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A review of The Echoes of Worlds

by William Schwartz | September 15, 2026 | 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews | 0 Comments

Earlier this year, Broke Studio provided a physical release of The Echoes of Worlds, based on the Game Boy Studio project of the same name by TC Studio. It's perhaps the most fiendish Game Boy release in recent memory, and I'm not just saying that because one...

What to Expect When You Join a Minecraft Server

by Old School Gamer | September 14, 2026 | 2000s, Console/Handheld, Gaming | 0 Comments

Joining a Minecraft server means entering a version of the game shaped by its owners and players. The controls may feel familiar, but the spawn area, gamemodes, and ways to progress can be quite different from your single-player world. Knowing what to expect makes the...

Supply Chain Issues Delay NEOGEO AES+ Console Release

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | September 14, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, News | 0 Comments

Those who wanted to get their hands on the upcoming NEOGEO AES+ replica of the original console will have to wait a little longer. According on a release on Plaion UK’s X account, the console won’t be available until September 27, 2027. That ten-month delay comes due...

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RETROSPECTIVE: A Fight of the Heavyweights

by Jason Russell | Apr 29, 2020 | 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Columns, Magazine Preview, The Story Of... | 0 Comments

Capcom & SNK: Best Frienemies It is almost impossible to overstate Street Fighter II’s influence over the gaming world, arcades in particular, in the early 1990s. In just about every arcade the world over, gamers flocked around the cabinet - some to try their...

Ulimate Guide to the NES Library 1985-1995 – Review By Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Apr 29, 2020 | 1980s, Magazine Preview, Reviews | 0 Comments

Knowing of Pat Contri since I started up Old School Gamer Magazine, I knew I wanted to check out one of his books. Recently, at the Retro Game Con in Syracuse, NY, I asked him what book I should start out with. He said while he has the SNES book released more...

You Can’t Call It… Stories from a life making video games a book by Warren Davis – Review By Ryan Burger

by Old School Gamer | Apr 29, 2020 | 2020s, Magazine Preview, Reviews | 0 Comments

Meeting Warren a couple years ago has started out a relationship where I’ve spent some nice time with him - first talking at E3, then later in Des Moines when he was in town, and hanging out at a couple retro gaming expos. When I first met him he told me he was...

A Talk With Jim Levy – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Apr 28, 2020 | 1980s, Interviews, Magazine Preview | 0 Comments

In 1979, programmers David Crane, Larry Kaplan, Alan Miller, and Bob Whitehead left Atari to begin creating games independently of the company. They were dismayed with their relatively low salaries, especially given the millions their games were bringing in. Withmusic...

War Games – By Leonard Herman The Father of Video Game History

by Leonard Herman | Apr 28, 2020 | 1980s, Columns, Magazine Preview | 0 Comments

A strit Begolli, commonly known as Polaki, is just an average video game collector like the rest of us. His niche is rare consoles and he boasts a collection of over 181 systems including some of the rarest and mostexpensive consoles, such as a Japanese Atari2800, a...

Video Game of the Day – April 27th – StarCraft

by Video Game of the Day | Apr 27, 2020 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade | 0 Comments

Video Game of the Day is a daily show available on Amazon Alexa devices and here on this website. Each day, we briefly discuss the history of a single game, randomly chosen. If you would like to listen on your daily flash briefing, you can enable Video Game of the Day...

Is the World Ready for an Arcades Comeback?

by Old School Gamer | Apr 27, 2020 | 1980s, 1990s, Arcade, Gaming | 0 Comments

It’s an obvious truth that there are many millions of players out there who are hooked on the old-style gaming. They either get their fix playing on the original consoles rescued from the cellar, cleaned up and made ready for action or by using more modern tech to...