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Time Crisis – by Ryan Burger

It was all about Time Crisis and The House of the Dead. Time Crisis hit me harder overall. This rail shooter takes you through different missions across the series. Each mission typically has three stages, and each stage has four areas you fight through. I have never...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Ground Zero Hero’

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Ground Zero Hero” developer Rowan Edmondson, who details the creative journey behind the upcoming game. About Ground Zero Hero: Featuring a vibrant hand-drawn art style inspired by The Simpsons and Rick and Morty, Ground Zero Hero...

PinkSweets and Muchi Muchi Pork! Ports Confirmed for Modern Systems

  On Friday May 29th, Clear River Games confirmed that they would be rereleasing the classic CAVE shooters Pink Sweets: Ibara Sorekara and Muchi Muchi Pork! on modern consoles. The developer City Connection is responsible for bringing the games to the PlayStation...
STERN OF THE UNION ADDRESS – MARCH 2023

STERN OF THE UNION ADDRESS – MARCH 2023

The Stern of the Union Address, your monthly resource for news, information and highlights on all things Stern Pinball.  Without further ado my fellow pinheads: Foo Fighters: Stern Pinball and the rock and roll hall of fame band Foo Fighters unleashed a pinball...

Super Six: Bally Midway

Super Six: Bally Midway

American videogame publisher Midway merged with pinball and slot machine rival Bally Manufacturing in the late Sixties, but it wasn’t until the Eighties that it began using the name Bally Midway to promote its arcade videogame range. Throughout the decade, Bally...

Ultima IV and Ultima V – by Jarrod Kailef

Ultima IV and Ultima V – by Jarrod Kailef

The Ultima series certainly  stands as one of the most influential and enduring computer role-playing game (CRPG) franchises of all time. However, Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar and Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny are considered by many CRPG aficionados, myself...

Lord British – by Jarrod Kailef

Lord British – by Jarrod Kailef

Richard Garriott, AKA Lord British, is one of the most well known names in computer gaming, both old school and modern. His influence is still clearly felt today by scores of developers that credit his games for much of their inspiration. He is the creator of...

Big Box Boutique – by Mike Mertes

Big Box Boutique – by Mike Mertes

I may have been the new kid on the block when it came to PC Gaming in 1995, but even as a console gamer, I knew the Ultima series carried some significant clout. The console versions of some of the Ultima games never crossed my path, but I knew that many of the RPGs I...

Colossal Cave – by Gunther Vinson

Colossal Cave – by Gunther Vinson

Colossal Cave is a reimagining of the original text-basedadventure game, first introduced in 1975 by Will Crowther and Don Woods, as a fully immersive 3D VR experience. Colossal Cave is already well known to tens of millions of gamers worldwide. Several elements of...

SUPER MARIO MOVIE OUT TODAY!

SUPER MARIO MOVIE OUT TODAY!

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is an upcoming computer-animated fantasy film based on the Nintendo video game franchise Mario. Produced by Illumination with financing from Universal Pictures and Nintendo, and distributed by Universal, it is directed by Aaron Horvath and...

Antstream’s 200th Tournament

Antstream’s 200th Tournament

London, UK – Tuesday 4th April 2023 – Antstream Arcade, the world’s first retro gaming platform to offer live tournaments, is celebrating its 200th tournament with a special event on the pinball game Slam Tilt Pirate. The tournament will take place on Tuesday 4th...

Behold The Evercade ! – by Mike Mertes

Behold The Evercade ! – by Mike Mertes

Blaze Entertainment entered the handheld console market in May 2020 with the release of the Evercade. The sleek little handheld had a lot of competition as the market was already flooded with cheap handheld units with built-in games, flimsy builds, and low-resolution...

Five Retro Series That Deserve Modern Remakes

Five Retro Series That Deserve Modern Remakes

PAX East 2023 showed us that there’s a need for retro sports and beat-em-ups, but what other games and genres deserve a fresh new coat of paint? Old School Gamer shares their thoughts on what titles would find a new audience with a modern remake. Adventure: The Atari...

This Day In Video Game History

Reflect World was released for NES in Japan.

Lord of the Sword was released for SEGA Master System in Japan.

Kenseiden was released for SEGA Master System in Japan.

Tensai Bakabon was released for SEGA Master System in Japan.

Psychic Detective Series Vol.3: Aýa was released for FM Towns in Japan.

Sindibad: Chitei no Daimakyū was released for TurboGrafx-16 in Japan.

Mondo Media is incorporated in California, US.


Cadillacs and Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm was released for SEGA CD in United States.

Double Dragon was released for Neo Geo CD in United States.

Battle Monsters was released for SEGA Saturn in Japan.

Egyptia was released for Windows in United States.

Forsaken was released for Windows in Poland.

Nukes3D (Release v1.0) was released for DOS in United States.

Zombies (IF archive release) was released for Z-machine in Worldwide.

Daikaijū Monogatari: Poyon no Dungeon Room 2 was released for Game Boy Color in Japan.