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iiRcade Review – Knights and Guns by Todd Friedman
Wow. What a fantastic looking shoot 'em up game for the iiRcade. Also available on the Nintendo Switch, Knights and Guns is a lot more fin on an arcade style platform and the iiRcade handles it perfectly. The appreciation of details and sound are amazing on this...
SNK VS. Capcom: The Match of the Millennium Review (Steam/PC)
While many say that Marvel VS Capcom is the ultimate experience in fighting game crossovers, I have to disagree. As someone who frequented the arcades regularly, I spent plenty of time split between my favorite Capcom fighters like Street Fighter Alpha 2 and SNK...
G-Darius HD Review (Nintendo Switch)
I've had the pleasure of first experiencing the Darius series for the first time in our local arcade around 1991 or 92. The site of the cabinet itself was excellent, but seeing the game in action spread across three arcade monitors made for the ultimate arcade...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Casey Ross
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Casey Ross who currently is displayed on card number 2976, from the Superstars of 2018 Collection. Casey is a veteran playwright and an avid video game enthusiast. Casey has been a big influence in the gaming community the...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Airlock?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Data Age Controller: Joystick Players: 1 - 2 Genre: Action - Platformer Alternate Title: N/A Model #: DA1004 Rarity: 3 Programmer: N/A This is one of the most unforgiving titles on the system. If you don't begin with absolute...
Old School Gamer Magazine at the Pinball Expo
On October 29th and 30th,2021, Old School Gamer Magazine and iiRcade will be guests at the 2021 Pinball/Gaming Expo. Come out to see members of the writing staff and creator Ryan Burger as well as the new iiRcade machine that has been out this past year. Founded in...
Rims Racing Nintendo Switch Out Now
After a successful launch on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC, NACON and RaceWard Studio are pleased to announce the release of RiMS Racing on Nintendo SwitchTM in Europe and on October 5th in North America. Now fans of video games,...
Atari® Reveals Three New Recharged Series Titles: Asteroids®, Black Widow™, Breakout®
NEW YORK — Sept. 29, 2021 — Atari® brings back the hunt for the high score starting today as the long-standing game publisher announces three new entries in the Recharged series, a line of revivals of arcade classics for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4,...
Centipede: Recharged Review (Nintendo Switch)
Centipede: Recharged takes the premise of the original Centipede's "Kill them first before they kill you" mechanics and injects some new life into the classic trackball Atari game. Fans of the original game will be right at home as soon as they fire up the...
Hyperkin Announces Cortana Edition Duke as Well as Xbox 20th Anniversary Dukes Coming This November
Hyperkin has announced, in collaboration with Xbox and 343 Industries, that they will be releasing a collectible Cortana Edition Hyperkin Duke, for Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One in Q4 of this year. Just in time for the Dec. 8th release of Halo Infinite,...
My iiRcade Review – by Todd Friedman
Are you an arcade owner? Do you find yourself playing your new arcade game every day the first few weeks you get it and then it pretty much just sits there? Unless you have a huge space to store different games, it is unlikely you can store or collect hundreds of...
Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Mira’s Brush
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Blake from Angel Star Studios, who discusses their new retro and experimental platormer, Mira’s Brush. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Blake: I have been making games for fun since I was a kid in the 80's, from...
What’s Old Is New Again.
As lovers of retro video games we love nostalgia. We love it when we sit down with our comfort games, play through them like we did when we were younger, then move on to the next game. Yet there are some games that, for whatever reason, we couldn't beat at a young...
iiRcade Review – Panic Road by Todd Friedman
This is a fun little pinball game for the iiRcade. Panic Road was produced by Seibu Kaihatsu in 1986. The controls are pretty basic. The A button controls the left flipper and B button controls the right flipper. If you hit the X button, it gives the machines a...
iiRcade Review – Thibalryn by Todd Friedman
Here is a nice little gem of a game for the iiRcade. As a free game in the store, you can easily add this to your collection of games. I feel the more you play this, the more you will get addicted to finding all the secrets. The game starts off by telling you about...
Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know Gorf?
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: CBS Electronics Controller: Joystick Players: 1 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: 80010 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Alex Leavens This port of the arcade classic comes up just a bit short. You are a Space Cadet that has received...
iiRcade Review – Ultra Mission by Todd Friedman
Do you like the arcade games Berzerk and Frenzy? Well if you do, then Ultra Mission is a perfect selection for the iiRcade. The concept is almost the same as you move around a maze to get to the exit, enemies are in your path and you must take them out to gain points...
RetroMania Wrestling – by Michael Mertes
Just when no one thought it could happen, a sequel to the fantastic WWF WrestleFest arcade game has appeared in the form of RetroMania Wrestling. The Road Warriors make their return to this pixelated smash fest along with a mix of 14 other superstars. Legendary...
The Story of WWF Wrestlefest – By Kieren Hawken
You know, if we asked you to name a hugely popular arcade game that had never been ported to a home system you would probably struggle to do so, yet in the form of Technos’ WWF WrestleFest we have just that! Before we go on to talk about that game in detail, we ...
Dev History: George Allan
For young sci-fi nut George Allan, the computer boom of the Eighties was a revelation. “I was a big sci-fi fan the one day it turned out computers were real!” he laughs. Antstream Arcade talks to the ex-Gremlin coder to discover more about the games he worked on...
35th Anniversary of the Legend of Zelda – by Brett Weiss and Brian Lesyk
The Legend of Zelda, one of the most iconic video games in the history of the industry, turned 35 earlier this year. Yep, the epic quest that kept many a Gen-Xer up late into the night, exploring the world of Hyrule, is now three-and-half decades old. The game was...
Old School Gamer Exclusive: Bernhard Politsch Talks Heart Chain Kitty
Old School Gamer chats with Heart Chain Kitty Programmer, Musician, Writer & Artist from origamihero games Bernhard Politsch, who discusses the game’s development cycle and so much more. About Heart Chain Kitty: Created by solo developer Bernhard Politsch...
End of Days: Famicom Disk System – by Michael Mertes
Those who stepped in front of a Famicom Disk, Writer Kiosk in April of 1992 may have scratched their heads when they saw the latest and last title available via the disk writer service with Clu Clu Land: Welcome to New Clu Clu Land. New Clu Clu Land is an updated...
iiRcade Review – Shadow Dancer by Todd Friedman
Shadow Dancer for the iiRcade is a really cool throw back to the classic Shinobi arcade games. This arcade port really brings back the fun and enjoyment of side scrolling, ninja star throwing action. One of my favorite Sega Genesis games is Revenge of Shinobi. The...
