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Five Overrated “Classics”
We here at Old School Gamer love our retro games, but now we’re going to hit you with some opinion that may break your heart. Some of the games you remember as being so much fun? Yeah- they’re not. They never were. Spoiler Warning Ahead: These Games Aren’t As Good As...
Five Great Quotes From Game Developers to Get You Hyped For More Gaming History
Over the course of writing seven books on video game history, I’ve interviewed hundreds of game developers, many of which have dropped mountains of knowledge on the industry. For me, it’s essentially one of the reasons why I’m here- to share the behind-the-scenes...
Here’s How The Salmon Run Music Is Recorded For Splatoon 3
We love a bit of Salmon Run here at Nintendo Life. The Splatoon 3 game mode takes the usual 'ink, swim, repeat' format of your standard Turf War Battle (not to cast any shade, we love a good Turf War too) and throws in the added distractions of a never-ending...
Fab At Forty: Crystal Castles
In the second of a regular series on Antstream Arcade, we take a peek back at a specific retro game from 1983, a long 40 years ago! Welcome to another of our retro games that is ageing radiantly in Fab At Forty! The Lowdown Game: Crystal Castles Developer: Atari...
Manic Jet Set Willy – A Manic Miner / Jet Set Willy mash up for the ZX Spectrum by Norman Sword!
In 1984, Matthew Smith with publishing rights by Software Projects released the all time classic game ' Jet Set Willy ' for the ZX Spectrum. It was a game that star'd none other than Miner Willy who was tasked by the housekeeper Maria with the cleaning up of items...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Kris Carlson
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Kris Carlson who currently is displayed on card number 4097, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. Since starting his YouTube channel in 2018, he has continued collecting and started doing console/handheld mods,...
Game of the Month: Tuff E Nuff
Welcome to our new Antstream feature where we will pick a game of the week and tell you all the nitty gritty to get you playing something new or an absolute favourite retro game from our collection. Tuff E Nuff (Snes) – 1993, Jaleco Released recently on Antstream is a...
This upcoming Shoot ’em up for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive looks super cool!
Twitter image (link) Even more Indie Retro News for this week and one I think you'll agree is pretty damn awesome especially if you have a Sega Genesis or Sega Mega Drive. As we've just been told by our good friend of ours through Twitter, that at some point in the...
This Day In Video Game History
