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Golden Axe Cartoon Getting Rave Early Reviews

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | September 17, 2026 | 1990s, 2020s, News, Reviews | 0 Comments

Released on September 16 on Paramount+, the Golden Axe cartoon series is earning rave reviews from a few trusted media outlets. IGN admitted they weren’t too excited about the project, but now find themselves as big fans. “Having seen the entire first season, I can...

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...

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Sega Arcade Pop-Up Book to Soon Feature on your Coffee Table

by Brendan Meharry | Jul 13, 2018 | 1980s, 2010s | 0 Comments

Your coffee table is about to become astounding, and you don’t even know it yet. The world has been blessed with many great pop-up books over the decades, creating a quasi-AR-before-AR like state – however, to my knowledge none have yet to feature arcade gaming greats...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Dan Iacovelli

by Todd Friedman | Jul 13, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s | 0 Comments

Join us tomorrow for the Video Game Summit in Villa Park, IL. Today we will talk with Dan Iacovelli of Westchester, IL who began this event 13 years ago. For more information go to http://www.videogamesummit.net/ Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Dan...

Video Game Summit 2018

by Todd Friedman | Jul 13, 2018 | 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Events | 0 Comments

Video Game Summit, is Chicago’s Premier Video Game Event. The 2018 show will be at The Odeum Expo Center in Villa Park,IL, 7/14/18 show hours are: 10:00am till 6pm(all times central) Remember how much fun you used to have playing Atari, Nintendo and all kinds of games...

There are more Tiny Arcades coming any day now!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 12, 2018 | 1980s, Arcade, Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

It’s up to you to save the planet and galaxy, or maybe just avoid those pesky ghosts with the new Tiny Arcades! Super Impulse has brought the most iconic arcade video games back in a size that will fit in the palm of your hand! The screen size is less than 1.5 inches...

Nintendo 64 Chronicles [5] NBA Hangtime & Mario Kart 64

by Mike Benton | Jul 12, 2018 | 1990s, Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

#9 : NBA Hangtime Not being a huge basketball fan, I wasn't all that excited when I first fired this game up on my N64. However, it took about 30 seconds before that emotion completely flipped and I got hyped. NBA Hangtime is Midway's continuation of it's NBA Jam...

Great Games That Will (Probably) Never Be Released Again: WWF Warzone

by David Oxford | Jul 12, 2018 | 1990s | 2 Comments

Saturday, July 14th marks the 20th anniversary of the release of WWF War Zone, a revolutionary title for its time which has unfortunately fallen by the wayside as time has marched on. The mid-90s was a period of transition in the wrestling industry, and that includes...

Creature Features: Monster Games of the 1980s

by Shaun Jex | Jul 11, 2018 | 1980s | 0 Comments

I adore the old, black and white monster movies. Films like Frankenstein, King Kong, and even clunkers like Gamera are some of my favorite cinematic experiences. Given the choice between Citizen Kane and Creature from the Black Lagoon, I’ll pick the creature feature...

Old School Gamer is available digitally and shipping Friday!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 10, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld | 0 Comments

OSG #5 is available digitally now for all subscribers and will be in the mailboxes of print subscribers early next week... This "action-packed" issue puts the emphasis sports games in the realm of retro gaming. We start out with NBA Jam and Mutant Football...

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