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Full Motion Video Games
About This Episode Photo-realism in video games is commonplace now, but for decades, storage and technology limitations meant blocky figures were the best we could get. But as the tech evolved, the use of actual video started to enhance the game experience. In this...
Work begins on restoration of Square Enix’s early cell phone history
When most people think of retro games, they don’t think of phone games. Retro games, after all, are broadly speaking from a time before smart phones. But then again, phone games existed before smart phones did. Such is the case with Japanese feature phone games,...
Atari’s Yars’ Revenge OFFICIAL HSW Sequel Status! – Exclusive Interview
Yars’ Revenge is a video game designed by Howard Scott Warshaw for the Atari Video Computer System. The game involves a fly-like humanoid alien race known as Yars attacking their arch-rivals the Qotile who have destroyed their habitable planets in their solar system....
THE400 Mini Atari 8-bit Computer
The Atari 8-bit computer line is finally getting its due in the form of THE400 Mini from Retro Games & PLAION. If you are an Atari 8-bit fan, then you know what this is exciting news. This much-anticipated plug-and-play console has just arrived in the GenXGrownUp...
Wonder Boy in Monster Land- An RPG for Arcade?
Originally released in the arcade in Japan in 1987, Ryuichi Nishizawa’s Wonder Boy in Monster Land is one of the most influential early Sega games not named Sonic the Hedgehog, Kid Chameleon or Alex Kidd. An ambitious arcade action/RPG, its Sega Master System port...
Fallout, Lunar Lander Beyond, & Progression of AI
About This Episode We watch a post-apocalyptic TV series based on an equally post-apocalyptic game franchise, explore how artificial intelligence is creeping its way into our lives, and play a brand new game that adds a layer of story onto a 1979 Atari arcade classic....
Donkey Kong ’94 on Nintendo Game Boy is WAY MORE than an Arcade Port!
Donkey Kong,[a] also referred to as Donkey Kong ’94, is a 1994 puzzle-platform game developed by Nintendo and Pax Softnica and published by Nintendo for the Game Boy. Donkey Kong is loosely based on the 1981 arcade game of the same name and its sequel Donkey Kong Jr....
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Ciro Camera Talks Whirlight – No Time To Trip
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Ciro Camera, Co-Founder at imaginarylab discusses their new title, Whirlight - No Time To Trip. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Ciro Camera: After the experience of “Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town” we...
Nintendo 64 Quest Kickstarter – Coming Soon
ONE MAN. 296 GAMES. 14 DAYS. NO ONLINE PURCHASES. ARE YOU GAME? Follow video game collector, Jay Bartlett on an adventure to collect all 296 N64 games in 14 days with no online purchases! CLICK HERE FOR KICKSTARTER Ten years after the original film, Nintendo Quest,...
Pacman RX – Another Pacman game appears and this one is a conversion by happycodingzx for the ZX Spectrum
I said to myself I wasn't going to feature any more Pac-Man games, especially as we've featured it so many times now with systems being mentioned such as the Atari 2600, Commodore Amiga, Intellivision and even the one that appeared on the Pico-8! Well we've got...
Holy Heroes – Coming soon to Steam
The game Holy Heroes was conceived out of a passion for Dungeon Master (MSX), 1986, ASCII - Eiichi Saida. The production of Holy Heroes was meticulously crafted to stay true to the DM niche, preserving excellent gameplay as much as possible. However, various additions...
Tourney Blast !
Here is my very first article I wrote for Old School Gamer Magazine's website back on October 31, 2017. I have loved working with OSG and continue to contribute to the website and the physical magazine. If you are in the Chicagoland area and want some good time Video...
The Zelda Clock – The Untold Story
The Legend of Zelda Clock This is a cool but sad story of a classic game and how it became a permanent keepsake in my collection as well as my life long memory. One of my favorite games of all time is original The Legend of Zelda for the NES. I remember when it...
Stern Unveils 70th Anniversary Godzilla Table at Comic-Con
This year marks the seventieth anniversary of Godzilla, King of the Monsters. While Godzilla has never really gone out of style, there's no denying the character has seen a big resurgence in recent years, with appearances in new media properties in the United States...
Anarchy & Karate Champ Are This Week’s New Titles
A puzzle shooter and classic fighting game join the Antstream library this week. Antstream players can this week enjoy the puzzle shooter Anarchy (Amstrad CPC) and the arcade fighting game Karate Champ (Arcade). Also, this week’s challenge takes place in Double Dragon...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Doc Mack
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Doc Mack who currently is displayed on card number 483, from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. Doc is the owner of an arcade in Brookfield, IL called The Galloping Ghost Arcade. This is not your ordinary arcade of today;...
Podcast of the Week – Retronauts
Let's hear some Mortal Kombat discussion! The home of Retronauts, the greatest classic gaming podcast of all time! Or at least the oldest. New episodes every Monday (with bonus episodes every other Friday). Hosts Bob Mackey and Jeremy Parish explore the history of...
Ami-H.E.R.O – An Amiga game inspired by Activision’s 8bit game H.E.R.O gets a much needed update
Ask anyone about H.E.R.O, and I'm sure many would share their memories about this great game. A game which was released way back in the 1980's for the Atari 800/2600, 7800, ColecoVision, C64, C128 and ZX Spectrum! Well if you do remember it and would like to play it...
New On Antstream This Week: Thunder Hoop And Midnight Resistance
Save the world or save your family in this week’s new additions to the Antstream library. Two more games join the Antstream library this week. Classic run and gun action in both Thunder Hoop (Arcade) and Midnight Resistance (Amiga). Thunder Hoop was released as an...
Antstream Arcade Retro Gaming History II: The Super Game Boy
It seemed like the perfect gaming idea – take the hugely popular Nintendo Game Boy and enable gamers to combine its games with the also-hugely popular Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Antstream Arcade digs into the archives to unearth the history of Nintendo’s...
PETSCII Wizard of Wor – A classic Arcade game in PETSCII is coming to the Commodore Plus/4, C64 and CBM PET
Commodore owners are going to love this news story that we've just come across on Facebook. As if you remember playing and hopefully enjoying the 1980's Arcade game of Wizard of Wor, which also appeared on the Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, Atari 5200, Bally Astrocade and...
Saboteur – The Sequel to Yars’ Revenge
When Atari released the Saboteur as a 2600 cartridge we had an opportunity to ask Howard Scott Warshaw some questions about the Yars universe and the sequel’s place in the timeline. Background: Completed in 1983, Saboteur was meant to be a fast-following sequel to...
A Look Back at Earthworm Jim 2
A lot of what resonates about retro video games is their degree of nonsense- weird design quirks that might have made sense to the original programmers, but certainly not to anyone else, and are only slightly more bizarre in retrospect than they were in their original...
New To Antstream This Week: Megalopolis SOS & Snowboard Championship
Strap on your board and head down the mountain, or save Earth’s cities from alien attack in this week’s new titles. Two more new games come to Antstream this week. Shoot down alien ships in Magalopolis SOS (MSX) and master the slopes in Snowboard Championship...
This Day In Video Game History
