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The National Videogame Museum
This weekend I took a trip to the past, and I didn’t even need a DeLorean to get there. All I had to do was make the short drive to Frisco, Texas to visit the National Videogame Museum. Opened in 2016 by Joe Santulli, Sean Kelly, and John Hardie (founders of the Las...
The Last Official Release: Neo Geo AES – Samurai Shodown V Special (2004)
Welcome again, retro-playing friends, to another instalment of The Last Official Release. So far, I’ve chronicled the last games released for 25 different consoles and handhelds (all linked below). To say I’m running out of content wouldn’t be a lie – the list of what...
Global Gladiators for Game Gear Review
New review! Get it while it's hot! Of all the companies that shouldn't be involved in video games, I'd say McDonald's rates pretty highly. But they are, and this game, Global Gladiators found its way onto the Sega Game Gear in 1992. [wpdevart_youtube width="640"...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Hero-U’
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Corey Cole, President, Transolar Games (Formerly programmer and game designer – Quest for Glory, Castle of Dr. Brain, Shannara.), who lets us know what makes his newest game, Hero-U a special one. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was...
ARpiCADE – Raspberry Pi Your Jamma Cabinet – By Old School Gamer
ARpiCADE is the solution to a whole slew of issues that retro video gamers have. It is an extra board set that you hook up to your Raspberry Pi computer. It allows you to do the equivalent of RetroPie, which so many people are using to build handheld computers and...
Deja Vu
The term “film noir” traces back to 1946 and the French film critic Nino Frank. He used the phrase in an article titled, “A New Kind of Police Drama: the Criminal Adventure,” which focused on films like Double Indemnity, The Maltese Falcon, and Murder My Sweet. They...
Unannounced, Unreleased Pre-World Championship Wrestling NES Game Discovered
A curious curio for oldschool video game and wrestling fans alike.
GameShell – You Can Build It….I Did! – By Old School Gamer
My interest in the GameShell began when I heard about it back in November 2017, right as Old School Gamer was in its infancy. I often find myself backing many retro gaming related products that I see popping up on crowdfunding sites, especially on Kickstarter, which...
This Day In Video Game History
