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Walter Day’s Gaming Superstars: Volume Two – by Todd Friedman
WALTER DAY'S GAMING SUPERSTARS: VOLUME TWO On Sale! Paperback NOW Available! For a limited time, Volume two of the Walter Day Gaming Superstars hardcover book will be the low price of $25.68. The newly released paperback is being sold for $17.99 To Order Book This...
S.C.I.O.N – SausageWareGames is set to release another great ZX Spectrum game via BitmapSoft
It felt like it was only just yesterday, that I spoke about SausageWareGames awesome reimagining of Knightmare for the ZX Spectrum. A much deserved and more enjoyable Knightmare game, which in itself is based around a kids TV show from the 1980's. Well this developer...
Super Mario World Could Be the Next Mario Movie
When The Super Mario Bros. Movie came out in 2023, it was an instant hit, much to the pleasure of both fans and Nintendo. A Super Mario Bros. Movie sequel was expected, but apart from confirming its existence, Nintendo and animation studio Illumination have been...
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Street Fighter II 128K – The REAL CPC Edition shown off in this gameplay footage [2021 UPDATE]
This year has just been fantastic for the Amstrad CPC with a ton of Amstrad homebrew games to spoil us, but even though we had the incredible Amiga to Amstrad port of Pinball Dreams, we haven't finished with the Amstrad yet. Now you may remember our big article on the...
40 Years of Gradius: Konami’s King of Arcade Shmup
Fast and difficult shoot 'em ups, often shortened to “shmups”, were an absolute staple of the arcade era. Space Invaders was a major proponent in the explosion of arcade culture, so it's no wonder that the genre consistently received countless combinations of...
Dating Bubble Bobble in the South Korean Arcade
For about as long as I can remember, the arcade has always been coded as a highly masculine experience. The games there are aggressive. Violent. If it's not Street Fighters pounding each other to submission, you've still got a lone hero and maybe a friend...
Grind – An epic first person shooter for Amiga 500 (512k CHIP and 1mb OTHER ram) gets another update! *wip*
If you're looking for more gaming news on this upcoming first person shooter of 'Grind' for the Commodore Amiga 500 and above. Then we have just been informed by Saberman, that not only does this work in progress game have a brand new DevArena map for you to try...
Jersey Jack Pinball Announces Sale on Toy Story 4
This morning, Jersey Jack Pinball announced a sale on Limited Edition units of its 2022 game Toy Story 4. JJP is offering $2,000 off plus a free topper ($299 value). "You’ve Got a Deal in Me! ⭐️ For a limited time, get $2,000 off the Toy Story 4 Limited Edition...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Daniel Iacovelli Talks 2025 Video Game Summit
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Daniel Iacovelli, Video Game Summit Promoter, about this year’s event. Old School Gamer Magazine: What makes this year's Video Game Summit special? Daniel Iacovelli: This year’s show reflects our original when we started back in...
June 9th 2025 release date set for Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day
Monkey Wrench Films has announced a global TVOD and digital release for the documentary Arcades & Love Songs: The Ballad of Walter Day which came out in theaters earlier this year. The musical documentary about Walter Day discusses the lawsuits faced by the...
Paper Dreams: A History of Play-by-Mail Gaming
Do you like cheering for the underdog? Do you like classic and retro gaming? Then you’ll love this book. Just like the young student decades ago who had to be cut off because he was using his lunch money for play-by-mail (PBM) games, some people are obsessed with...
Nightmare Busters Rebirth: Kickstarter Launch Date Revealed
NIGHTMARE BUSTERS REBIRTH is coming to Kickstarter on May 13! From dream to reality Pix’n Love Games and Aurora Game Studio are proud to announce the upcoming Kickstarter launch of Nightmare Busters Rebirth, scheduled for May 13, 2025. This modern reimagining of the...
A review of Collie Defense for the Game Boy Advance
It's strange to think of tower defense games as being a retro concept. Of course, depending on how strictly you define the phrase tower defense, they were there from the beginning. Defender, for example. But usually, when we say tower defense today, we're...
A Beat ’em up platformer is in the works by Basement Ape for the Amiga
A bit of a short news story for this one, as trawling through Facebook, we've found out through Earok who created the Scorpion Engine, that Basement Ape is working on what looks to be a new beat 'em up platformer for the Commodore Amiga, using yes you guessed it, the...
RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Collector’s Edition
Limited Run Games Presents - RAIDOU Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Collector's Edition Limited Run Games is proud to announce their not-to-be-missed physical Collector’s Edition of this retelling of Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless...
The Walking Dead Pinball Remaster IS Happening at Stern, So is Another Run of…; Spooky Pinball IS Making Motörhead
Just a quick update re-confirming some earlier rumors that I wrote about for everyone, since word is that people are saying they aren’t true. A remake of Stern Pinball’s The Walking Dead IS happening this fall. I’m accepting bets on it for anyone who is interested....
Mike Mech 2 – Another high quality Arcade C64 game you should play from LC-Games
In August of 2022, I announced the release of LC-Games high quality title of 'Mike Mech' for the Commodore 64. A game in which you had to battle aliens that have invaded your spaceship. Well fast forward to this week however, and I've just found out, that LC-Games has...
A review of Chantey for the Chromatic
I've never been a fan of open world game design. The reason is simple- I get lost very easily. This is probably why I tend to prefer retro games over modern ones in the first place, open world design being better facilitated by more advanced hardware. That I'm...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Andreas Heldt Talks ‘Pilot Sports’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Andreas Heldt, founder and CEO of Z-Software, who discusses the recent release of Pilot Sports on PS5. About Pilot Sports: Originally released on Nintendo Switch and PS4 Release also on PC & Xbox 1, Pilot Sports brings vibrant...
Retro Review: Undertow (360)
Who remembers back in January 2009, when 360 owners were given a free game after the Live system succumbed to an overload of new gamers over the Christmas holiday. That free game was “Undertow.” For those who got it for free, there were mixed feelings about the game’s...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Steve Wright Jr. (Mr. Wright Way)
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Steve “Mr. Wright Way” Wright Jr. who is currently displayed on card number 3971, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Mr. Wright Way is a Retired United State Navy Veteran who has always had a passion for video games, toys...
Crystal Kingdom Dizzy 2025 – Long awaited Dizzy redux arrives on the ZX Spectrum 128k!
Dizzy fans it's time to really celebrate Dizzy in a really big way, as a very special Dizzy redux of ' Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ' on the ZX Spectrum, has only moments ago just appeared in our news feed. The original CKD was first released in 1992 on a multitude of...
The First Ever Stern Pinball Factory Tour Video?
Earlier today I thought to myself, I wonder what would happen if I scrolled back to Stern Pinball's first Facebook post. Yes, these are the sorts of things that go through my mind lol. So I figured out to go back in time...all the way back to September 22,...
Burger Time – An Arcade like conversion for the Commodore Amiga 500 by JOTD
Some more Amiga news for you all, as we've just been given the heads up, that JOTD who was behind great conversions such as Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Super Bagman, Galaxian500, Pooyan, Super Xevious, and the upcoming Bad Dudes vs DragonNinja, has now turned his...
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