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A Biased List of my Favourite Retro Gaming YouTubers [Part I]
While I don’t claim to be very good at many things in life, one pastime I excel at is sitting on my butt and watching the Tubes. I’ve been a fan of many YouTube channels since I started watching them regularly about eight years ago - and since then, have built up...
100 Greatest Console Video Games 1977-1987: Solar Fox
Solar Fox for the Atari 2600 was a tough call for the inclusion in this book. I love the game and still play it, but it has some of the most simplistic graphics of any cartridge produced in 1983 - a grid of squares, some enemy projectiles, and a trio of ordinary...
The Radical Redesign of the Super NES
The recent release of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System Classic Edition around the world has reignited an age-old discussion about which design for the console is superior: The sleek, rounded grays of the European and Japanese release, or the multiple contours...
Phoenix IV: Sega’s New Console
As Nintendo and SCE volleyed for the top position, it was plain to see that Sega was no longer in the running, even though the Saturn was outselling the N64 in Japan. American sales for the Saturn had fallen so dramatically during 1997 that Sega of America decided to...
Gigolo and Cathouse Blues for the Atari 2600
Send the kids to bed. These games are for mommies and daddies only. Now for many of you reading this, "adult" Atari 2600 games are old hat, but if they aren't, open a new browser tab, Google "Custer's Revenge" and take some time to immerse yourself in the colorful...
Galaxies Of Gaming this weekend
Come Join us this weekend, November 10th-12th, 2017 in Ottumwa, Iowa for a weekend of retro gaming, tournament, trading cards, and the International Video game Hall of Fame Ceremony. Special guests include Walter Day, Billy Mitchell, "Tri-Force" Johnson and team...
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Thrill Kill [PS1] – Unreleased & Unobtainable
Thrill Kill (for the PlayStation) was originally intended to be released mid-1998. However, thanks to big companies buying smaller companies (in this case, EA), the completed game was canned by its new overlords due to its sexual and violent nature mere weeks before...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Riskers
You wouldn’t necessarily call the gameplay in Grand Theft Auto retro, would you? Well, it’s actually been over 20 years since the original GTA game hit shelves and as a result, it's had an impact on a plethora of gamers and more importantly, developers. In this...
This Day In Video Game History
