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A Closer Look at Nintendo ASCII’s Official Super NES Peripherals: Super Advantage
Several months ago, we took a look at a peripheral released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Nintendo themselves called the NES Advantage. The device was created to bring an arcade-like feel home for players of the NES, and offer a few additional flourishes...
The Last Official Release: Sega Genesis – Frogger (1998)
Well, hello there. Welcome back to the Last Official Release: the semi-frequent series I tippity-tap that discusses the final official games to be released on your favourite consoles. An extensive and well-formatted list of what I’ve already covered can be found...
Arcade 1Up pre-orders now available!
New York, USA – June 12, 2018 – Tastemakers, LLC. is opening the doors to the past on July 25. Eager consumers will be able to place pre-orders for the first wave of affordable Arcade1Up smaller-scale arcade cabinets stocked with classic games like Atari’s Centipede...
Run Through The Jungle: Remembering Pitfall!
Growing up, I wanted to be an archeologist. Not a real archeologist mind you. I wanted to be Indiana Jones. I wanted to carry a whip, wear a leather jacket, and travel the world searching for rare (and possibly cursed) historical items. I even built a museum of...
VGM Classics Starts Crowd-funding Campaigns for New Orchestral Albums of Video Game Music
On July 20, 2018, VGM Classics (NM, USA), a classical record company specializing in video game music, has started three crowd-funding campaigns for new orchestral CD albums featuring music from the video games: “Star Fox,” “Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon,” and “Suikoden...
Nostalgia Comes Alive with the C64 Mini – Coming to North America October 9
Pre-order now, this Holiday’s Must Have Gaming System Ontario, Canada - July 23, 2018 – Retro Games Ltd. and Solutions 2 GO announced today that the THEC64® Mini is coming to North American retail stores on October 9, 2018. THEC64® Mini, a 50% replica of the of...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Rowdy Wrestling’
Old School gamer chats with Rowdy Wrestling developer Colin Lane, who details the development process and inspiration behind the mobile wrestling game that takes simplicity and fun as its main inspiration and combines it with a ton of video game and wrestling...
A Few Minutes with Buck Stein of Retro Game Treasure – By Old School Gamer
Buck Stine, of Retro Game Treasure, grew up as a Nintendo kid in the 1980s and got his NES for his fifth birthday. If you were to assess his NES inventory at Retro Game Treasure at any given time, he may have the largest collection of Nintendo games around. But his...
The C64 Mini has almost made it to North America!
Ontario, Canada - July 23, 2018 – Retro Games Ltd. and Solutions 2 GO announced today that the THEC64® Mini is coming to North American retail stores on October 9, 2018. THEC64® Mini, a 50% replica of the of the world’s bestselling home computer that launched in...
Retro Gaming Archives – Nintendo Edition: July/August 1987
The summer of 1987 proved quite the landmark season for a certain gray toaster-shaped home video game console. By the summer of ’87, the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, was wildly outselling both the Sega Master System and the Atari 7800. Their technique of...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – David Kaelin
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features David Kaelin, who is displayed on card number 448, from the Superstars of 2013. David is the CEO/President of Game Over Videogames & organizer of Classic Game Fest. Game Over Video Games was started in 2005 and continues...
Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders
I have a confession to make: I love the Weekly World News. If you don’t remember the Weekly World News, it was a tabloid magazine that you could pick up in grocery stores. It told stories about characters like Bat Boy, merfolk, cryptids, and more. It’s no longer in...
8BitDo Release DIY Kits to wireless-ify Retro Controllers
Hm. “Wireless-ify” – that came out a bit weird. My terrible titling aside, to celebrate their 5 years of existence, 8BitDo are now selling DIY kits that allow you to mod Bluetooth connectivity into your favourite retro gaming controllers. Hippy birthday, 8BitDo!...
The Walter Day Report: G.O.A.T.s of the 21st Century – By Walter Day
Last issue’s examination off the Golden Age greats roused a vocal outcry from the gamers of the modern era They say: “How about giving recognition to the modern gamers who are just as good as the ‘golden oldies,’ but who, unfortunately, were born too late to get a...
The Battletoads for Game Boy That Almost Was
During a recent interview with Rare fan site RareFanDaBase, video game engineer and producer Paul Machacek spoke on a number of things which have occurred during his time with the company. A veteran of 30 years, he's seen a lot -- including things that most fans will...
Way of the Dragon: Remembering Bruce Lee the Video Game
In the world of martial arts, no name looms quiet so large as that of Bruce Lee. Born in the Year of the Dragon in the Hour of the Dragon, he was the creator of Jeet Kune Do (Way of the Intercepting Fist) and a star of film and television. He was Lee in the legendary...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Dungeons & Dragons – By Brett Weiss
Welcome once again to Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin, where I point out inexpensive games worth playing. Great RPGs for retro consoles tend to be pretty pricey, so I have a different and historical angle for this issue’s role-playing theme. We’re traveling back in...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: I’m Running Out of Quarters!
Oh the love of the video game, Pacman, Donkey Kong, Popeye, Tron, Tempest, Tapper...... I could go on forever. The fact that you go up to these video games, put a quarter in and start to play with 3 lives and you are done was a very satisfying concept back then,...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [6] Blast Corps & FIFA 64
#11 : Blast Corps What are you to do when a nuclear missile that's being carried through the countryside becomes a runaway? Why, you destroy everything in it's path of course! Rare's twist on a puzzle game, Blast Corps has you do exactly that through it's 57 levels....
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tim Mcvey
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tim McVey who currently is displayed on card number 56, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. He is also featured on cards 162, 510, 612, 2095 and 2304. Tim is an avid game player starting from the early 1980s in Ottumwa,...
Pirate Adventure and the Story of Adventure International
Robert Louis Stevenson published his classic novel Treasure Island in 1882, telling the story of Jim Hawkins, the pirate Long John Silver and their quest for buried gold. Almost 100 years later, the book would serve as the inspiration for the classic adventure game...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Sky Noon’
Review Fix chats with Craig Taylor, Lead Programmer at Lunar Rooster, discusses the inspiration and creative process behind the new Steam FPS “Sky Noon.” Taking elements from Quake and Unreal Tournament and adding an innovative use/pull game mechanic, it has all the...
Lord British Meetup: Dave and Busters With Richard Garriott – Bill Lange
On Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018, Michael Sean Kane organized and hosted a Shroud of the Avatar Launch Review with special guest, Lord British himself, Richard Garriott. The event took place at the Dave & Buster’s, a full-service restaurant and video arcade, on 42nd...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Brigand: Oaxaca’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Brigand: Oaxaca” developer Brian Lancaster, who lets us know what inspired the FPS/RPG hybrid, as well as how he got into the video game development scene. A throwback that’ll take you back to the days of the original Deus Ex and...
