“Dedicated to you… the old school/retro gamer from the arcades to your home!”

Featured Posts

The Arcade 1971-1999 by Paul Drury to release next week from Bitmap Books

  Earlier today Bitmap Books confirmed via their website that their new title The Arcade 1971–1999: The Stories Behind Classic Coin-Ops, Told by Their Creators by Paul Drury will be available for purchase on October 1st. A source close to the publication has also...

Greetings Programs: Space Paranoids

In 1982, Disney released a movie that would help to revolutionize the film industry. TRON was a sci-fi/adventure flick that imagined life inside the computers of the time. While the movie wasn't the runaway box-office success Disney hoped for, it was a groundbreaking...

Remembering New Super Mario Land

  Retro gaming has now been around for so long that at times it can get recursive. Nostalgia for nostalgia. So it is that in 2026, I recently picked up New Super Mario Land to play with a friend. Now, you might be thinking, wait, there's a new Super Mario Land?...
Inside NHL 94 Documentary ‘Pixelated Heroes’

Inside NHL 94 Documentary ‘Pixelated Heroes’

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Pixelated Heroes” director Mikey McBryan to find out everything about the upcoming NHL 94 documentary. Discussing the origin of the film, the research process and the rapidly approaching and massive NHL 94 tournament in Las Vegas,...

Atari Party East 2017

Atari Party East 2017

Atari Party East took place on Saturday, September 9th, 2017 on a beautiful, late summer afternoon in Somerset NJ, not far from the former World’s Fair Drive area locations of the east coast customer service offices and repair facilities of Atari, during the company’s...

The Net Yaroze: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World

The Net Yaroze: Wonders of the Retro Gaming World

Released in 1997, this was a one of a kind PSone development kit targeted at hobbyists and students that we have not seen the likes of since. [wpdevart_youtube width="640" height="385" autoplay="0" theme="light" loop_video="0" enable_fullscreen="1" show_related="1"...

Atari to Release its Very Own 2600 Handheld

Atari to Release its Very Own 2600 Handheld

Hot on the heels of Atari developing and promoting the Ataribox, a popular online retro games store called Funstock has launched pre-orders for a new device called the Atari ‘Retro’ Handheld. Not much is known about the handheld yet as its sole source of information...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Shut the *#@! UP!!!!

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Shut the *#@! UP!!!!

I actually had a colleague read the first three blogs I did and she asked, "How are you remembering such childish things?"  I told her that they were exciting times in my life that are triggered when recently exposed to them again.  She didn't understand.  I asked...

This Day In Video Game History

[wpematico-this-day-in-history-mobygames]
[wpematico-this-day-in-history-mobygames]