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The PS2 has Finally Officially Kicked the Bucket
While it’s debatable if the PlayStation 2 is actually retro or not (I mean c’mon, it’s two generations behind and was launched 18-years ago) one thing is now for sure – Sony has stopped supporting it completely. While the hardware its self was discontinued in 2013...
Early Computer Baseball – By Bill Lange
The earliest computer baseball games felt like pencil and dice tabletop baseball simulation games like Sports Illustrated Superstar Baseball, or the much more influential Strat-O-Matic Baseball, with the computer simply taking over the role of the dice, the pencil,...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Stuart Rankin
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stuart Rankin who is displayed on card number 192, from the Twin Galaxies Superstars Collection of 2011. From Glasgow, Scotland, Stuart is a huge Space Harrier collector. He holds many Space Harrier World Records on the Twin...
Arkyology for the Atari 2600 – Released at Last!
NES fans have 678 licensed games to collect. Intellivision collectors have The 125. But if you're an Atari 2600 collector, things are a bit more nebulous. There are, of course, the first-party games Atari itself released. Then there are the big-name third-party...
Tron: Deadly Discs
In 1982, Disney released the film Tron starring Jeff Bridges. The story gave the world iconic characters like Kevin Flynn, a software engineer who gets transported into a computer mainframe, the artificial intelligence known as the Master Control Program (or MCP),...
Interview With Michael Mendheim and Tim Kitzrow – By Brad Feingold
Recently, I had a stand up interview with Michael Mendheim, the creator of Mutant Football League and Tim Kitzrow, the voice behind the announcer of MFL at the Midwest Gaming Classic. And as a professional, I had complete and total control of the interview. OSG - Why...
“Never” is a Short Time Coming: Night Trap Finally Arrives on Nintendo Switch
There are a lot of sayings and songs about saying "never," because never is a long time to try accounting for. Back in the 90's, Nintendo stood resolute in its defense of its own business practices, specifically with regards to the content it would allow to be...
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Don’t panic. Now that we’ve got that settled, let’s double check the essentials. Do you have a towel with you? A towel is the most massively useful item an interstellar hitchhiker can carry. Next, find your copy of “The Best Vogon Poems of 1984.” Once you’ve got that,...
The LightGunVerter: Universal Light Gun Compatibility with Modern TV’s… Finally
Several years ago, an enterprising chap named Charlie Cole uploaded a video on YouTube of a prototype device which allowed compatibility of retro light gun games on newer, flat screened TV’s. There has been a huge demand for this sort of thing since… well, flat screen...
New 8-Bit Style Card Game Havenfall Shown at Replay FX
ReplayFX in Pittsburgh, PA was a mega outlet for a wide variety of gaming sources. The pinball, arcade, music, vendors, artists and even the independent game creators. They were all there to display and sell their product. But one vendor/booth that was there was a...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside MAKERbuino With Albert Gajšak
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with MAKERbuino creator Albert Gajšak, who lets us know what inspired the retro handheld console and what the future holds for the project. Being able to build your own system is no joke, but Gajšak’s console comes with a tutorial and...
Unofficial SNES/NES Mini Peripheral Plays Original Cartridges
While Nintendo’s NES and SNES Mini consoles set Target checkout queues ablaze at their release, evoking nostalgia and curiosity among many, one of their biggest complaints (besides from the short controller cable lengths) was their locked nature. The libraries of...
Cool Things We Find At Gaming Expos
When we go to the gaming conventions all over the United States, we take time to not only talk about our magazine, but we also have the habit of going around and taking.a look at the vendors and the artists that setup their own booth on the showroom floor. As we keep...
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure
Released in 1989, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade was the third film in the Indiana Jones franchise. It featured everyone’s favorite archaeologist doing what he did best: punching Nazis and searching for ancient relics. In this case, Indiana was searching for the...
Atari 2600 Returns as New Compact Handheld and Innovative Plug and Play TV Joystick with 50 Classic Atari Games Built-In
One of the most iconic video games consoles, the Atari 2600 is returning as a handheld console and innovative plug and play TV joystick in time for Christmas 2018. The 'Atari "Retro" Handheld' features the immortalised "wood" effect and includes 50 classic games...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Paradigm Simulation
Like some other companies who were chosen by Nintendo to form the Ultra 64 Dream Team, Paradigm Simulation did not have a lengthy resume of video games to their name when approached to aid in the creation of software for the company's upcoming platform. Nonetheless,...
Disney On the Nintendo Game And Watch System
Long before the Disney Afternoon games created by Capcom, Nintendo was creating other Disney themed video games. In fact, Disney’s first venture into the world of digital gaming came through Nintendo. In 1981, Nintendo released Mickey Mouse for the Game & Watch...
Retro-Bit® to Unveil First Wave of Officially Licensed SEGA Products at Gamescom 2018
Retro-Bit, a premier publisher and manufacturer of classic gaming products, is proud to announce the unveiling of their eagerly awaited SEGA controller lineup, featuring the same great quality as their original hardware counterparts like the original console port, but...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [7] Turok Dinosaur Hunter & Doom 64
#13 : Turok Dinosaur Hunter At a first glance, Turok seems to just be a mish-mosh of story ideas bundled into one. You take control of Tal'set, a Native American, time-travelling warrior who has been granted the title of Turok. The Turok's are the eldest male in each...
Flying the Not-So-Friendly Skies: TaleSpin for the NES
In retrospect, the concept behind Disney’s TaleSpin cartoon was hilariously bizarre. It took several of the principal characters from the 1967 animated film The Jungle Book, and placed them in a world that was a mix between Indiana Jones and Casablanca, with just a...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Dustwind’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Dimitri Zatisev, Creative Director of “Dustwind,” a tactical RPG with a post-apocalyptic theme. Heavily inspired by the “Fallout” series, Zatisev lets us know what makes the game different and special and why the gameplay elements...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Wasn’t That a Movie?
Video Games, what can you really say about them? Some are the best you have ever played, some are the dumbest ones you have ever played. Some have original concept ideas, and some have to take ideas that have already been executed in some other form of media. From...
The Last Official Release: Sega Saturn – Undefined Japanese Game (2000)
Oh, Sega Saturn… you didn’t deserve any of this. You poor thing. It’s not your fault you were the awkward middle child between your more successful siblings, the Genesis and Dreamcast - and it’s definitely not your fault that you were a victim of hard-to-program-for...
How Super NES and Super Famicom Controllers are More Alike Than You Think
On August 13th, 1991, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was released to an eagerly anticipating audience in North America. Or was it August 23rd? Oddly enough, I've seen several references for each, and even conflicting information from the same sources....
