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Can you name all of the characters on our cover!
At the Portland Retro Gaming Expo this past weekend, over 2,000 copies went out of our first issue of Old School Gamer, and they (and all print copies) go out with our cover as a foldout poster. Alot of people were asking who all the characters were on it. So here...
The Microvision: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World
While not the first gaming handheld ever, the Microvision was the first to use interchangeable cartridges all the way back in 1979. This would not be replicated again until 1989's Nintendo Game Boy. [wpdevart_youtube width="640" height="385" autoplay="0" theme="light"...
Game Link and You: How Game Boy’s Least-Used Accessory Gave It New Life
It's a rare thing for a hardware developer to release a peripheral at launch that sees use throughout the entire life of a system. But perhaps even rarer still is for such an accessory to see even more use at the end of its respective system's lifespan. Enter the Game...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Wulverblade
Old School Gamer sits down with Michael Heald (Founder, Fully Illustrated; Creative Director, Wulverblade) to find out what inspired this ass-kicking Golden Axe-infused arcade experience on the Nintendo Switch and how retro games and a love of the Mega Drive helped...
GameShell going Kickstarter!
Redefine Portable Game Console Get GameShell $99 Play 1000s of amazing indie retro games, emulate your favorite GB/GBA/NES games, and create your own game in the embedded GNU/LINUX system. Portable game console with 1000s of free games Emulators for GB/GBA/NES games...
Analogue Announces new FPGA SNES Console, the Super Nt
Remember the Mini Nt? If your memory is a bit foggy (happens to all of us as we age, don’t worry) the Nt was an aftermarket NES manufactured by Analogue, Inc. It wasn’t just any run of the mill NOAC console, though, as it ran on FPGA hardware, was fabricated from a...
Phoenix IV: Controversial Gaming
One third-party vendor, Acclaim, managed to raise controversy with several stunts that it pulled throughout the year. The first occurred in late-February (2002) when it released Shadow Man: 2econd Coming for the PS2. The game dealt with death, so Acclaim offered to...
Downright Bizarre: Earthworm Jim – Groovy!!!!
Wanna see a worm flex his muscles before dropping his drawers? If so, then Earthworm Jim is the game for you! Once upon a time, a lowly invertebrate named Jim overheard a lot of ruckus above. He peeked his head up and out of the safety of his underground hole, only to...
Old School Gamer Magazine – Issue #1 ONLINE NOW!
And it's waiting for you! Remember, the digital edition is totally free for all OldSchool Gamers! This issue contains: Event Updates - Classic Game Fest, National Video Game MuseumWe Stopped By - Galloping Ghost Arcade Michael Thomasson's Just for Qix Ed Averett is...
Replicade X Centipede Kickstarter Campaign Announcement
New Wave Toys is excited to tell you about our new line of miniaturized classic arcade machines... At New Wave Toys, we believe that bringing home the arcade experience means more than simply playing the original arcade ROM. The video arcade experience is a blend of...
Retro Bit Power Stick Coming Soon!
Replay your favorite NES® games with the new Power Stick controller from Retro-Bit®. Featuring a 6 ft. cable and an eight directional joystick, give any game that classic arcade feel with micro switches that allow for precision inputs. Features Original NES®...
SR3® Plus from Retro Bit Coming Soon!
Step up your retro-gaming experience and relive three classic systems like never before, in crisp 720p resolution! The SR3® Plus is the premium top loading console for all of your original NES®, SNES®, and Genesis® games. Custom built with three cartridge slots, six...
Billy Mitchell and Walter Day join Old School Advisory Board
Old School Gamer Magazine hasn't put out its first print magazine yet (coming this week) but it has just made a couple additions to the team that is guiding and writing for the magazine and website. Walter Day who started the competitive e-sports industry and is...
The Vectrex: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World
The Vectrex was the first and only console for the home market that used vectors instead of raster graphics. It was also the first to support a peripheral for 3D (several years before the SMS's 3-D Glasses). For all its merits, though (including the fact it had a...
Shadowgate from 1987 Returns with Friends
Set the date to 1987 and get ready to revisit the classic 8-bit adventure games that mesmerized a generation of console junkies. Now is the opportunity to play cult favorites Shadowgate™, The Uninvited™ and Déjà Vu™ the way they were supposed to be played, with...
Phoenix IV: Tony Hawk Ride Skateboard
Activision released another game with a deluxe controller on November 17 (2009) in North America, and this one had been designed with teens in mind. Tony Hawk: Ride was the latest in a series of Tony Hawk-branded skateboard games, and was the first to feature its own...
SNES Mugs, Lights and More!
Merchoid has today revealed a variety of officially licensed SNES merchandise, including coasters, heat changing mugs and lights. With the recent fun-sized release of the SNES Classic Mini, this new range of products offers fans a chance to reboot their childhood...
Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Poor Stacking
This is probably one of the few timely blogs that I am going to do. But recently, my family and I finally moved out of our hell hole of an apartment and moved into a new house. Well, not so new. It was built in 1952, but you know what I mean. And this happens to...
Seedi System on Indiegogo!
Just finished watching Metal Jesus doing his review of the Seedi Indiegogo project and had completely forgotten that I was able to get a cool interview with Bryan and Chris a couple weeks ago, the developers of the Seedi unit, so lets move right in. The Seedi is...
Sega Saturn Prototype, Armed, Sells for $2500
Armed, also referred to as Aftermath, was to be a game released on the Sega Saturn and PlayStation towards the end of 1996. Developed by Point of View and originally to be published by Interplay, Armed had you playing as a special agent named Vic as he blasted robots...
Rumored Game Boy Classic Poses Many Questions
Following the success of the NES Classic and Super NES Classic, it seemed all but inevitable that Nintendo would continue the line with another vintage video game system packed with classic games. Common belief in the gaming community is that the Nintendo 64 would be...
Phoenix IV: Tamagotchi
The toy was called the Tamagotchi, Japanese for "loveable egg." The Tamagotchi was a small, plastic egg-shaped unit attached to a keychain, with a tiny dot-matrix screen and three buttons. When the device was turned on, a virtual on-screen pre "hatched" from an egg....
Downright Bizarre: Kool-Aid Man “OH YEAH!!”
This eighties pop-culture icon was so cool that it burst through the brick wall to become one of the most unmistakable product placements on record. OH YEAH! The game was available through conventional retail channels, but could also be acquired by submitting a mere...
The PlayCable: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World
After covering Nintendo's Satellaview and the SEGA Channel, we're taking a look at the actual first instance of video game 'streaming' on demand - The PlayCable. Using a cable TV connection (much like the SEGA Channel) but instead all the way back in 1981! Nearly 15...
This Day In Video Game History
