just want to take a step back because we are at the beginning of October and you know what that means. Stale candy to be gathered and eaten at the end of December. But all of the stories...
The Walter Day Report – G.O.A.T.s Of the 21st Century Part 2 – By Walter Day
March’s issue of the 20th Century G.O.A.T.s and May’s G.O.A.T.s of the 21st Century covered a lot of ground, but by no means are we done yet! Andrew Barrow With 157 registered high scores on the Twin Galaxies Scoreboard, Andrew holds 75 world records, mostly in the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Robert Racek
Our next Trading Card Spotlight Features Robert Racek/Sid Seattle who currently is displayed on card number 2293, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Robert also represents himself and "Arcade Culture" on cards 2735, 2849, and 2850 and a couple others with the...
The 11th Hour
Sixty years after the events of The 7th Guest, television producer Robin Morales goes missing while investigating murders that occurred in Harley-On-The-Hudson, New York. Carl Denning, a reporter and Morales’s lover, has gone in search of her. The story of Morales’s...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Warren Davis
This weekend Warren Davis will be inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame. He is inducted in the category of Game Developer. This trading card spotlight was featured on January 19, 2018. Congratulations Warren on being in the Hall of Fame. Our next...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [8] War Gods & Hexen
#15 : War Gods A very long time ago, there was a spaceship passing close to Earth, carrying ore that had the ability to give life, when the ship crashed on the planet, scattering all of it's cargo across the planet. Over time, ten humans discover rock pieces of the...
Celebrating 30 Years of Super Mario Bros. 2
Looking back and ahead at the impact of “Mario Madness.”
The Last Official Release: Fairchild Channel F – Alien Invasion (1981)
Good evening, retro gamers, and welcome back The Last Official Release. Please, get comfortable, find a cosy spot on the couch and reach for that steaming cup of cocoa. We’re about to venture into the world of the last games commercially released for your favourite...
The 7th Guest
Murder. Mystery. Mind bending puzzles. Dark visions and demented toy makers. The 7th Guest had it all. It’s the perfect game to remember as we enter the Halloween season. The 7th Guest was developed by Trilobyte and published by Virgin Interactive Entertainment in...
Soundtrack Review: Donkey Kong Country, Part I (SNES, 1994)
Ah, Donkey Kong Country. Some of my fondest memories of the Super Nintendo involve this game. I find myself revisiting this game's music at least twice a year, just to tap into that nostalgia from my formative years. From the first few notes of the opening Rareware...
Atari Pong Table Wins Toronto Fall Home Show “Best In Show” Award
Since day one of the premiere of the Atari Pong Table appearance on Kickstarter, Old School Gamer Magazine has developed a very close relationship with the creators and staff of the innovative experience. This past weekend, they received the "Best in Show" award at...
Saturday Morning Cartoons – By Brad Feingold
Waking up on a Saturday morning in the 80’s was like clockwork to me. In fact, I didn’t even need an alarm clock. While everyone slept at 6AM, I snuck downstairs, poured a bowl of Rice Krispies and added about five huge scoops of sugar, and turned on the tv to watch...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Niklas Nylund
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Niklas Nylund who works for the Finnish Museum of Games, displayed on card number 2723, from the Twin Galaxies Superstars Collection of 2017. As part of a fundraiser in 2015, this history of Finland gaming is located in...
Atari’s Pit-Fighter: Destroying Friendships Since 1990
Growing up, there was a Tilt Arcade at the mall near my house. It sat upstairs in the corner of the food court. It had a bright, neon sign that beckoned to me like a moth being drawn to a flame. I’ve got no idea how much money I wasted there. I probably could have...
The Last Official Release: Atari Jaguar – Worms (1998)
Well hey! Look at that – it’s time for another entry into the Last Official Release series. Within, I explore the final games to be officially released on your favourite consoles. I’ve pretty much run out of ‘major’ consoles from the 5th generation and below to cover...
Early NES (Nintendo) Box Art Pt 2 – Black Box Games Continued
Continuing the topic of the early Nintendo black box titles and their box art, I wanted to quickly highlight a few more from some of the other series that really caught my attention in the 80s, such as the light gun, programmable and arcade series. Arcade series games...
AtGames Announces Legends Flashback Console
Company to Deliver Value-priced High Definition Console Packed with Legendary Video Games Los Angeles – September 25, 2018 - AtGames Digital Media Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment products, today announced their latest classic video gaming release, Legends...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Rareware
Of the numerous companies Nintendo brought together to form their Ultra 64 Dream Team, many were surprising, but some were just plain obvious.
New Column: Video Game Soundtracks
Have you ever imagined what a film would be without a score? How about without foley? Woefully incomplete. The fact is, backing tracks and audio elements are just as much a part of entertainment as the visual aspects. The same is true of video games. Without...
Time Traveler: Sega’s Maddening Holographic Arcade Game
Some games you simply love to hate. Dragon’s Lair by Rick Dyer comes to mind. Despite its amazing animation, the game was maddeningly difficult and bordered on unplayable. Sure, we’ve all met a handful of people that somehow managed to master the timing required to...
Lamplight City: More a Flicker Than a Flame
“With a great premise, aesthetic, and fun characters, Lamplight City is a game clearly made for the retro PC gamer.”
AtGames® Announces Blast! Family of Products
LOS ANGELES, September 25, 2018 (Newswire.com) - AtGames® Digital Media Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment products, today announced their latest classic video gaming releases, the Blast! family of products. The Blast! series of HDMI dongle and wireless...
Introducing the Pix – Your Customizable Backpack
\Kickstarter is a site that allows people with fresh ideas to present it to the world and let people get involved with the process of the production of the product. Sometimes the products will succeed and be funded within an hour or two, and some will not be funded...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Stephen Wagner
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stephen Wagner who currently is displayed on card number 158, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Stephen has been playing arcade games since he was 7 years old. All the years of experience has put Stephen in the record...
WWF Superstars
Hulk Hogan. Macho Man Randy Savage. Mr. Perfect. Ted Dibiase, the Million Dollar Man. The Ultimate Warrior. In the early 90s, these were some of the biggest names in the world of professional wrestling. They were superstars. They were loud, brash, full of swagger (and...
Early NES (Nintendo) Box Art Pt 1 – Black Box Titles
Nintendo Power was an enormous resource when it came to helping NES owners determine what games were worth buying, renting, or better off skipping entirely. However, not everyone was blessed enough to be a Nintendo Power subscriber, and there were very few other ways...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Wrecking Crew ’98
While the "Mario Mania" series of articles is more for games featuring Mario that aren't immediately obvious, you can see from the title screen above that Wrecking Crew '98 is considerably more up-front about who its star is than its worldwide-released predecessor. In...
Bart Vs. The Space Mutants
The first animated shorts featuring The Simpsons debuted on the Tracey Ullman Show in 1987. The characters got their own prime time series two years later. Over three decades later and the show has becomes longest running American sitcom and the country’s longest...
PS1 Fans Rejoice… a Mini “Classic” Version is Coming
Well, I now know what I want for Christmas. Obviously inspired by Nintendo’s success with their mini NES and SNES Classic consoles, Sony is taking a punt at the concept with their own PlayStation (the original). Originally released on the 3rd of December, 1994 in...
Midwest Gaming Classic Dates Announced!
We are excited to announce that we will be returning April 12, 13 and 14 to the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee! Tickets are on sale right now at https://www.midwestgamingclassic.com/buy-tickets/ Hotel rooms may be booked now through...
12-inch RepliCade X Centipede Arcade Cabinet Now Available From New Wave
New Wave Toys has officially launched RepliCade X Centipede, an officially licensed, fully-playable 1/6-scale reproduction of the classic Atari arcade cabinet. RepliCade X Centipede is now available for $160 on NewWaveToys.com, and soon on Amazon, Walmart, and Best...
The Last Official Release: Virtual Boy – 3D Tetris (1996)
Hello again, retro gaming friends, and welcome back to The Last Official Release. It’s been a while since the last entry of this series – the retro gaming news cycle has instead been quite fruitful thanks to E3 – but with all that simmering down, it’s back to...
Kid Chameleon on the Sega Genesis
Mark Cerny began working in the video game industry at the tender age of 17. In the early 1980s, he joined Atari and worked on titles like Major Havoc and Marble Madness. Over the course of his career, his name has been connected to some of the industry’s most iconic...