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Q*Bert – An Arcade classic is coming to the Amstrad CPC Plus, with a beta now available!
In 1982 Gottlieb released a very famous game that had an orange character with a long snout as a nose, it just had to be the isometric arcade game with puzzle elements of ' Q*Bert '. It was so popular in fact it appeared on many systems such as the Atari 2600 and the...
Swap Arcade Launches on Kickstarter – And it’s rollin!
Swap Arcade is a compact, affordable, retro home arcade designed for real homes. It lets you play the classics you love—and your modern favorites too—by using the devices you already own, including a Nintendo Switch, a phone or tablet, or a Windows PC. Most home...
Only $15 to go on this $20,000 Kickstarter for a book!
We at Old School Gamer have worked with this publisher/author on several of his books and enjoy reading them each time they come out. Check out more information on it at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/microzeit/redo-from-start-volume-ii REDO FROM START – Volume...
Captain Cloudberry Amiga Edition – A MegaStyle C64 production arrives on the Commodore Amiga
Way back in 2020 MegaStyle released the Commodore 64 game called 'Captain Cloudberry'. A game whereby you play as Captain Cloudberry, on mission to destroy radioactive weather balloons that have given an evil witch complete control of the atmosphere, keeping the...
Super Mario: The All Star Video Game Changer HAPPY MAR10 DAY!
Forty years ago, Super Mario jumped out of his debut role-he was the nameless carpenter "Jumpman" in the classic game Donkey Kong-and into a realm of his own with the 1985 release of Super Mario Bros. Video games have never been the same. In this spectacular new...
Video Game of the Day – Mario Tennis (GBC)
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...
10 Pac-Man Clones for the C64 for Pac-Man’s 45th
In the world of video game clones, most people will point to Doom as the most cloned game of all time. But, likely that title is held, or at least challenged, by the one and only yellow dot gobbler, Pac-Man. The first time I played Pac-Man outside the arcade was on a...
Five PlayStation 2 Games More People Need to Love
Think you’ve played everything on the PlayStation 2? Check out this fun list of games that you need to love! Blood Omen 2: While a far cry from the original and extremely linear, it’s a great game to play over a long weekend. Getting more of Kain is a fun experience,...
This Day In Video Game History
