Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: WWF Warzone
Saturday, July 14th marks the 20th anniversary of the release of WWF War Zone, a revolutionary title for its time which has unfortunately fallen by the wayside as time has marched on. The mid-90s was a period of transition in the wrestling industry, and that includes...
Creature Features: Monster Games of the 1980s
I adore the old, black and white monster movies. Films like Frankenstein, King Kong, and even clunkers like Gamera are some of my favorite cinematic experiences. Given the choice between Citizen Kane and Creature from the Black Lagoon, I’ll pick the creature feature...
Old School Gamer is available digitally and shipping Friday!
OSG #5 is available digitally now for all subscribers and will be in the mailboxes of print subscribers early next week... This "action-packed" issue puts the emphasis sports games in the realm of retro gaming. We start out with NBA Jam and Mutant Football...
Evolution of Role-Playing Games in Japan – By Antoine Clerc-Renaud
Dragon Quest may be the first Japanese Role Playing Game using mechanics still used today, but it’s certainly not the first role playing game from the land of the rising sun. It was a trailblazer that inspired and led a charge by the Japanese but there were some...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Joe Jackmovich
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Joe Jackmovich, who is displayed on card number 2101, from the Superstars of 2015. Joe is an experienced journalist with his M.A. from Indiana University. Being a video game reporter, Joe has talked to many figures in the...
Who You Gonna Call?: Remembering Ghostbusters for the C64
VIdeo games made from licensed films are notorious for their sketchy quality. Gameplay and graphics tend to be thrown together slap dash in an effort to capitalize on the film’s popularity before the public has moved on to the next big thing. So, it would be if gamers...
Wiz(ardor) Talk: Memories of Wizardry – By Kevin Butler
During my sophomore year in August, 1981, our high school was gifted a black (Darth Vader) Bell & Howell Apple computer. These were given to select secondary educational institutions around the country. Additionally, our school purchased three or four more of...
6 Random Games To Play This Summer
While summer time is when you can relax and admire the beautiful nature, you can also play some games. Get out of your comfort zone and play some games that you’ve never played before and you might a new genre to fall in love with. It doesn’t matter whether you like...
The Last Official Release: Sega Master System – Mickey’s Ultimate Challenge (1998)
Greetings again, fellow retro travellers, and welcome back The Last Official Release. If you haven’t been following, in this series I investigate the very last official games to be released for your favourite consoles. A full list of what I’ve already covered can be...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – NES Open Tournament Golf
With today being Independence Day in the United States and hot on the heels of the release of Mario Tennis Aces for the Nintendo Switch, it seemed to be a good time to look back at one particular entry in the Mario sports pantheon -- one in which the company star is...
Wizball: Sensible Software’s Magnum Opus
The world has been drained of color and the nefarious wizard Zark is to blame. Who can save us from this monochromatic nightmare? Why, Wiz and his cat Nifta of course! To do so, Wiz must explore the worlds in a Wizball, bouncing his way along as he attempts to set...
Mutant Football League goes Dynasty Edition Soon!
CHICAGO – July 3, 2018 – Hellishly brutal arcade-style football game Mutant Football League: Dynasty Edition is blitzing onto Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, and Xbox One at retail on Sept. 18, with new exclusive teams and gameplay...
7 Year Old The Sims Freeplay is being Taken Off from App Stores
In a sad news to players of The Sims Freeplay, the game will no longer be available for download in chosen countries from July 5. According to the release by the EA community managers, the game was taken down for not meeting regional standards and if you are a fan of...
I Played Every Action 52 Game and Now I Want to Die
When I discovered Action 52 ten years ago I thought it might be fun to play a new game every week and write about it. It wasn't (the games are terrible and repetitive), but I kept at it for several months until I ran out of not only new and clever things to say about...
Paradroid: The Rise of the Machines
Anyone who has spent any amount of time reading or watching science fiction knows that the machines are bound to rise against us. It’s just a matter of time. From Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey to James Cameron’s The Terminator, the idea of killer machines...
New Kickstarter Promises Compatibility of Duck Hunt & LCD TVs
One of the biggest retro gaming shames of technology switching to modern flat-screens (besides from the input-lag) is the lose of light-gun compatibility. Yes, if you’re somehow not aware, favourites such as Virtua Cop and Time Crisis will not work on your shiny, new...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
To wrap up "Jurassic June", we're still continuing our look at the members of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team, but slightly out of the intended order. This week, we're taking a brief look at one of the pivotal partners in pioneering Project Reality, Silicon Graphics,...
The Tomy Caveman (1983)
After a break in videos (you'll see why in the next upload), I'm making my mildly triumphant return by presenting to you, the viewer, the Tomy Caveman. Found gracing the shelves in 1983, this portable electronic game has you playing as a simple caveman as he tries to...
Project Firestart: A Forgotten Masterpiece
Not every masterpiece gets recognized. Sometimes the greatest creations linger in obscurity. Such is the case with the 1989 survival horror game Project Firestart, a game that Penny Arcade once described as “the survival horror template in its entirety.” Designed by...
Blockbuster Moive Tie-Ins For the Sega CD
Crazy special effects that make you feel like you're in a virtual reality movie. Big (bigger! biggest!) budgets! A-list movie stars and directors! Summer blockbuster season is officially here. Beyond the traditional summer movie fare of superheroes and sequels that...
Tiny Arcades have already invaded….even more coming soon!
It’s up to you to save the planet and galaxy, or maybe just avoid those pesky ghosts with the new Tiny Arcades! Super Impulse has brought the most iconic arcade video games back in a size that will fit in the palm of your hand! The screen size is less than 1.5 inches...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Eric Liddell
Our next Trading Card Spotlight Features Eric Liddell who is displayed on card number 268, from the Superstars Collection of 2012. Eric holds the world record for the Arcade and MAME version of the game Solarquest. He also is a huge contender on many of the Williams...
Mappy Is Coming to the Atari 2600 and It’s Going to Be Amazing
The image above is from an Atari 2600 game. Before you continue reading, pause for a bit and let that really sink in. As soon as you're suitably dumbfounded, you may continue. I have something of a love/hate relationship with homebrew arcade ports for the Atari 2600....
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [4] Cruis’n USA & Star Wars : Shadows of the Empire
#7 : Cruis'n USA After spending two years sitting in arcades with a full driver's seat, wheel and pedals, Cruis'n USA made it's way into everybody's home on the Nintendo 64. Initially intended to go out when the console launched, the game was pulled less than a month...
The Explosive Fun of Bazooka Bill
What can you possibly say about Bazooka Bill? It wasn’t a particularly brilliant game. It didn’t contain any major firsts in video game history. It was a fairly standard side scroller action game. So, why bother writing about it? Well, Bazooka Bill was one of the...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Brian Fargo Talks ‘Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep’
Old School Gamer Magazine talks with video game icon Brian Fargo, who discusses the newest addition to the Bard’s Tale series, Bard’s Tale IV, which is currently in development. Fargo also discusses InXile’s future Wasteland title, as well as Wasteland 2’s eventual...
The Last Official Release: Game & Watch – Mario the Juggler
Greetings, fellow retro gaming comrades, and welcome back to The Last Official Release. Within this article and throughout these words, I explore the last official games ever to grace our favourite consoles. A full list of what I’ve already covered can be found at the...
Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues for Super NES by Ocean
Whereas Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues for the Game Boy was fairly standard as far as platformers of the day go, Ocean Software displayed a bit more ambition when creating a sequel to Jurassic Park for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. This is...
Maniac Mansion: A Campy Classic
The teenage years are a difficult and confusing time. They’re even more difficult and confusing if your girlfriend Sandy has been kidnapped by a mad scientist who is being mind controlled by a sentient meteor. Such are the trying circumstances that Dave Miller must...
My Arcade® to launch classic BANDAI NAMCO Titles on two unique new portable devices
LOS ANGELES, CA – June 12, 2018 – MY ARCADE, US Based Retro Gaming specialist, and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc., have joined forces and are set to announce two new gaming devices filled with Classic NAMCO games at this year’s E3. The new machines further expand the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Lauren Featherstone
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Lauren Featherstone, who is displayed on card number 2752, from the Superstars Collection of 2017. Lauren is the current World Record holder on the arcade game “Tapper.” With a score of 14,000,600, she played for more than 24...
Mayhem in Monsterland: The Swan Song of the Commodore 64
All good things come to an end. By the early 1990s, the golden age of Commodore 64 games was past. The world of technology was moving on, but the system had one last surprise in store for the gaming world. It came in the form of a little dinosaur. The dinosaur’s name...
Mini Arcades / MyArcades! – By Old School Gamer Staff
Late last year MyArcade/DreamGear released a series of three mini arcade games (with more hopefully in the works). MyArcade sent Old School Gamer the full set to review. These mini arcade games are shaped and housed inside a 6” plastic cabinet reminiscent of arcade...
Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: Jurassic Park Part 2: The Chaos Continues for Game Boy by Ocean
In the early to mid-90s, Jurassic Park was big business, and every company who had a piece of the license was understandably fully intent on capitalizing on it to the fullest. However, there was something of a problem with that: Once they'd adapted the 1993 movie,...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside: ‘INC $D020: Guide to C64 Intro Coding’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with INC $D020: Guide to C64 Intro Coding author Damian Caynes to find out what inspired the upcoming book and why it’s different from any tutorial you’ll find on the web. About INC $D020: Guide to C64 Intro Coding: A ground breaking...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Don Atreides
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Don Atreides, who is displayed on card number 2439, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. Don is one of the top Tetris Players anywhere. After maxing out NES Tetris at the age of 16, Don took some time off and came back...
Jelly Monsters: The Battle Between Commodore and Atari
In the great pantheon of video games, few titles loom so large as Pac-Man. Developed by Namco and released in 1980, the game was wildly successful, creating legions of devoted fans. That same year, Commodore released the 8 bit VIC-20. It marked an important step in...
The Last Official Release: PS1 – Schnappi: 3 Fun-Games
Hi! How’s it hanging? Welcome back to the Last Official Release – the consecutive article series that delves into the last official game release for whatever console I happen to choose. An evolving list of previously covered consoles can be found at the end of this...
Dungeon of Death: An RPG For The Commodore PET
I don’t remember the first text based adventure game I ever played. It seems like the sort of thing I should know given my love for the genre, but the title has vanished from my memory. Because of this I suspect, the games have attained something of a towering,...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: 1984-1989 By Adam Pratt
This is an update & re-write of an original article that was published on ArcadeHeroes.com on June 27th, 2012 entitled ‘40 Years Of Arcade Games’. You can still read that post here: http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/27/ 40-years-of-arcade-games/ In last issue’s...