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Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Angel Studios
The next studio we're looking at from the vaunted Dream Team assembled by Nintendo to provide exclusive titles for their upcoming Ultra 64 console is Angel Studios. Some of you may not recognize the name, but by the time we're done here, you might just know who they...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Inside ‘West of Loathing’ on Switch
Old School Gamer chats with creative director Zack Johnson and programmer Victor Thompson, who detail the Open World Western RPG and how its retro look and creators love of Nintendo make it a perfect fit on the hybrid console. About West of Loathing: Don’t let its...
The Last Official Release: N64 – Tony Hawks Pro Skater 3
Greetings fellow retro devotees and welcome back to a series I like to call, The Last Official Release. Here, we take a gander at a particular console and focus in on its final official game release. Previous entries have delved into the Game Gear, NES, Atari 2600 and...
Mega Man 30th Anniversary Classic Cartridge Coming Soon
If you are a lover of classic Nintendo games and don't know who Mega Man is, it's time to get out and get some fresh air. One of the most iconic Nintendo characters, next to Zelda and Mario, is coming back in a special edition cartridge to celebrate 30 years of...
Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs: Mini Lightbox Review
With the arcade machines, one of my most favorite parts is the marquees. Besides the monitor and graphics, the marquee is the sign to attract you to the glowing light. There are some people that collect the marquees, but the price of them can range from $5 up to...
The Latest Issue of Old School Gamer is online now!
Old School Gamer has released it's latest issue, issue #4, and this time it's themed RPG's, Role Playing Gamers. Along with some of the regular features of every issue of Old School Gamer, we have targeted RPG's with the below coverage: A Selected History of RPG's by...
The Walter Day Report: Back in the 80s, was there a “Greatest-of-All-Time?” – By Walter Day
With all the talk about the Patriot’s Tom Brady being the NFL’s greatest quarterback of all time, one begins to wonder if there was ever a gamer back in the Golden Age of arcade gaming who was undeniably the Greatest of All Time (aka G.O.A.T)? As a sport reaches an...
Relating on a Personal Level with Atari’s Paperboy
Spring of 1985 was a dark time for video games. The Nintendo Entertainment System was still 6 months from seeing the light of day in the United States. Atari mania and Pac-Man fever felt like ages ago thanks to the shift away from home console gaming towards computer...
This Day In Video Game History
