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Old School Gamer Magazine March 2017 Issue #3
In our third issue, we explore the world of some of the great maze type games. So we will cover Pac Man, Wizard of War, Mouse Trap and much more. Also, check out some of the newest gaming gadgets that are changing the world of retro gaming. And also check out the...
Controlling The Dragon – By Antoine Clerc-Renaud
Some might say that a system can be judged by the games it proposes; others say it’s by the way we play it. But what defines more a video game system than its controller? The ergonomics are indeed so important that a bad controller can ruin a game console. Just ask...
Why Does the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality End Up on Bad Games?
"This game sucks! So why does it have the Official Nintendo Seal of Quality on it?", or some variation thereof, is a common refrain from within the gaming community that has been around for... well, perhaps as long as the seal itself. A common misconception is that...
The Best Superman Video Games
Sadly we seem to have reached a point at which we can say the modern version of Superhero cinema is underwhelming. It’s a bit of a bummer for comic lovers everywhere. Even if some of the DC/Warner Bros. films have actually been quite true to the comics, the...
The Last Official Release: Game Gear – The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Hello my retro gaming friends, and welcome back to The Last Official Release where we dissect and ever so carefully analyse the last official game released for a particular console. Previous entries in the series have included the NES, the Atari 2600 and the Game Boy...
Feature: Inside the PlayStation: Enter the Dragon – By Antoine Clerc-Renaud
Launched on December 3 1994 in Japan, September 9 1995 in North America and September 29 1995 in most of Europe, the PlayStation revolutionized the game industry in so many ways. But what role did the hardware play into this? If there is one name to remember when it...
Review: I Didn’t Know My Retro Console Could Do That! – By Old School Gamer
I have had an account at AtariAge. com for about five years and just got involved in it once we started to work on Old School Gamer Magazine. That is when I found out so much more about the community of gamers that is there and about the games that they release for...
Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage! for PSone Review
It's very rare that anything I release is topical, but this video was uploaded on the eve of the Reignited Trilogy being formally announced. So, here it is - my review of Spyro 2! The topical-ness of the video is purely coincidental, of course. [wpdevart_youtube...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: The Race to the Finish
Folks, as you may or may not have been aware, I have been away from the computer for a little while trying to get things back together in life. It was like someone took a video game apart and said put it together. For someone who has never done that, it was very...
The Pac-Man Card Game
When I was in college and Magic: The Gathering was the new hotness, I tried my hand at creating a Pac-Man card game. Bear in mind, this was before the World Wide Web was littered with print on demand operations and making a card game meant going to a print shop,...
RBI Baseball 18 Review: Standup Double
When RBI Baseball made its return a few years ago, there were plenty of skeptics. And although the game has been a fun retro experience overall, RBI 17 proved the developers had to take the series to the next level. With remodeled players, ballparks and the same...
System Spotlight – Fairchild Channel F
Atari gets a lot of credit for pioneering the ROM cartridge based home video gaming system craze and for good reason. They were the company that bought the rights to port popular arcade games and bring them into families living rooms. All anyone really wanted back...
The Game Scholar: The Nintendo Odyssey?? – By Leonard Herman
A question had arisen regarding whether a statement in my book, Phoenix IV: The History of the Videogame Industry, was correct or not. The book stated that Nintendo had imported the first videogame console, the Magnavox Odyssey, into Japan. Shortly after the book’s...
Mini Doom II – Relive the Classic in 16-Bit, Until You Die
Years ago, ID software came out with what was considered to be the game changer with the Doom franchise. The object of the first person shooter was simple, survive the depths of hell while destroying demons, skeletons and other painful monsters. The series was one...
Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Acclaim
The first member of the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team we're going to take a look at is none other than Acclaim, the self-proclaimed "Masters of the Game." While Acclaim's reputation over the ensuing years hasn't held up especially well, at the time, they were not at...
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Nintendo 64 Chronicles [1] Super Mario 64 + Pilotwings 64
What is the Nintendo 64 Chronicles? Before diving into this series, I'd like to share with you a bit of what it's about. The Nintendo 64 was my first ever experience as a child with 3D gaming,and I fell in love when I opened it on my 8th birthday. However, I parted...
Spyro Reignited Trilogy Leaked on Amazon
While it’s been theorised since February that a remaster of the much-loved Insomniac Games trilogy would be hitting shelves later this year, our suspicions finally seem to have been confirmed thanks to a few Amazon leaks today. While Activision is still staying Mum on...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Aiden Friedman
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Aiden Friedman, who currently is displayed on card number 2820, from the Superstars of 2018 Collection. Aiden is an up and coming gamer who is heavily involved in the gaming community and contributes his time to be a junior...
45 Years of Arcade Gaming: 1980–1983 – By Adam Pratt
This is an update & re-write of an original article that was published on ArcadeHeroes.com on June 27th, 2012 entitled ‘40 Years Of Arcade Games’. You can still read that post here: http://arcadeheroes.com/2012/06/27/ 40-years-of-arcade-games/ In...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Kite’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Kite’s James Treneman (Solo Developer & Founder, Lab Cat Games), who details the game’s origin and outlines its goals. A unique dual-stick shooter experience, it’s definitely inspired by games of the past. About Kite: After the...
New Dreamcast Game in Development – Reaperi Cycle
In a testament that it is truly the best console ever made, news has come out that the long-discontinued Sega Dreamcast is receiving yet another game. While it had a very short shelf life of only two years up until 2001, the homebrew scene has been flourishing ever...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Coffee Crisis’
Old School Gamer chats with game developer Zack Manko, who lets us know why the enhanced version of Coffee Crisis, which is currently gearing up for release on Steam, is the best version of the game to date. About Coffee Crisis: The Smurglian race has come to Earth...
System Spotlight – 3DO
The early ’90s were something of a second coming for the wild west of video game console manufacturing. The early ’80s saw a number of console manufacturers trying to make a go of it after the success of the Atari VCS. Then there was the crash of ’83 and...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Ready Player One
THIS IS A SPOILER FREE REVIEW! This is a special edition of KCAIC as I am presenting to you a movie review for a film that was released this weekend. Why? Well, the thing is.... It has to do with... Oh just read the review and you'll understand. 🙂 I love...
