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How I broke my Chromatic and ModRetro fixed it
My particular nostalgia gaming fixation is rechargeable batteries, of the AA or AAA variety. I have memories of going to my grandparents' house in Iowa every summer with just a Game Boy to keep me company. And my grandparents, now dearly departed, bless their...
Gaming on the Original iPhone 2G: Three Tiny Games
To me, there is something deeply satisfying about powering on an iPhone 2G in 2026 and finding that it still works.I keep my original iPhone on a display shelf, still connected to power, keeping the battery charged. It actually still has its original battery,...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Rob McCallum
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Rob McCallum whose documentary is displayed on card number 585 from the Superstars of 2013 Collection. Rob is the writer and director of "Nintendo Quest", a documentary following one his friends on a quest to collect ALL North...
Pac-Man – by By Jason C. Gares
..swimming against a 1980 tide of space shooters and war games. “Around the time that we launched Pac-Man, video arcades were filled with games where you shoot aliens… it was for men,” he recalled, speaking to WIRED magazine.. “If women and couples were going to come...
Galaga – by GenX George
On the surface, it’s straightforward: one ship, descending waves of alien insects, and a single fire button… but underneath that simplicity is a rhythm that feels almost musical. The swooping enemy patterns, the slight delay on your shots, and that delicious risk of...
Arcade Attract Mode and the Rise of Modern Gaming Promos
Arcade attract mode was never just background theater. It was a machine’s fastest way of advertising its theme, pace, and identity before a player touched a button. The best cabinets used it to do two jobs at once: announce what kind of experience they offered and...
Five Retro Games No One Played But Should Have
Retro Games…we love them, but we have missed so many. By just playing our favorites, there are countless other gems that never managed to grab our eyes. In this exclusive Old School Gamer Magazine post, author Patrick Hickey Jr. gives us five retro games we need to...
Old School Gamer Magazine at Saluki Con
Earlier this year, I had a realization. The SIU Student Center, like so many buildings that have been around a long time, has a bunch of old CRTs in storage. What if, instead of just letting them sit there collecting dust, they could be brought out to serve...
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DOUBLE BABOON NINJA – This upcoming Arcade game by Danlabg for the Amiga looks fab [BETA UPDATE]
Fancy playing a new Commodore Amiga game that smacks of high quality, is fun to play, and well worth keeping an eye on as developments progress, then this game called 'Double Baboon Ninja' by Danlabg is just the game for you. An upcoming Arcade game in which you play...
Musing of a Retro Gamer: Lost Media and Game Preservation
As I was browsing Reddit the other day, as I'm wont to do from time to time, I came across a post about something of great interest to me that I knew nothing about. The post discussed the release of a PC port of Infinity Blade II. For the uninitiated, the Infinity...
Super Rare Games Announces First Switch 2 Physical: Minishoot Adventures!
Super Rare Games Announce First Nintendo Switch 2 Physical Release: Minishoot' Adventures! Eight years and over 150 physical releases later, Super Rare Games is officially stepping into the next generation. We’re thrilled to confirm that we’ll be continuing our...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Howard Scott Warshaw
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Howard Scott Warshaw who currently is displayed on card number 208, from the Superstars of 2012 Collection. Howard is a true pioneer in the gaming industry. As one of the original Atari programmers for the Atari 2600, Howard...
Donkey Kong – by Eugenio Angueir
Donkey Kong not only started a trend with platform games back then, but it also created a vast universe of games based on the two main characters from the game (Donkey Kong and Mario, then known as Jumpman). I remember seeing this game for the very first time in the...
Mappy – Bally Midway & Namco’s Arcade mouse game has arrived on the Amiga via JOTD
I had a feeling it wouldn't be too long for another JOTD announcement, and thus here we are with a new Arcade to Amiga port that's been released called 'Mappy'. A side-scrolling platformer that was developed by Namco for the Japanese market in March 1983, and...
One of My Own – Original Game Boy Still Holds The Best Memories
A look back at my original 1989 Nintendo Game Boy, bought as a birthday gift to myself while attending the University of Arizona. From Tetris and Super Mario Land to the puzzle obsession of Boxxle, this little gray handheld became part of college life, shared with friends who would stop by just to play a game or two.
ZORK – by Jon – GenX Grownup
I can still remember my Atari 800. The screen went that deep shade of blue, and the cursor appeared, waiting for me to type something… No joystick… No sprites… Just text. Then these words appeared: “You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a...
A review of BIG2SMALL
The NES metroidvania game Annalog has already been confirmed for a physical release via The Retro Room thanks to generous Kickstarter backing. With ten days left to go in its funding drive, Annalog will almost certainly hit the $20,000 goal, guaranteeing a...
Adventure – by Eugenio Angueira
A more adventured had forgone the“first”Atari in 2600 video is honored game history.to have It is the first adventure-type game on a console, and it is also considered the first action-adventure game (inspired by the text-only adventure game Colossal Cave Adventure)....
Arkamiga – Mainake Project revives classic Arcade action with this latest Arkanoid clone
Retro enthusiasts and Amiga fans have a new reason to dust off their hardware. The Mainake Project has officially released Arkamiga, a brand-new Arkanoid-style action game developed specifically for the classic Commodore Amiga system. In fact rather than a WHDLOAD,...
HEIANKYO ALIEN – by Jeremy Parish
Gaming historians often write about popular media in the pre-internet age as if it all existed in vacuum-sealed silos by country, but that’s not true at all. Intercontinental communication may have been a lot more complicated back then, but consider Heiankyo Alien, a...
Wee Ninja – A great Mario style platformer for the Atari XL/XE and 5200 by Playsoft
Playsoft have released a number of games over the years, from Blowsub on the Atari 5200, to the Atari 8bit hack of Donkey Kong by Darryl1970. Well it's time for the Atari 5200 to get a new game announcement, as Playsoft has released the eagerly awaited high quality...
Mystery House – by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi
In 1979, Ken Williams was busy starting up his new business software company, On-Line Systems; years later, this company would be better known as Sierra Online. His wife, Roberta, had her own ambitions, often playing text adventure computer games like Colossal Cave or...
Learning to Code in 1980: A Book, BASIC, and Pure Persistence
At 13, with an Apple II and a book of BASIC game listings, I learned to code the hard way – typing line by line, fixing errors, and discovering how programs really worked.
Adventure Land – by Ryan Burger
Before home computers ever had an “adventure game,” there was Colossal Cave Adventure (1976- 1977) by Will Crowther and Don Woods. Often referred to simply as Adventure or ADVENT, it ran on a PDP-10 mainframe, a machine that cost about $150,000 in the 1970s, roughly...
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