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Five Classic Games That Would Play Great on the Nintendo Switch
With remakes and ports on the Nintendo Switch quickly racking up over the last year, Old School Gamer lets you know what other games deserve to find their way to Nintendo’s hybrid home/portable console. Maniac Mansion: The most influential point-and-click game of...
Stern Pinball Announces New Munsters Pinball Machines
CHICAGO, IL – January 8, 2019 – Stern Pinball, Inc., a global lifestyle brand based on the iconic and outrageously fun modern American game of pinball, proudly announced today the availability of a new line of pinball machines celebrating the iconic American TV hit...
CES: My Arcade Unveils New Retro Hardware w/ Taito and BANDAI NAMCO
My Arcade just announced their latest lineup of retro-themed hardware to the world, including new officially licensed Micro Players and Pocket Players from TAITO featuring rare games never released in the West and BANDAI NAMCO’s iconic MS. PAC-MAN. It also unveiled...
Mole Mania for Game Boy Review
New review is up! This time around, one of Miyamoto's least known titles. It's a puzzle game that involves a mole; it's Mole Mania for the Game Boy! [wpdevart_youtube width="640" height="385" autoplay="0" theme="light" loop_video="0" enable_fullscreen="1"...
Sound Bytes: NES SimCity Prototype (NES, Unreleased)
You may have recently heard that a SimCity prototype for the NES was unearthed near the end of 2018. Although not 100% finished, the game (which was never released on the NES, but instead developed for the SNES) does have a full score composed by Soyo Oka, who also...
The Commodore 64 is still alive, long live the C64!
Following its drawn out demise in the early 1990s, as 8-bit personal computers started heading to garbage scrap piles all around the world, the Commodore 64 gaming scene laid somewhat dormant for a number of years before enthusiastic hobbyist programmers started to...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Brian Colin
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Brian Colin who is displayed on card number 2363, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. His Brian Colin Collection Cards are featured on 2603, 2609, 2612, 2615, 2617, 2634, 2636 and 2637. Brian has worked on over 60 games...
Spider-Man: The First Marvel Video Game
It’s been awhile since I played a video game so long that my fingers ached when I finally set the controller down, but such was the case with the new Spider-Man game developed by Insomniac Games for the PlayStation 4. With an open world and an array of missions and...
Use your Game Boy as a Gamepad with this Modified Cartridge
Everyone loves playing Game Boy games through the Wii’s Virtual Console or the GameCube’s Game Boy Player, but the controls are just never exactly right. Sure, the Game Boy didn’t exactly rep the most complex control system ever that was needing replication, but the...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Pinball
Flip up, super star!
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Carrie Swidecki
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Carrie Swidecki, who is displayed on card number 922 from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Carrie Swidecki is a Multi Guinness World Record Holder who is best known for setting the overall longest video game marathon of all...
Zombie Nation
There’s nothing like a good mash-up: Abraham Lincoln and vampires or Fruit Loops and quesadillas are just two of the most obvious examples. So, why wouldn’t there be a mash-up of zombies and samurai? More specifically, why wouldn’t you have a mash-up of zombies and a...
Merry Xmas NES fans, Here’s an Unreleased Version of SimCity!
SimCity fans likely had a slightly better Christmas this week. An unreleased NES version has finally been unleashed onto the city-building enthusiast crowd. Many will be aware of the SNES SimCity variant, but did you know a similar NES version was also in the works?...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Spectrum HoloByte
Sadly, this developer would not be one of Nintendo’s top guns.
Perseus and Andromeda
For as long as people have been gathering together, they have been telling stories. From the folktales told around the fireplace to the multi-million dollar blockbusters seen at the movies today, stories have always been a part of the human experience. Stories are...
Soundtrack Roundup: Nintendo’s ’90s Winter Music
It's that time of year, folks! Say what you will about snow and ice (like it or not), but you've got to admit, Nintendo's had some excellent winter-themed music over the years. Being the first week of winter, what better time to explore it? Let's dive right in!...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jack Gale
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jack Gale, displayed on card number 103, from the Superstars of 2011. Jack is also on card numbers 929 and 2155. Jack was one of 22 gamers of the 1985 Twin Galaxies Coronation Day tournament held in Los Angeles, CA. Jack...
Sneak’n Peek: Quaker Oats Foray into Video Games
The Atari 2600 produced many classic titles: Joust, Yars Revenge, Adventure, Super Breakout, and more. They were brilliant games that have become part of the pop culture lexicon. They played an integral part in countless childhoods. While I’m sure you could find...
The Last Official Release: 32X – The Amazing Spider-Man: Web of Fire (1996)
Howdy, retro gamers and welcome back to The Last Official Release - the premium source on the internet of information concerning the last official releases for your favourite consoles. “Premium” is, of course, a matter of taste, but it’s a blistering 41°C (105.8°F)...
Mega Man X: From Mega Rental to Mega Purchase
“X” marked the spot.
Penn & Teller’s Desert Bus
A few weeks ago, I was reading the remarkable short story collection “Press Start to Play”, edited by Daniel H. Wilson and John Joseph Adams. The book centers around the world video games and gaming. One of the stories, “Desert Walk” by S.R. Mastrantone, particularly...
The Last Official Release: 3DO – Creature Shock (1996)
Following on from the last instalment of The Last Official Release in which the Panasonic CD-i was featured, I thought it would be fitting to delve into another facet of Panasonics gaming endeavours. While Panasonic did manufacture the console known as the 3DO...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Wolfe
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan Wolfe, who is displayed on card number 738, from the Superstars of 2014. Dan is currently second on the NES game Bubble Bobble with a score of 1,747,020. Dan is a super fan of the classic console systems such as Nintendo...
Daze Before Christmas: Claus and Anti-Claus
Outside of his work delivering toys to the children of the world, it is fairly common knowledge that Santa Claus is something of a superhero. Don’t believe me? Then clearly you’ve never seen 1964’s classic film “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.” Stop everything you...
