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NEW Re-release from Retro-Bit! Battletoads & Double Dragon
Open Pre-Orders April 19th - May 22nd! ONE-TIME RELEASE! Worlds collide in Battletoads & Double Dragon in an officially-licensed limited collector’s cartridge re-release of the classic Nintendo® Entertainment System brawler from Retro-Bit® Publishing, a publishing...
Iris and the Giant GiveawayAvailable Now on The Indie Spring Sale on GOG The fusion of the roguelike, RPG and CCG genres is available for free for 48 hours •Discover over 300 deals on Indie games up to -90% • April 15th, 2022 – There’s nothing like a creative spirit...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Gil Velez
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Gil Velez who is displayed on card number 3420, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Gil is also featured on card 3421. In 2016 Gil founded a Facebook group called “Arcade Game Repair Help Group”. This group offers real...
From Below – A great Tetris style game recently released for the NES is coming to the Game Boy
If you loved the 1984 game of Tetris or the 1989 game of Columns then you might like this latest news story featured here on IRN. As trawling through Facebook today, we have found out that the previously released NES game of ' From Below '; a game which gained...
Podcast of the Week – The Retro Hour
In this Edition, the Retro Hour hosts chat to the awesome James Rolfe (aka The Angry Video Game Nerd) about his memories of gaming and his love for terrible retro games. The Angry Video Game Nerd - The Retro Hour EP321 Click Here to listen to the Podcast Show Notes...
Nintendo Switch Review – Taito Milestones
ININ Games together with TAITO are excited to announce TAITO MILESTONES for Nintendo Switch launching April 15th in Europe and North America! The special retro compilation of some true TAITO classics will be available through selected retailers and the Nintendo eShop....
Farawaydius – A super tiny Gradius inspiration for the C64 gets a preview
We've just received some rather interesting news from a good friend of ours, especially if you've got a C64 or emulator at hand, as if you loved playing the classic game of Gradius/Nemesis; a side scrolling shoot-em-up that was originally released as a Japanese coinop...
The Wheel of Time is released
GOG Is Bringing Good Old Games Back To Life The Wheel of Time Is Now Available The classic FPS The Wheel of Time released for modern PCs with Nightdive Studios • Revealing a list of 500+ Good Old Games available on GOG • April 6th, 2022 – GOG, the digital distribution...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Atari Video Cube?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Atari Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Puzzle Alternate Title: Rubik’s Cube Model #: CX2670 Rarity: 7 Programmer: N/A This is a surprisingly robust and challenging puzzle game that will give fits to even the most seasoned of puzzle...
What PlayStation Needs To Do.
This past week, Sony announced what the new tiered system for their online services would be. Essentially it boils down to the more money you pay for the service, the more games you could play, with the Premium Membership being the one that has all the retro goodies....
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Carl Klitzke
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Carl Klitzke who currently is displayed on card number 3975, from the Superstars of 2021 Collection. Carl is a masterful arcade game and pinball technician. Anything you need he can fix. He worked on his very first pinball...
Polar Bear in Space! – An Action packed game through Psytronik Software and RGCD gets a C64 release
What a great December this is turning out to be and it looks like the C64 goodness hasn't finished with us yet. As trawling through Facebook, we have just found out that the previously announced in development game of 'Polar Bear in Space!' is now available for...
The Sega… Pluto? by Adam Koralik
Well, if you consider yourself a fan of video game history, you're familiar with the Sega Saturn. Sega's fifth generation console, launched in Japan in late 1994 where it did well. Released in the West in the summer of 1995 and did... less well. The Sega Pluto is an...
Five Wrestling Games You’ve Forgotten About or Didn’t Know Existed
With Wrestlemania right around the corner, we take a look at five wrestling games we know you forgot existed! WWF Microleague Wrestling: The first WWF Wrestling game ever isn’t really much of a wrestling game, but it’s something you have to try. Fire Pro Wrestling 2-...
We Play: Big Bang Pro Wrestling (Nintendo Switch)
Old School Gamer Magazine Senior Writer Patrick Hickey Jr. plays Big Bang Pro Wrestling on the Nintendo Switch. https://youtu.be/hEtL9VFGqqs
King Cade and Retro Zone – by Ryan Burger
When an opportunity to get involved in a Mini-Con in Kansas City came up with about 10 days to go before the event, I jumped at it. Contacting Cat, who runs the King Arcade for its owners Billy and Derek,I found out that they had done one of these events before but...
Thea 2: The Shattering for free during GOG Games Festival
Thea 2: The Shattering GiveawayBlossom During The GOG Games Festival: Spring Edition The turn-based strategy is available for free for 48 hours • 50+ demos for new andupcoming games including Berserk Boy, Imagine Earth, and Terra Nil •Bethesda classics join the 4000+...
The Video Game History Foundation – by Todd Friedman
At one time or another, I am sure everyone thought about saving their magazines to show their grand- children one day. Not everyone had the drive or the technology to keep those copies and ended up donating them or selling them to other collectors. There is a place...
End of Days – by Michael Mertes
Well, If you have a Netflix account, watch Adult Swim, or follow anime to even the slightest degree, you most likely have heard of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Back in 2000, however, the series did not hold the same weight as it does now. If you were a subscriber to...
Pick Your Retro with Action-Platformer B.I.O.T.A.
28 March 2022, WARSAW, POLAND - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Coming Out on 12th of April ● Action-Platformer B.I.O.T.A. release date confirmed for 12 April 2022 ● Swap color palettes and adjust the game’s looks to your favorite retro style ● A new trailer shows the 2D retro...
RetroMags – by Todd Friedman
Retromags is an online database and community that preserves retro magazines and makes them available to the public. This project is a non-for profit and is funded by the gamers. Retromags is a 100% community supported site and project, what means they rely on their...
TOKIMAL – Another HOT news story as a ZX Spectrum 128k inspiration to Toki gets a release!
Toki was an awesome arcade shooter platformer that was released way back in 1989 by a designer by the name of Akira Sakuma for many different retro systems. In it you played as an enhanced Ape transformed from a Human that could shoot energy balls from his mouth...
Roger Sharpe – by Michael Thomasson
Roger Sharpe is all about pinball. He’s most famous for being the “man that saved pinball” after he successfully convinced the New York City Council to legalize the game after demonstrating that pinball was not a game of chance, but instead a game of skill. Roger has...
Project Warlock II Early Access
22 March 2022, WARSAW, POLAND - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Project Warlock II Early Access Launch Set for June with an Explosive New Trailer ● Early Access of Project Warlock II will launch in June 2022 ● New details of the first playable chapter of the game revealed ●...
