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THE EVOLUTION OF EDUCATIONAL GAMES – By Curry Blaha
Consider your earliest memories of educational video games. Does the image of your entire class trooping to the computer lab to practice typing skills come to mind? Perhaps it's the satisfying clunk of inserting a CD-ROM for a session of Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing...
AtGames(R) Partners with Zen Studios!
AtGames® Partners with Zen Studios, Announce New AtGames Legends 4K Pinball Machines, Including The Addams Family™ Standard Edition AtGames, a leader in interactive entertainment products, is thrilled to announce its new Legends 4K Pinball product line as well as a...
New Book Release – The Dreamcast Encyclopedia by Chris Scullion
The Dreamcast Encyclopedia Every Game Released for the Sega Dreamcast Author: Chris Scullion Old School Gamer Magazine will be reviewing this book in the upcoming issue. Subscribe today. Highlights Complete coverage of every game ever released for the Sega Dreamcast,...
WinGames – Living the dream with these early Windows games on your Commodore 64 :p
Something slightly different for today's retro heads up, instead of all the Amiga games we've featured these last couple of weeks. As we've just been contacted through both Facebook and Twitter, that as from today you can download the latest Commodore 64 release of...
The First Time We Cried For Aeris
The death of Aeris Gainsborough in Final Fantasy VII remains one of the most chilling moments in gaming history. While players were affected- the Quality Assurance testers and localization personnel playing the game before it was released in the United States were...
New Book Release – The History of the Adventure Video Game by Christopher Carton
The History of the Adventure Video Game Author: Christopher Carton Old School Gamer Magazine will be reviewing this book in the upcoming issue. Subscribe today! Highlights Discover the origins of adventure gaming, dating back to the '70s Learn about the histories of...
Laser World – A Polish game has been found, recovered and made available for all to enjoy for the Amiga!
Another news story that's worth a write up, as Saberman contacted us earlier today, about an interesting looking game called Laser World for the Commodore Amiga: A Polish game that has been found, recovered and made available for all to enjoy. While I'm not sure who...
Duke Nukem Collection 1 & 2 Available to Pre-Order!
DUKE NUKEM IS BACK! Duke Nukem Collections 1 & 2 are now available to pre-order from Evercade retailers! Six great games from the history of Duke Nukem are coming to Evercade, including many world firsts! Duke Nukem 1 & 2 Remastered is a new development from...
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
Metal Gear Solid 4 may be one of the most polarizing games of this generation, but supporters and dissenters alike can come together and agree on one point: Director Hideo Kojima really goofed with his choice to depict the outrageous acrobatics of Raiden's new cyborg...
Antstream Game of the Month: Earthworm Jim
One of the games that I was personally excited about playing when I joined Antstream was Earthworm Jim. This was one of the games that I played obsessively when I was a kid. The beautifully designed and quirky visuals combined with smooth controls, compelling...
Coming Soon : Portland Retro Gaming Expo
PORTLAND RETRO GAMING EXPO October 13 – 15, 2023 Oregon Convention Center 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232 Who needs luck on Friday the 13th when you've got a gaming convention? Experience the ultimate tribute to gaming heritage and culture at the...
Doom – A brand new port of a classic FPS for the Atari XL/XE!
Throughout the years we've featured many different types of news stories, from gaming updates, to music disks and even scene demos. Well here we are with another eye opening news story I think you'll like, as if you have an Atari 8bit, then it might be worth checking...
Chicago’s little known secret – “Chicago GameSpace”
Q*bert endures as one of the most inventive and endearing games from the early history of arcade video games. Created by designer Warren Davis, artist Jeff Lee, composer David Thiel and others for D. Gottlieb & Co. in 1982, the game stars the cute, stout-nosed...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Full Quiet’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Full Quiet director Greg Caldwell to find out what inspired this awesome new NES experience. About Full Quiet: In this open-world game of survival, mystery and adventure you must learn how Pap and his radio buddies maintained their...
Commando – A classic game gets an Atari XL/XE VBXE fix update
Thanks to an early morning heads up, we've been told that Shanti77 has announced that the previously released 8 level C64 to Atari XL/XE VBXE conversion of Commando, has received a small fix update. Not to be confused with the awesome Arnie flick of the same name...
Atari Buys Atari Age!
Old School Gamer has been a fan of Atari Age for the last 5 years+ and are excited about Atari's acquisition of Atari Age. We have been talking to Atari for the last year or so about upcoming projects and products they are working on, and the announcement of this...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Joe LeVan
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Joe LeVan who currently is displayed on card number 2206, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection. Joe is the founder of “Challenge Arcade”, located in Wyomissing, PA. It was in the Berkshire Mall from 2004 until it closed in...
Tony – Previously announced Amiga game by Monochrome Productions gets a new Demo
Even more news to get through, as we have recently been informed by Saberman, that a new Amiga demo is now available for the upcoming game of 'Tony' by Monochrome Productions! While we don't have any information about what has changed in this new 1.3 demo, all we can...
Old School Game Exclusive: Inside Gunslugs
Old School Gamer chats with veteran game developers Pascal Bestebroer, OrangePixel Games and Julian Scott, Space Pants Games, on their new Sega Genesis title, Gunslugs About Gunslugs: Gunslugs is an action-packed, fast-paced run-and-jump game with a rogue-like...
GRAVIATORS – A Retro Sci-Fi Sports game
Indie developer Couch in the Woods is happy to release their retro sci-fi action game GRAVIATORS on Steam. GRAVIATORS is an easy to learn and easy to master, team arena sports game, set in space. If you’re looking for a casual friendly esports title, you don’t have to...
Karate Champ – A 1980’s Arcade fighting game by JOTD for the Commodore Amiga
As we said before in our previous article : In the 1980's Data East released the Arcade fighting game of Karate Champ; A game which established and popularized the one-on-one fighting game genre, for which it is considered one of the most influential games of all...
The Making of Karateka — AVAILABLE NOW!
Critics are raving about today’s release of The Making of Karateka, the first entry in the Gold Master Series from Digital Eclipse. An interactive documentary exploring the making of Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner’s debut game, The Making of Karateka is a...
Stunt Car Racer – This awesome game from back in the day gets a Commodore Plus/4 port and it’s AMAZING!
While many of you were overjoyed to hear that Stunt Car Racer from the C64 had been ported over to both the Atari 8-bit and the BBC micro. There's another version that's just been released which is equally special and well worth a download, and it's Stunt Car Racer...
Heads up NES gamers! Sam’s Journey by Knights of Bytes is available for Pre-order!
When Knights of Bytes released Sam's Journey for the Commodore 64 back in 2017 it was a huge hit! Indie Retro News awarded Sam's Journey game of the year 2017 as this game really surpassed all our expectations, delivering us a huge epic adventure that really pushed...
