RepliCade: Mini Tempest Arcade Machine Replica Launching on Kickstarter
Last year, Replicade wowed the gaming community by releasing a 1/6 Scale version of Centipede by Atari through a Kickstarter campaign. What turned out to be a monstrous success, they now have an incredible lineup of games coming soon. The second installment to the...
Atari 2600 Pricer – Presented By Puregaming.org’s Retro Game Collector Application
The following pages contain pricing for collectors of the Atari 2600 software lineup. All pricing below is based on Pure Gaming’s unique algorithm that scours online resoures looking for what actual product sold for in many different locations. It should be...
Mutant Football League Review: Back For More Carnage!!!!!
The Super Bowl is Sunday and the most important question to ask is, what commercial is going to win? Actually this is the first year I don't care. Lately, the commercials have been boring and not funny and I'm not caring if Justin Timberlake is going to pull another...
Text Adventures and Early Gaming – By Kristopher Purzycki
When we think of classic games, we might typically think as far back as to those days when Nintendo and Sega were battling for supremacy over the market. Many still look back further to when similar lines were being drawn in the sand between Atari, Coleco, and...
THEC64 Mini – A New Mini Console Based on the Obvious
Various mini Nintendo consoles, loads of mini Sega and Atari Consoles, even mini 90’s video rental stores – everything retro is better in miniature form. However, 80’s home PC’s have been, for the most part, left out of this (somewhat) cultural phenomenon. But, that...
Why Cartridges Instead of CDs for the Nintendo 64?
In 1994, things were changing in the video game industry as it looked toward the future. Part of that future involved shifting from the use of chip-based ROM cartridges to a newer technology: The CD-ROM. Early developments saw platform holders such as NEC and SEGA...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Robyn Swanson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Robyn Swanson, who is displayed on card number 119 from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Robyn is also displayed on card number 920. Robyn is one of the most competitive women gamers today. Robyn is currently a...
Review: Retro-Bit RES+ – By Brad Feingold
Let me start this review by saying I forgot how much I really hated the Teenage Mutant Turtles game for the Nintendo until I started to review this product. Also, I would like to say how much I forgot how much I hated Super Mario 3. Now before we start to get letters,...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Aperion Cyberstorm’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Jon Price – Co-founder and Designer of the new Nintendo Switch dual-stick shooter, “Aperion Cyberstorm.” A combination of Metroid and Geometry Wars, it’s a unique experience inspired by some of the greatest games of all-time. Old...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Dishonest Gamer
Oh, I'm probably not going to be liked after this one, but I was assigned write my memories about video games. But keep in mind, I was a kid and there wasn't any money stolen, but here we go. As a kid, I was always wanting to find that outlet to play the video games....
Space Invaders (Atari VCS/2600)
It has been well documented that Space Invaders was a quarter-hogging phenomenon back in the late 1970’s, and Atari catapulted themselves into 1st place during the early home console wars when they procured the rights to port it on their Video Computer System in 1980....
Phoenix IV: Arcade Classics Return
As Virtuality was bringing an old classic back to arcades in a new way, other companies were releasing classic arcade games for new formats. Following the success of Activision’s Atari 2600 Action Packs, several companies began releasing compilations of classic arcade...
Downright Bizarre Games: Zombies Ate My Neighbors – Good or Bad?!?!?
Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo 1993 You always secretly knew that your neighbors were useless… even before Lucas Arts and Konami confirmed it. In this run and gun game you control Julie or Zeke, armed to the teeth with unconventional artillery such as water pistols,...
A New Marauder for the Atari 2600
There's nothing wrong with the old Marauder if you ask me. It's a perfectly good Berzerk rip-off with an interesting line-of-sight mechanic. That means that any enemies or objects the main character can't "see," because they're behind him or on the other side of a...
Capturing Retro Game Footage
Maybe you’re thinking of starting a YouTube channel about retro gaming, or you’re planning on streaming something like speedruns or (god forbid) let’s plays – you’re going to need a way to record the gameplay. Sure, you could simply point a camera at the screen and...
Review: Hyperkin RETRON HD – By Marc Andrews
Hyperkin’s Retron HD is cool no doubt about it. As the owner of a Hyperkin Retron 5 (plays tons of different consoles through downloading the Roms from the cartridge slots and has its own interface for loading games, etc, I’m thrilled that they made a unit like this...
My Arcade Debuts New Collectibles Licensed From Bandai Namco Entertainment at CES 2018
PAC-MANTM, GalagaTM, and Dig DugTM Headline New Wave of Table-Top Mini Arcades and Portable Handhelds TORRANCE, CA - Retro gaming brand, My Arcade has acquired license from legendary video game developer, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment, to release a new range of...
Tempest 2000 (Atari Jaguar)
Back in 1994, Atari were in need of a flagship game for their latest console, the Jaguar. The launch titles they had released for the console weren’t doing the trick in moving systems out the retailer’s doors. Thankfully, Jeff Minter had been designing a game that...
F-Zero: The Original Face of the Super NES
With the release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition in late September 2017, Nintendo also released a number of new interviews with developers of the system's earliest games to shine a little light on how things came to be at the dawn of their...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul Zimmerman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul Zimmerman, who currently is displayed on card number 1, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Paul has many World Records held on the Atari 2600 System. Games like Demon Attack, Berzerk and Phoenix to name a few. Paul...
Pikmin for GameCube Review
This was my first GameCube review - Pikmin! Released in 2001, Pikmin has you directing a bunch 'Pikmin' to salvage scattered spaceship parts after crash-landing on an uncharted planet. You're under the pump, though - you've only got 30 days until your oxygen runs out!...
The Fourth Annual Northwest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts Swap Meet
On the morning of January 20, 2018, barely three months after the Portland Retro Gaming Expo, gamers from in and around Portland Oregon ready for more lined up outside the DoubleTree hotel for the Fourth Annual Northwest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts Swap Meet. While...
The Game Scholar: Conversations with Consoles
In today’s gaming climate a microphone is practically just as standard as a controller, but it’s usually used for conversations between players. But one goal has always been for verbal interaction, where players could actually speak their commands into voice...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Hunt Is On, Unless You Are A King……..
Yeah, I wasn't to sure how to title this one. But when it gets to the point, it's the same thing. Back in 1982, there were a whole lot of games being released in the arcade and not a lot of quarters in my pocket. But that really didn't stop me from going to the...
Downright Bizarre Games: Jaws Unleashed – Dah Dumm….Dah Dumm
Jaws Unleashed Microsoft X-Box and Playstation 2 2006 There are not many titles that allow you to play as the antagonist. Jaws Unleashed, a free-roaming action game, fulfills that adolescent wish. Exactly how bad-ass is Jaws? Well, the tutorial alone teaches players...
Phoenix IV: Magazines Reach Their Peak
Interest in videogames reached an all-time high during 1994. In January, GamePro became the rst videogame magazine to sell 500,000 copies of a single issue. EGM broke a di erent type of record when its December issue contained 404 pages. So much news concerning...
Retro Gaming Archives – Winter/Spring 1984
1984 was a tough year for video gaming releases. For many of us, 1984 was just another year and the words "video", "game" and "crash" were never uttered consecutively. There was still a plethora of Atari, Intellivision and Colecovision consoles and games available in...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: The 1970s
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/ Video...
My Arcade Delivers a Nostalgic Blast from the Past with New Line of Micro Player TM Arcade Cabinets
Data East Classics BurgerTime, Bad Dudes, and Karate Champ are Now Available in Mini Arcade Form TORRANCE, CA - Dec. 4, 2017 - My Arcade, manufacturer of retro gaming products and classic console accessories, has licensed the rights for classic titles from legendary...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin – Q*Bert
Welcome to the inaugural edition of Brett’s Old-School Bargain Bin, where I’ll be pointing you to games that won’t break your bank account. Instead of rushing out to buy a Nintendo Switch for $400 (if you can find it), plus a couple of $60 games, why not kick back on...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘We Got Dungeons’ Part II
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Mega Cat Studios’ Milosh, the lead developer behind the developer’s upcoming rogue RPG on the Sega Genesis, “We Got Dungeons,” who lets us know exactly why it's a special title. Developing a retro game, using retro hardware, is no...
Xi Rao – Student, Curator, Gamer
Xi Rao is a research assistant and PhD student in Technology and Humanities at Illinois Tech. She is interested in social media analysis, information design, as well as fan study. She studies and curates Twitter discussions on games such as #1ReasonWhy and...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Alleyway
When it comes to filling in one's collection of games Mario has appeared in, one mustn't overlook the U.S. launch titles for the original Game Boy. Naturally, there's the obvious in Super Mario Land, but the plumbing protagonist really pulled his weight as the...
Dreamcast Games Ooga Booga, NFL 2K1 to have Online Functionality Restored
Are you disenchanted with modern online experiences that leave you with nothing but insults from 14-olds? Well, fret no more as more Dreamcast games are set to soon have their online functionality restored. Modder, Shuouma, who has already returned a number of great...
Control everything from Street Fighter, to Mario, to Sphero Droids!
Old School Gamer played with one of these at CES last week and we are excited about it as we spend more time with their tablet version hopefully next week. Look for a full review of the Iphone, Ipad edition coming up in a future Old School Gamer Magazine! LOS...
MAKERbuino Demo At CES!
While at CES last week, we were able to spend some time with Albert the successful Kickstarter of MAKERbuino! MAKERbuino is a handheld retro gaming device that you can build yourself. It's 8-bit, fun, educational and hackable. You can check out more information at...
I Own a Pac-Man Toboggan
As much as I love classic video games, I have no interest in classic video game ephemera. Collectibles. Knick-knacks. Tchotchkes. Whatever you want to call them, I don't need them. My game room isn't cluttered with action figures, bedspreads, lunch boxes, creepy...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Captains Log, I Still Love Star Wars!
With all of the video games that are created and played, and with all of the graphics and controls, how is it possible to go back to the basics? Sometimes, it is all about the memories of the game. But at the beginning of January, it was a lot more than that. During...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Ιlias Florakis
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Ιlias Florakis who is displayed on card number 70, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Ilias lives in Athens, Greece and is an avid game player on multiple game consoles. Ilias is the record holder on many games such as...
Preserving the Past: Patrick Scott Patterson
Texas native Patrick Scott Patterson is a video game advocate, historian, and preservationist. He works tirelessly to ensure the legacy of the industry and culture so they are not lost to time. Patrick took time out of his busy schedule recently to answer a few of my...