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Racer Overdrive coming soon
Seize the opportunity to showcase your skills in this top-tier racing event, transforming from an underestimated rookie into a racing star! Prove yourself with the most thrilling driving! Join a grand tournament for elite racers and dominate the tracks through...
Pitfall II as an adaptation of the Arcade game over to the Amstrad CPC!
In 1985 Sega released the sequel of Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns for the Arcade, which in itself was based upon Activision's two home console games Pitfall! (1982) and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (1984) for the Atari 2600. It was a scrolling platformer that also appeared...
Should Have Stayed in the Arcade: 5 Commodore 64 Arcade Port Fails
When the Commodore 64 was still being produced, arcade boards were much more advanced. This made bringing popular, current arcade games home to the 8-bit home system a challenge at the best of times. Even though concessions would be made to bring them home...
The Speed Of Game Development – Now And Then
What was the standard once is the past now. Evolution brings change in any field, and game development is not exempt. The fast pace of our world dictates that game developments follow. Since there are enormous teams spread out across the world making multi-million...
OUT NOW: TAITO Alpha Bartop Arcade
library of cartridgesOUT NOW: TAITO Alpha Bartop Arcade! The newest member of the Alpha family joins the award-winning Street Fighter and Mega Man Bartop arcades... The TAITO Alpha Bartop Arcade is here, featuring 10 classic TAITO games, including BUBBLE BOBBLE,...
Fight the Dead, Fear the Living in The Walking Dead Remastered, Stern Pinball’s Newest Pinball Machine
Stern Pinball and AMC Networks Invite Pinball Players to Survive The Walking Dead Remastered, Available Now [embedded content] [embedded content] CHICAGO, IL – November 4, 2025 – Today, Stern Pinball, Inc., the largest designer and manufacturer of pinball games in the...
How I love the GameBoy – by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi
The first time I encountered a Game Boy was not long after it came out. My family lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1989. Our friends were mostly Americans who attended an international school with us. Although video game systems and handhelds were not easily...
Elite – David Braben’s 8bit space combat trading simulator of Elite gets an Atari XL/XE port demo by reifsnyderb
Only just recently I was talking to a few friends about the original David Braben's 8-bit space combat trading simulator of Elite, and how we've seen a few fan based remakes appear as well as improvements and ports to different 8bit systems. But this latest news may...
Coming Soon – Dungeons of Hinterberg
About Dungeons of Hinterberg 🚶♀️➡️ 🏔️ Explore The Alps Every inch of Hinterberg has been crafted with a captivating art style you’ll want to savour. Whether you’re snowboarding down a glacier, climbing mountains, or taking in the lakeside scenery, there’s so much...
Maiden of the Dark hits 25% of Funding Goal
Earlier today, Maiden of the Dark launched its Kickstarter campaign. The action platformer for the Game Boy is the first indie project from TigerChainsaw Studios, which is headquartered in Milwaukee. Led by TigerChainsaw, the four-person team also includes...
Buck and the Cursed Cartridge now, Croc 25th Anniversary Edition later announced for the Chromatic
On October 31st, ModRetro announced two new games for its Chromatic hardware, a modern FPGA equivalent to the Game Boy Color. The first title, available to purchase as of this writing, is Buck and the Cursed Cartridge. The platform title has a surprising star-...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: K.C. Apostolakis Talks Chantey
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Chantey developer K.C. Apostolakis about the pirate-themed RPG on the Modretro Chromatic. Old School Gamer Magazine: What was it like to develop Chantey? What did you learn? K.C. Apostolakis: I began development on Chantey during...
The Most Influential Basketball Games of All Time
With basketball season officially underway, we here at Old School Gamer Magazine down the most influential roundball games of all time. From the first basketball game of all time on the Atari 2600 in 1978 to today, dozens of developers have tried their hand at the...
Retro Review: ‘5 Star Wrestling’ (PS3)
On the surface, Serious Parody’s “5 Star Wrestling” isn’t even a B+ player. It’s uglier than Bastion Booger and its load times sometimes make Haystacks Calhoun look like Juventud Guerrera. But just like former WWE Champion Daniel Bryan, it’s got something special....
FLASHBACK !!! iiRCade News/Review: Once Upon a Time on Halloween
It's Halloween time and its only fitting to add another Halloween themed game to the iiRcade. This one is a perfect game to challenge and excite the iiRcade family. "Once Upon a Time on Halloween" is a "Cuphead" style gameplay with Halloween themed levels. The black...
Geo’s Quest III part 2 – Final chapter of a graphic adventure game for the Amiga
If you remember playing GWI's adventure series of both Geo's Quest Gateway to Nowhere, and Geo's Quest 2 In Search of Queen Lorraine. Then you'll be pleased to know that the developer has released the latest and final chapter in the series called Geo's Quest III...
Spooky 64 Skirmishes: 5 games that are more treats than tricks for your Halloween
It's October 31st. You sit patiently, waiting for little ghouls and hobgoblins to run down the street, seeking treats from your orange plastic pumpkin (excluding the "samples" you've sneaked). But what to do to pass the time between groups of gremlins? There's only so...
Enter the Fist with Typing Beat ‘em Up “Keys of Fury” for PC on Nov. 24
DUVALL, Washington – Oct. 29, 2025 - Get ready to type your way to victory! After eight years of tweaking and fine- tuning, one-man studio Elecornreleases Keys of Fury, the high-octane retro-style beat 'em up typing game, on PC via Steam Monday, Nov. 24! Take on the...
“Arcade Archives SCION” Releases Oct 30 on Switch, Switch 2, PS4/5, Xbox Series X|S
Announcing the release date of “Arcade Archives SCION” “Arcade Archives 2 SCION” HAMSTER Corporation (Head Office: Tokyo-to, Setagaya-ku; CEO: Satoshi HAMADA; referred to below as “HAMSTER”) is happy to announce that “SCION” will be released for Nintendo Switch™,...
Pricing And Release Date Revealed For Full-Size Amiga Replica ‘THE A1200’
I've got my C64 Ultimate Ordered but I'm debating whether I need to get this Amiga A1200. So many cool computers from the past are coming back... but what I really want is an Apple ][c replica. I'd love to see it but I'm not holding out much hope. Apple will never...
Three More Toaplan Games Are Coming To The Atari 2600+, Atari 7800, & 7800+
Saw this on Time Extension and wanted to make sure everyone saw it. More Games beyond Tiger-Heli will be showing up on the 2600+ from Atari. I am having so much fun with my 2600+ I'm going to probably have to pick up these games also. - Ryan Burger - OSG Publisher...
The Video Game Life – by Chris Tang
This issue’s theme of computers offers me a chance to relate my journey as an arcade and console gamer who once hated playing on them in the early days. The PC is now my primary platform to game on today, so how did that come to be? Growing up in the game industry...
The 7th Guest In Fragments
Mr. Math Expert is not, by any means, a well-known YouTuber. Look over his channel and you will find hundreds of videos, though the vast majority are either math problems or film reviews. There are a few old gaming videos sprinkled throughout, and it was my...
SPECCY SAGA CODENAME : RKW – Check out this rather cool ZX Spectrum game by MicroChops
New homebrews for the Amiga and C64, so what's next? Well it's the ZX Spectrum's turn for a new game to enjoy! As MicroChops has announced the release of their latest game called 'SPECCY SAGA CODENAME : RKW'. A game that not only features a great soundtrack by Pedro...
This Day In Video Game History
