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RETROSPECTIVE: Are We Ready for an N64 Classic Edition?
So back to the N64 Classic Edition. Could it work? Theoretically. At least from a hardware perspective. From an economic one, things begin to get fuzzy.
The Last Official Release: NES – The Lion King
Welcome back to The Last Official Release; a series of posts where I explore the last games to be officially released on a variety of different consoles, focusing on a different one each article. Previous entries have included the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Game Boy....
OSG Profile: Billy Mitchell: The Legend Updates Us On the Last Ten Years – By Ryan Burger
This piece originally appeared in the Video Game Collector Magazine, but has been updated and added to with more current information including from an interview at Galaxy of Games in Ottumwa, Iowa. Q: The film King of Kong made you a celebrity in even more people’s...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Super Blood Hockey’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with ‘Super Blood Hockey’ creator Loren Lemcke, who lets us know why the tribute to NHL ’94, Ice Hockey and Mutant League Hockey, may be the best current arcade hockey game on Steam. With an Xbox One version on the way as well, the...
Atari Movie Makers Plan to Raise $40 Million via Bushnell Token Sale – By Janko Roettgers
CREDIT: COURTESY OF VISION TREE The makers of the upcoming Atari movie about the iconic video game console maker are eschewing traditional film financing models for a blockchain-powered initial coin offering (ICO), and plan to sell coins named...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Little Medusa’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Little Medusa” artistHari Edwin, who lets us know the creative process behind Mega Cat Studios latest NES game. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Hari Edwin: We love retro gaming wanted to make an NES title with...
The Magic of Mode 7
With the two-year head start that upstart rival SEGA had on Nintendo with the release of their 16-bit console, the Genesis, Nintendo needed something that would help them even the score when they released the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Sure, they had more...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tim Kinzy
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tim Kinzy, who is displayed on card number 2422 from the Superstars of 2016 Collection. His documentary film trading card is featured on card number 2495. Tim is one half of the team that directed, produced and edited the...
King of Kong: 35 Years Later We Celebrate – By Todd Friedman
On October 8, 1983, Walter Day of Twin Galaxies had a vision. He dreamt of having a Video Game Hall ofFameinOttumwa,Iowa. Heknew this would be the perfect place to host the event being that Ottumwa, Iowa was crowned the Video Game Capital of the world one year before....
ATARI® Officially Introduces the ATARI VCS™
ATARI® OFFICIALLY INTRODUCES THE ATARI VCS™, ITS ALL-NEW VIDEO COMPUTER SYSTEM INSPIRED BY MORE THAN 40 YEARS OF HISTORY Legendary Digital Pioneer Continues Development of New Hardware Platform that Honors Company’s Innovative Video Game Roots While Launching a New...
Head To Head Adventure for PC and Mac
Adventure is one of the Atari 2600 games. It's a game you either love profoundly or say you love profoundly to avoid being shunned by the classic gaming community. Almost everyone old enough to have had a 2600 as a kid has fond memories of sitting on the living room...
Mario Mania: Game Cameos for the Fan’s Complete Collection – Golf (for Game Boy)
As briefly touched upon in our look at Alleyway, though the Game Boy did not come with a Mario title per se, Nintendo's entire first-party lineup in the west nonetheless had the mustachioed mascot's fingerprints all over the place. Unlike the Nintendo Entertainment...
Movie Review: King of Kong – By Brad Feingold
A long time ago, in a.... wait, wrong movie. Documentaries are normally a weakness for me. I sometimes have difficulties connecting with the people and the topics involved such as war, gold mining, criminals and claims of alien abductions.. But lately, I have found a...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside Deep Sixed
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Ryan Hewer (Project Director, Little Red Dog Games), who gives us the skinny on Deep Sixed, which takes a heart chunk of inspiration from classic sci-fi TV and film, as well as an obscure board game. Detailing the creative process,...
SEGA Genesis Classics Announced for PS4, Xbox One & Steam
“HOLD ME CLOSER SHADOW DANCER! SEGA MEGA DRIVE CLASSICS COMING TO PLAYSTATION 4 AND XBOX ONE ON MAY 29” is the enthusiastic start to Sega’s latest press release. While more memes and classic gaming moments are quoted throughout the release, the first line sets the...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul Drury
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul Drury, who is displayed on card number 2771, from the Superstars of 2017. Paul has been a writer for Retro Gamer (UK) since 2004. He has interviewed over 150 programmers, designers and artists of games such as Nolan...
King of Kong: Where it All Began – By Shawn Paul Jones and Walter Day
Twin Galaxies is the world authority on player rankings, gaming statistics, and championship tournaments, with pinball statistics dating from the 1930s and video game statistics from the early 1980s. As the electronic gaming indus- try’s premiere statistician, Twin...
Just 4 Qix: How High Can You Get? – By Michael Thomasson
When Donkey Kong’s cut-scene animation inquires, “HOW HIGH CAN YOU GET?,” it isn’t referring to recreational drug use, but to how many meters you can climb in the construction site that is the setting of the game. However, if you thought that a green leafy plant...
Atari Finally Showing the Ataribox Project
As the future of gaming is growing, one of the biggest kept secrets is from Atari and the Ataribox Project. Now, this month, people will be able to get first hand information about the system and experience some of the games and controllers that will be part of the...
Mr. Postman for the Atari 2600
I have no idea how the postal system works. Nearly every day, things from around the country, around the world even, appear in the metal box bolted to the front of my house and I don't have a clue how they got from those far away locations to my door. But, thanks to...
Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)
Blast processing. Sega had it, Nintendo didn’t. I had no idea what it was and most other kids didn’t either. Of course, we now know it was a made up term used by the Sega marketing department, but that didn’t matter to us in 1991. All we knew was that there was this...
Versus Mode: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game vs. the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade Game
A few weeks ago, I kicked off a new series that looks at games that may possibly never see a full release again, starting with Konami's wide range of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles titles. This week, I want to take a closer look at their first arcade game, as well as...
The Last Official Release: Atari 2600 – Klax
Hello retro friends, and welcome back to The Last Official Release! Kicking off a few weeks ago with the Game Boy, in this series we investigate what the last official release of a console was. In today’s edition, we’re examining Atari’s long-lived 2600. Released on...
RETROSPECTIVE: What Ever Happened to Bits?
Making Sense of the Pieces and Bits Have you ever wondered why the numbers in the names of today’s consoles have more to do with the generation of the hardware family than they do processing power? Let’s cut to the chase on this one - technology has surpassed the...
