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A Closer Look at Nintendo ASCII’s Official Super NES Peripherals: Super Advantage
Several months ago, we took a look at a peripheral released for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Nintendo themselves called the NES Advantage. The device was created to bring an arcade-like feel home for players of the NES, and offer a few additional flourishes...
The Last Official Release: Sega Genesis – Frogger (1998)
Well, hello there. Welcome back to the Last Official Release: the semi-frequent series I tippity-tap that discusses the final official games to be released on your favourite consoles. An extensive and well-formatted list of what I’ve already covered can be found...
Arcade 1Up pre-orders now available!
New York, USA – June 12, 2018 – Tastemakers, LLC. is opening the doors to the past on July 25. Eager consumers will be able to place pre-orders for the first wave of affordable Arcade1Up smaller-scale arcade cabinets stocked with classic games like Atari’s Centipede...
Run Through The Jungle: Remembering Pitfall!
Growing up, I wanted to be an archeologist. Not a real archeologist mind you. I wanted to be Indiana Jones. I wanted to carry a whip, wear a leather jacket, and travel the world searching for rare (and possibly cursed) historical items. I even built a museum of...
VGM Classics Starts Crowd-funding Campaigns for New Orchestral Albums of Video Game Music
On July 20, 2018, VGM Classics (NM, USA), a classical record company specializing in video game music, has started three crowd-funding campaigns for new orchestral CD albums featuring music from the video games: “Star Fox,” “Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon,” and “Suikoden...
Nostalgia Comes Alive with the C64 Mini – Coming to North America October 9
Pre-order now, this Holiday’s Must Have Gaming System Ontario, Canada - July 23, 2018 – Retro Games Ltd. and Solutions 2 GO announced today that the THEC64® Mini is coming to North American retail stores on October 9, 2018. THEC64® Mini, a 50% replica of the of...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Rowdy Wrestling’
Old School gamer chats with Rowdy Wrestling developer Colin Lane, who details the development process and inspiration behind the mobile wrestling game that takes simplicity and fun as its main inspiration and combines it with a ton of video game and wrestling...
A Few Minutes with Buck Stein of Retro Game Treasure – By Old School Gamer
Buck Stine, of Retro Game Treasure, grew up as a Nintendo kid in the 1980s and got his NES for his fifth birthday. If you were to assess his NES inventory at Retro Game Treasure at any given time, he may have the largest collection of Nintendo games around. But his...
This Day In Video Game History
