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First Look: Echoes of the Unread

Old School Gamer's Patrick Hickey Jr. plays Echoes of the Unread on the NES from Mega Cat Studios. https://youtu.be/uLC7HyUXlnY  

Most Influential Football Games of All-Time

Who Else Misses Football?! Football is an integral part of American culture, but it’s an even bigger part of video game history. From its roots on the Atari 2600 to the eight-bit classics that revolutionized the genre, football games are the rock that helps keep the...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Heikki Repo Talks Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Heikki Repo, creative director and co-founder of Cornfox & Brothers and the creator behind Oceanhorn to find out what makes this new dungeon explorer a special one. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Heikki...
Super Six: The Sega Mega Drive

Super Six: The Sega Mega Drive

Last week we celebrated Sega’s greatest videogames console with Marc Jowett’s look back at the history of the beloved Mega Drive. Today, we present six of the finest Mega Drive games available on Antstream Arcade in this special Sega Super Six. Earthworm Jim First,...

Five Underrated Soccer Games

Five Underrated Soccer Games

Soccer may be the most popular sport in the world and a massive seller and draw in video game history- but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a huge list of Futbol games that have been forgotten or lost in the shuffle. Old School Gamer knows this all too well and shares...

Why I like E.T. [Hear Me Out!]

Why I like E.T. [Hear Me Out!]

Chuck-chuka-chuck, chucka-chuck, chucka-chucka-chucka-chuck, chuck-chucka-chuck…      The little green icon slowly made its way across the screen as the numbers at the bottom dwindled. As I tried to dodge the blocky-brown FBI agent, wishing for the umpteeth time that...

Five Great ST Games From 1986

Five Great ST Games From 1986

When the 520 Atari ST was released in the summer of 1985, it wowed computer journalists with its high-resolution Mac-alike monochrome display, and its 16-color (from a palette of 512)  320 x 200 graphics mode aimed squarely at the games market while "The 520 ST has...

A huge text adventure! JUST COMPLETED !

A huge text adventure! JUST COMPLETED !

A huge text adventure begun by anonymous creators 40 years ago was only completed this year. Jason Dyer has a blog called All the Adventures (opens in new tab) (via RPS (opens in new tab)) where he plans to play and write about every text adventure ever made, from the...

The Story Of The Sega Mega Drive

The Story Of The Sega Mega Drive

Initially released in 1988 in Japan, The Mega Drive (Genesis in America) represented the coming of age for Sega in the console war and is its best-selling console of all time, selling over 30 million units worldwide. It's easy to criticize Sega for the vast amount of...

The Antstream Arcade Years: 1994

The Antstream Arcade Years: 1994

With the Antstream Arcade search facility capable of narrowing its range by year, there’s a great way to discover the games from a time you remember especially fondly. This week, we look back at one such year and the noteworthy games that make it a fantastic time...

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