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Antstream Game of the Month: The Chaos Engine
The game of the month has been chosen by none other than gaming industry legend Jason Kingsley. He also kindly spent some time with us discussing his new book “Leading the Rebellion” which details how he uses the chivalric code to manage his business. Chaos Engine is...
Why Paradroid for the C64 Was Awesome!
The Commodore C64 was a great little machine for its day, and its games were worthy successors to the Atari games which came before it. One game will always stand out for me as particularly enjoyable, due to its innovative concept, progression, style, and overall...
REMINISCING NEW YORK’S TWIN TOWERS – by Michael Thomasson
New York City is the largest city in the United States. Its culture is far reaching and iconic, and as a result, it has been used as a setting in numerous videogames. The skyline was often used to represent the great city, as it was easily identifiable by the Statue...
CrazyForest – A rather challenging Arcade game released for the ZX Spectrum by Daniel Isoba
We've been flooded with awesome news this week, from Forest of Illusion for the Commodore Amiga, to the overhauled Mario Bros on the Amstrad and Mickey and Donald G&W for the 48k. Well once again we are going back to the ZX Spectrum for some more gaming news, as...
ARCADE HEAVEN – by Ryan Burger
Rolling into town late on a Friday night, we didn’t know what to expect about the accommodations set up for us by Ryan of the Illinois Game Con. I had checked out the website for Arcadia (vintagevideogames.com) and it looked really cool. I was told we were staying...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Karina Chow Talks Udder Mayhem and Maker Faire Coney Island
Old School Gamer chats with game developer Karina Chow about her rhythm game Udder Mayhem and involvement in this year’s Maker Faire Coney Island. About Udder Mayhem: An alternative controller rhythm game in which the player plays a barista preparing café lattes by...
Giana Power Edition 2023 – The Great Giana Sisters for the C64 gets 16 new levels!
We've certainly heard a lot about that famous platformer the Great Giana Sisters from 1987, especially as it came back to the Amiga as a Giana Special Edition by Reimagine Games and then of course the Great Giana-Sisters Construction-Set, whereby you can create your...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ABRISS – Build to Destroy
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Johannes Knop, Randwerk Games, Game Design / Sound / Production, who breaks down the brand’s new game, ABRISS - Build to Destroy. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Johannes Knop: In the summer of 2020, when...
This Day In Video Game History
