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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Sam McNear
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Sam McNear, who currently is displayed on card number 3372, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Sam is also featured on card number 3547. Sam is a classic arcade collector, gamer restorer and score chaser. He loves...
The Five Best Indie Games on Nintendo Switch
The Nintendo Switch is littered with indie games, but here are the five that you have to own, right now. Cuphead: It’s one of the toughest games of this console generation, but it’s an awesome throwback. Celeste: If you love games that make you feel, this is a...
Puzzle Bobble – ACIED, NM1564 and Hend’s C64 release of the Arcade classic gets a new v1.21 update
Remember when we featured the exclusive news story of the brand new Arcade conversion of Puzzle Bobble, which was released for the Commodore 64 thanks to ACIED, NM1564 and Hend as a 100% replica of the Puzzle Bobble arcade version? Well here's some great news for all...
Games That Defined Genres That People Forget
We here at Old School Gamer are all about preserving gaming history, so take a look at five games that changed video games forever, that no one talks about anymore. Find them and play them! Parappa the Rapper: Could you imagine the rhythm genre without this one? From...
PacMen Evolution – Yet another Pac-Man game has been announced for the Atari XL/XE
We've featured Pac-Man so many times now on our website that I'm wondering if it's worth changing our name to Pac-Man Retro News :p. Well here we are with yet another Pac-Man game that's going to get a shout out, as we've recently found out through Saberman, that Lars...
Sharp X68000 Retro Mini Edition Announced
As amazing as it seems, it's been 6 years now since Nintendo revitalized the retro plug & play mini industry with the NES Classic Edition (released November 2016). In the time since many, many brands have followed suit - everyone from arch-rival Sega to Konami...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – High Scores Arcade
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Shawn and Meg Livernoche of High Scores Arcade, who currently is displayed on card number 3158, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Megan and Shawn own an arcade in California called “High Scores Arcade”. If you love the...
5 Online Casino Games You Might Want To Indulge In
Online casino gaming is not as challenging as you might have imagined. Since the advancement of online casino technology, many online casino games have replaced their traditional counterparts. Fun is at your fingertips if you enjoy playing casino games, and driving to...
Chez Maxime – HOT NEWS : As a Tapper like game from the Philips Videopac(Odyssey 2) arrives on the ZX Spectrum as a full remaster
Not satisfied with the amount of games posted and think more are needed! Then how about this game then it's 'Chez Maxime'. A brand new ZX Spectrum remaster from Highrise and Gabriele Amore, as a game that was regarded by many including ARG as a hidden gem from 1983...
Amidar500 – A 1980’s Arcade and 2600 game coming to the Amiga 500 as an Arcade conversion by JOTD gets a beta
JOTD is certainly making a name for himself here on Indie Retro News, creating awesome Arcade like conversions of games such as Ms Pacman and Pacman 500, and even the rebuilt & adapted to Amiga AGA ripped from Supercars International 1996 as Supercars 2 AGA. Well...
Five NES Guilty Pleasures You Need to Play
Need something on the NES that you haven’t played yet? Try these fun ones! WCW Wrestling: The roster on this is amazing and the game is tough as hell. Easily an underrated gem. Bad News Baseball: It might be the best baseball game on the NES and it's aged wonderfully....
Wolfenstein 3D – Could this classic first person shooter be coming to the Sega Master System and Sega 1000?
Throughout the years we've featured many different types of news stories, from gaming updates, to music disks and even scene demos. Well here with another eye opening news story I think you'll like, as if you have a Sega Master System or Sega 1000, then it might be...
Old School Gamer Celebrates 5 Years and Wants to Raise It’s Game
Press Release About Kickstarter Old School Gamer has been publishing it’s retro gaming magazine for the last five years. Covering video gaming from its beginnings in the 1970s until the late 1990s, Old School had published 29 issues and is due for it’s 30th issue to...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, who currently is displayed on card number 3480, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Johnathan is a former professional Esports player of games like Quake and PainKiller. At one time Johnathan...
Five Retro Football Games That Still Rock
With NFL season almost here, Old School Gamer counts down five pigskin games over 20 years old that still play great. NFL Gameday 98: The first game to truly dethrone the Madden series, those polygon graphics and awesome AI set a high standard for all the games that...
Freeway – An Atari 2600 to Atari XL/XE port by Glurk gets a release
We've featured many Atari 2600 to C64 and Atari XL/XE conversions and ports throughout the years, from Spider Fighter, to Keystone Kapers and even our personal favorite Frostbite. Well here's some more good news to get us through this Tuesday which has been developed...
Karate Champ – A 1980’s Arcade fighting game by JOTD for the Commodore Amiga gets an update!
If you remember the 1980's game of 'Karate Champ; An Arcade fighting game that was released in the Arcades and later the Apple II, C64, NES, Virtual Console, iOS via Data East, then you might like this latest Amiga news story. As Jotd has released a new update to his...
RiverRaid Reloaded v1.1 – An updated River Raid clone for the Amiga 500 and up!
While many of you have already played Project R3D's River Raid style game of ' Bridge Strike ', you might also interested to know that as of today, Matze1887 has released an update to his previously released River Raid clone of ' RiverRaid Reloaded ' for the Commodore...
Retro Games Values are Increasing by the hundreds of dollars – Do you have one?
Have you ever wondered how retro games compare to modern games of today? Gaming has come a long way and in light of this, gaming experts at Crucial.com have looked compared data around retro vs modern games to find out, the value of retro consoles over time, the...
Lemmings – Deater has released a proof of concept of Lemmings for the Apple II!
Lemmings was a game published by Psygnosis way back in the early 90's for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC and regarded by many as one of the greatest games ever, especially as it featured many blue, green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and dropped...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tim Kitzrow
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tim Kitzrow who is displayed on card number 3091, from the Superstars of 2019 Collection. Tim is also featured on card number 4110. You can hear the legendary voice of Tim Kitzrow on dozens of popular video game franchises...
Tutankham – A C64 port of Tutankham, an arcade game developed by Konami in 1982.
Even more retro games to get through now, as thanks to a late hour heads up from Saberman, we've just been told LC-Games has released the new C64 game of 'Tutankham'; A C64 port of Tutankham which was originally an Arcade game developed by Konami in 1982. To coincide...
Coming Soon – SHARPIN Mini V3
shipping in October You need a 10-11″ Android Tablet to play. (maximum: 296mm x 210mm) What’s included: CNC Cut wood cabinet Button Encoder-Board to connect to your Android Tablet 6 Arcade Buttons Designed Decal Stickers USB C and Micro USB-Adapter The...
Pac Time – Classic Pac-Man game arrives on the Atari XL/XE but with a difference!
We've featured Pac-Man so many times now on our website, from Jr. Pac-Man on the Intellivision, to Pac Man The Curse of the Slimers on the ZX Spectrum and even PAC-01 on the MSX. Well here we are with another Pac-Man game, as we've recently found out, that if you head...
