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The Last Official Release: Neo Geo CD – The King of Fighters ’99: Millennium Battle (1999)
Why, hello there, retro gaming friends. Welcome back to The Last Official Release – Old School Gamer Magazines incomparable source of what the final games released on your favourite consoles were. I’ve covered quite a few systems previously (linked below) if today's...
Just for Qix: Thunderforce – From the Home to the Arcade – By Michael Thomasson
It is a rare occurrence when a home console game makes its way to the video arcade, but that is what happened with the horizontal- scrolling shooter Thunder Force. Like a reverse chain of events, in the literary world it would be equivalent to a book being...
Piko Interactive Announces New Games for Classic Atari Jaguar Lineup
Piko Interactive, an independent video game publisher, has started accepting pre-orders for twelve new titles. These titles represent brand new releases for many consoles such as the Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Jaguar, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy...
Blockbuster Video, Earthworm Jim, and the 1995 World Video Game Championship
Earlier this month, the Blockbuster Video located in Morley, Australia announced that it was closing. It was the last Blockbuster on the continent, and the second to last Blockbuster in the world. Now, there is only one left. The last Blockbuster Video on the planet...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Time Warner Interactive
The circle of life.
Turn and Burn: KITCHEN’S LIFE-LONG F-14 LOVE AFFAIR – By Patrick Hickey Jr.
For many game developers, there’s always that one golden goose or white whale. That game or genre that appeals to them the most. The thing that will cement their legacy. The one that regardless of their success on other projects, they always come back to. For Dan...
Brett’s Old School Bargain Bin: Atari 2600 Shooters – By Brett Weiss
Despite limited horsepower, the Atari 2600 is home to ports of some of the greatest, most famous arcade shooters of all time. Each of them is missing certain aspects of its respective coin-op classic, but many retain the essential elements that made the originals...
Nintendo Plays Party Pooper By Scott Alan Marriott
After wowing many a classic gamer with his madcap ménage of microgames, Wario and company are back for more fast-paced, reflex-oriented twitch tests. Or is he? Known best as a cranky moneygrubber, Wario’s penny-pinching ways have seemed to rub off on Nintendo for this...
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial
It’s been called the worst video game of all time. Some people even credit it with causing the 1983 video game crash that nearly ruined the industry. A common legend surrounding the game is that it was so bad that Atari buried all of the unsold copies under a layer of...
The Sims – By Todd Friedman
You can’t talk about the history of simulation games without mentioning The Sims. The name itself is short for simulation. The Sims series is widely considered on the top of the list of franchise games. The Sims series has sold over 200 million copies worldwide and...
World Video Game Hall of Fame Reveals 12 Finalists
ROCHESTER, New York—Which video games will make it into the World Video Game Hall of Fame this May? Will Centipede devour the competition? Can Mortal Kombat fight its way to victory? Will Microsoft Windows Solitaire play its cards correctly? Can Super Mario Kart speed...
Polymega Barrages Twitter with New Updates
It’s been nearly a year since the Polymega remerged into the retro gaming zeitgeist, and about nine months since any other tangible updates have surfaced. But for those of you who have been patiently awaiting news of the industries hottest new converged emulation...
An R-Type Revival – By Patrick Hickey Jr.
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Tozai Games Producer Takuya Banno, who discusses their new edition of the classic shoot-em-up, R-Type, dubbed R-Type Dimensions EX, on the Nintendo Switch. Featuring a plethora of old school influences and odes, Dimensions EX is...
Konami’s Classics Collections and the Curse of Being a Nintendo Fan
The drawback of being a Hard Corp fan of certain brands’ Bloodlines.
A Winner Is You! Pro Wrestling on the NES
For no good reason, I’ve been thinking about pro wrestling today. I’ve written about it before (https://www.oldschoolgamermagazine.com/wwf-superstars/). I’ve been thinking about some of the legends of the sport: Andre the Giant, Fritz Von Erich, Sylvester Ritter (aka...
Shooters/Shmups: Galaga – By Todd Friedman
Almost every adult remembers the “Golden Age” of Video Gaming. Most would say this included arcade games from 1978 to 1983. If you were to ask someone what the five most popular games of that era were, Galaga would always be mentioned. It was, and is, one of the most...
Atari VCS 2019: More Power is Coming to the Atari VCS
Hello Fans! The team entered the year 2019 with a lot of great momentum and excitement around the Atari VCS project, confident in our direction and progress. Atari is working with some of the top talent and companies in the business, all helping to implement the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight Cary J. Hahn
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Cary J. Hahn, who is displayed on card number 185 from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. After working at KTVO Ottumwa, Cary became "The Iowa Traveler" feature reporter for Cedar Rapids, Iowa CBS affiliate KGAN-TV, Channel...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Victor Marland
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Victor Marland, who is displayed on card number 2815, from the Superstars of 2018. Started in 2014, Victor began his current podcast, Ten Pence Arcade Podcast, focusing on arcade games from the 1970’s to the 2000’s. Each...
Piko Interactive Announces New Games for Classic Nintendo System Lineup
Piko Interactive, an independent video game publisher, has started accepting pre-orders for twelve new titles. These titles represent brand new releases for many consoles such as the Nintendo 64, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari Jaguar, Sega Genesis, and Game Boy...
The Eagerly-Awaited Sega and Retro-Bit Collaboration Sees Success in the Gaming Community Before its March and April Release
Pomona, CA – Since announcing their partnership with Sega® at CES 2018, the gaming community and media outlets have been waiting in anticipation for the launch of the gaming industry’s most sought-after controllers. Retro-Bit® is proud to announce their line of six...
Ninja Gaiden
In his classic book on kenjutsu, The Book of Five Rings, Miyamoto Musashi wrote, “...in a fight to the death, one wants to employ all one’s weapons to the utmost. I must say that to die with one’s sword still sheathed is most regrettable.” Growing up, I had many an...
Newly Found Nintendo World Championships Cart Sells for $23,000
As far as rare game cartridges go, those from the 1990 Nintendo World Championships are among the most eminent. A few weeks ago, I did report on a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. from Nintendo’s American retail test run of the mid-80’s that sold for a blistering...
Boy, Oh Game Boy: Pocket Power
They say black and white is slimming.
This Day In Video Game History
