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The Last Official Release: Game Boy – Shikakei Atama o Kore Kusuru: Kanji/Keisan no Tatsujin
Greetings fellow retro gamers and welcome to a new series called The Last Official Release. Dramatic, I know. As you can likely imagine, in these articles I will be focusing on the last ever games released for consoles – highlighting a different system each post. It...
The 25th Anniversary of the Super FX Chip
February 21st, 2018 marks the 25th anniversary of the release of Star Fox for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, but by proxy, it also marks another anniversary of note: The debut of the "Mathematical, Argonaut, Rotation & Input/Output" chip, or "MARIO" for...
Shaq-Fu: A Legend Reborn: Are You Shaqin’ With Me?!?!?!?
For the past years, unknown how many to be exact, retro gaming has become a popular concept to not only to the gaming community, but to the manufacturers as well. We have seen so many retro systems created by major companies as well as the everyday user too. We look...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Listening to Slipknot in the 8 Bit Universe
When you play any type of video game, you are experiencing several elements to make that game cool. There is the graphics, control, playability, characters, storyline and most important, the audio/music. There is not a day that goes by where I play Tetris and then...
Nintendo 64 Anthology Book Review – By Kelton Shiffer
Want to know where OSG will be this year? Check out our current schedule and come on out to join us and the fun. Read the rest of this article on page 13 by clicking here! Also, read the latest book review by Kelton Shiffer for "Nintendo 64 Anthology." ...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘Technolites’
Old School Gamer chats with Branden Sloane (Co-Founder & CEO, zugalu) about his awesome retro-inspired Shoot-Em-Up, “Technolites’” which is currently looking for funds via Kickstarter. Discussing the development process and goals for the game, Spokane lets us know...
RETROSPECTIVE: Making Sense of THEC64 Mini
The move to create a Mini makes perfect sense, however. All it takes is a passing glance at what Nintendo’s been able to accomplish with both the miniature NES and SNES Classic Editions to realize that a nostalgic looking box that emulates original titles legally and pumps the images into a modern display via HDMI is the hot ticket right now.
Greendog: The Beached Surfer Dude! for Genesis/Mega Drive Review
Remember Greendog? The lovable doofus of a surfer that has to find 6 pieces of Aztez treasure in the Carribean to lift a curse? No? Oh. It was made by the same developers as Sonic 2, though. Strange that it has fallen into obscurity... I wonder why? [wpdevart_youtube...
Mike Tyson’s Punch Out!! (Nintendo Entertainment System)
‘He’s Hurt Me Doc!’….. ‘Join the Nintendo Fun Club Today Mac.’ Doc really didn’t seem to know what he was doing when it came to coaching and training beyond late night jogs in lower Manhattan, and providing sometimes useful advice between rounds. He probably also...
Golden Age Classic Arcade Cabinets Coming to a Home Near You
Tastemakers, LLC., a growing global powerhouse company with products available in more than 50 countries, is bringing the hottest arcade games of all time into your home with the affordable Arcade1Up line of consumer arcade cabinets. The Arcade1Up is a...
The Walter Day Report – When President Ronald Reagan Almost Came to Twin Galaxies
It never happened -- but we got really close to having the President of the United States come to Ottumwa to meet with Iowa Governor Terry Branstad in Twin Galaxies and make a statement on video games. Most serious gamers already know that Iowa Governor Terry Branstad...
Cancelled 40 Winks N64 Port to Finally See Release
“Move over Mario…” was the bold Nintendo Official Magazine quote that adorned the cover of the 40 Winks N64 port that was never to be… until this week, of course. Through the magic of Kickstarter and Piko Interactive, the platform/adventure featuring Ruff and Tumble...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Michelle Ireland
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Michelle Ireland, who is displayed on card number 446, from the Superstars of 2013. Michelle is also on Cards 1261, 1646 and 2287. The second half of the Team Mayh3m duo, Michelle is a true gamer in every sense of the word. ...
Jaws for the NES
Have you ever played a game that gives you deep-seeded anxiety? That game for me was always Jaws for the NES. As a young child, I was allowed to watch the classic 1975 Stephen Spielberg movie, Jaws (thanks mom!). The cover art alone is the most horrifying VHS box art...
AutoFire Power Hour: Interview With Billy Mitchell
Love him or hate him, he is Billy Mitchell and it is 99.99% guaranteed he is better at Pacman than you. AFPH had the privilege of having a one one one interview with one of the most famous, or infamous as Billy would perhaps want it, video game players of all time. ...
A Look at Super Mario Land’s 1-Up Hearts
This seemed thematically appropriate for today. In adapting the popular Super Mario franchise to the Game Boy, Nintendo's developers made numerous changes along the way which have helped the titles to stand out -- especially over the last decade or so, as the New...
We Stopped By The Old School Pinball and Arcade in Grimes, IA – By Ryan Burger
Three years ago the city of Grimes Iowa was blessed with the Old School Pinball and Arcade. Grimes is just outside the immediate metro of Des Moines, Iowa and is a town of 12k people. This arcade is the brainchild of Jason Shiffer, who has lived in Grimes his entire...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: This is Starcade!
There were times in my childhood where I was unable to make it to the local arcade or the local corner store just to play a game for a couple minutes. There were even times when I couldn't make it down the street to play pinball at one of houses of a friend of my...
Mutant Football League Review: Same as it Ever Was-Fantastic
If you’re under 20, you’ve most likely never played a game of football like Mutant Football League unless you had a really cool Dad, friend or sibling. Hilarious, insane and fun, Mutant League Football on the Sega Genesis was and still is a cult classic game that...
RETROSPECTIVE: dreamGEAR RetroPlay 200 Review
Perhaps the best way to prepare one’s self for this experience is to imagine what it would be like if someone took the effort of porting the Atari 2600 library, when it was at its very over-saturated worst, onto the NES.
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Arda Ocal
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Arda Ocal who is displayed on card number 2813, from the Superstars of 2018 Collection. Arda is a broadcaster whose resume includes ESPN, NHL, WWE, MSG Network and many more. From being the weather reporter or a report for...
PocketSprite: Gaming Just Got a Whole Lot Smaller
It is quite unbelievable how retro gaming gets smaller and smaller. First, we had systems around the size of a Gameboy. Then, new ideas just kept coming out and trying to get to more portable gaming with hundreds of emulators in one system. But now, there is the...
K.C. Munchkin (Odyssey²)
“How many Munchies can your Munchkin munch before your Munchkin’s all munched out????” That is the question posed on the manual & back of the box of this week’s game of the week, the controversial (at the time) Odyssey² game, K.C. Munchkin. That question also...
Portland Retro Gaming Expo – By Ryan Burger
When I initially started this magazine this summer and began contacting writers, everyone told me I HAD to get to Portland for PGRE (the Portland Retro Gaming Expo). While I had heard of it before and was excited to go, it blew all of my expectations on the attendees,...
