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Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Loren Lemcke Talks ‘Terror of Hemasaurus’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with game developer Loren Lemcke, who discusses the inspirations behind his new game “Terror of Hemasaurus” and how his latest smash hit on the Nintendo Switch, Super Blood Hockey, helped him along the way. Old School Gamer Magazine:...
Nintendo’s R.O.B.: Your Video Game Playing Robot Buddy
What do you do when your industry collapses and you are looking for an innovative way to stay viable? If you are Nintendo, you create a video game playing robot and hope for the best. In 1983, the bottom fell out of the video game industry. After reaching revenues...
Nintendo Switch Online’s SP NES Games Miss the Mark in Fine-Tuning the Classics
“Not That Special,” or “Putting the ‘X’ in ‘Extra’.”
Original Earthworm Jim™ Team Reunites 25 Years After Initial Release to Create a New Earthworm Jim Game Exclusively for the Upcoming Intellivision® Amico™ Game Console
Live Simulcast Chat During First Game Design Meeting Saturday, May 4 at Noon PT on Facebook Live, Twitch TV and YouTube Live IRVINE, CA, May 1, 2019 – In celebration of the 25th anniversary of Earthworm Jim, Intellivision Entertainment is proud to announce it has...
Five Reasons Why You’ll Love Super Blood Hockey
The Nintendo Switch is starved for Sports titles and especially hockey games- and Loren Lemcke’s Super Blood Hockey provides a wonderfully fun, retro experience with a ton of depth that old school fans of games the likes of NBA Jam, Blades of Steel and Ice Hockey will...
Venture Kid Initial Thoughts
Following up on their tremendous success with titles the likes of Monster Boy and Blossom Tales, FDG Entertainment’s newest Adventure on the Nintendo Switch, Venture Kid, wastes no time establishing itself as a fun, retro romp worthy of a serious time investment. The...
No More Endgame, There’s a New Game Coming, Sonic!
Now that the smoke, I mean dust has cleared this past weekend with the chaos of the Endgame and also GoT, we have a lot to look forward to this year. With the hype of the Pokemon' movie and the next and hopefully not the last Star Wars movie ever to be made, we...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Down to Hell’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Blazej Zbrzezniak, Game Designer at Red Dev Studio, who discusses their new game, “Down to Hell.” Taking a page from retro classics the likes of Castlevania and Berserk, as well as modern-day classics such as Devil May Cry, it’s an...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Stephen Burnett
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Stephen Burnett, who is displayed on card number 2478, from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. Stephen was present during the birth of Twin Galaxies in 1982, and played with the best of the best in the early 1980’s. He had...
The Last Ninja for the Commodore 64
No, not the Last Ninja you're thinking of. You're probably thinking of the Last Ninja created by Mark Cale and released by System 3 in 1987. It's an understandable mistake. That Last Ninja was one of the best selling games for the Commodore 64 and regularly appears on...
Gun Fight: A Two Player Shoot Out
There’s probably no better scene in movie history than Doc Holliday stepping through the trees to confront Johnny Ringo and saying coolly, “I’m your huckleberry.” The quick draw gun fight that follows is brilliant, capped by Doc standing over Ringo’s body and...
New Evercade Info, Atari Partnership Announced
A few weeks ago, we reported on the mysterious Evercade handheld console. Not a whole lot was known then, but in recent days the manufacturer has started releasing new information via email and social media. Straight up, we actually know what the Evercade looks like...
International Video Game Hall of Fame Nomination Forms
Submissions for the International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of 2019 are now open. As the preeminent voice, The International Video Hall of Fame respectfully requests your nominations for our Hall of Fame Induction. IVGHOF Committees will select winners solely on...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Mindscape
The end of a dream…
Theme Hospital for PS1 Review
Woahh hey! New Review! Theme Hospital, on the PS1, is a sim that puts you in the position of hospital admin as you build, battle wacky illness and mediate cranky patients and staff. Watch it here: [wpdevart_youtube width="640" height="385" autoplay="0" theme="light"...
J.R.R. Tolkien, Jules Verne, and the World of Myst
My son is gradually working his way toward the end of the book “The Return of the King,” the swan song to J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic Lord of the Rings series. The series is a perfect fit for his personality. He’s obsessed with fantasy and adventure and the creation of new...
A Land Without End: Games With The Largest Open Worlds Ever
In an article published in 2017, author Mark Manson called life "the largest open world game known to date". Come to think of it, he was right - except, of course, that it's not a video game. But did you ever think of just how big Africa really is - it's the second...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Norman Caruso
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Norman Caruso, who is displayed on card number 2702, from the Superstars of 2017 Collection. Norman is the creator of “Gaming Historian”, A documentary series on YouTube. His goal is to explore the history of video game...
PaRappa The Rapper
It’s very strange to think that PaRappa the Rapper is now an old school game, but 23 years have passed since it was released in Japan and 22 since it debuted in the rest of the world. The game was the brainchild of Japanese musician Masaya Matsuura, who had enjoyed...
Ten More Games Announced for the Genesis Mini
Sega has been touting their new miniaturised Genesis for a while now, and while there’s a lot of excitement around the fact that they’re the ones actually manufacturing it (unlike a third party such as AtGames) the final games list is ultimately what everyone cares...
Golden Era Competitive Gamer Joel West Passes – By Walter Day
On November 28, 2018, the legendary video game champion, Joel David West, passed into eternity. Though many of his friends knew he was wrestling with health problems aggravated by diabetes, everyone was surprised and stunned when he passed away. It seems that in...
Lost Super NES Adaptation of 90’s Board Game Discovered
This game’s Atmosfear is a real NightMare.
Intruder Alert…Intruder Alert! – By Kevin Butler
NAME: BERZERK MANUFACTURER: STERN ELECTRONICS YEAR: 1980 TYPE: VIDEOGAME TEAM LEADER: DESIGNED AND PROGRAMMED BY ALAN MCNEIL Berzerk is a two-dimensional maze-style game that involves you attempting to escape killer robots in a never- ending gallery of mazes. Somewhat...
Tetris and Joseph Saelee – By Joel West / Completed by Brian Szarek
Welcome to another installment of a column dedicated exclusively to Old School Gamers and Old School Games from the Golden Age of gaming. These gamers, back in the day, had to physically use a coin or token to start a video game. The earning of these coins was mostly...
This Day In Video Game History
