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Five NES Guilty Pleasures You Need to Play
Need something on the NES that you haven’t played yet? Try these fun ones! WCW Wrestling: The roster on this is amazing and the game is tough as hell. Easily an underrated gem. Bad News Baseball: It might be the best baseball game on the NES and it's aged wonderfully....
Wolfenstein 3D – Could this classic first person shooter be coming to the Sega Master System and Sega 1000?
Throughout the years we've featured many different types of news stories, from gaming updates, to music disks and even scene demos. Well here with another eye opening news story I think you'll like, as if you have a Sega Master System or Sega 1000, then it might be...
Old School Gamer Celebrates 5 Years and Wants to Raise It’s Game
Press Release About Kickstarter Old School Gamer has been publishing it’s retro gaming magazine for the last five years. Covering video gaming from its beginnings in the 1970s until the late 1990s, Old School had published 29 issues and is due for it’s 30th issue to...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel, who currently is displayed on card number 3480, from the Superstars of 2020 Collection. Johnathan is a former professional Esports player of games like Quake and PainKiller. At one time Johnathan...
Five Retro Football Games That Still Rock
With NFL season almost here, Old School Gamer counts down five pigskin games over 20 years old that still play great. NFL Gameday 98: The first game to truly dethrone the Madden series, those polygon graphics and awesome AI set a high standard for all the games that...
Freeway – An Atari 2600 to Atari XL/XE port by Glurk gets a release
We've featured many Atari 2600 to C64 and Atari XL/XE conversions and ports throughout the years, from Spider Fighter, to Keystone Kapers and even our personal favorite Frostbite. Well here's some more good news to get us through this Tuesday which has been developed...
Karate Champ – A 1980’s Arcade fighting game by JOTD for the Commodore Amiga gets an update!
If you remember the 1980's game of 'Karate Champ; An Arcade fighting game that was released in the Arcades and later the Apple II, C64, NES, Virtual Console, iOS via Data East, then you might like this latest Amiga news story. As Jotd has released a new update to his...
RiverRaid Reloaded v1.1 – An updated River Raid clone for the Amiga 500 and up!
While many of you have already played Project R3D's River Raid style game of ' Bridge Strike ', you might also interested to know that as of today, Matze1887 has released an update to his previously released River Raid clone of ' RiverRaid Reloaded ' for the Commodore...
Retro Games Values are Increasing by the hundreds of dollars – Do you have one?
Have you ever wondered how retro games compare to modern games of today? Gaming has come a long way and in light of this, gaming experts at Crucial.com have looked compared data around retro vs modern games to find out, the value of retro consoles over time, the...
Lemmings – Deater has released a proof of concept of Lemmings for the Apple II!
Lemmings was a game published by Psygnosis way back in the early 90's for the Amiga, Atari ST and PC and regarded by many as one of the greatest games ever, especially as it featured many blue, green haired Lemmings that could be blown up, ripped apart and dropped...
Tutankham – A C64 port of Tutankham, an arcade game developed by Konami in 1982.
Even more retro games to get through now, as thanks to a late hour heads up from Saberman, we've just been told LC-Games has released the new C64 game of 'Tutankham'; A C64 port of Tutankham which was originally an Arcade game developed by Konami in 1982. To coincide...
Coming Soon – SHARPIN Mini V3
shipping in October You need a 10-11″ Android Tablet to play. (maximum: 296mm x 210mm) What’s included: CNC Cut wood cabinet Button Encoder-Board to connect to your Android Tablet 6 Arcade Buttons Designed Decal Stickers USB C and Micro USB-Adapter The...
Pac Time – Classic Pac-Man game arrives on the Atari XL/XE but with a difference!
We've featured Pac-Man so many times now on our website, from Jr. Pac-Man on the Intellivision, to Pac Man The Curse of the Slimers on the ZX Spectrum and even PAC-01 on the MSX. Well here we are with another Pac-Man game, as we've recently found out, that if you head...
Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Tyler Bushnell
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Tyler Bushnell, who currently is displayed on card number 4120, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. Tyler is the CEO and co-founder of Polycade, a modern arcade platform designed for in-person social gaming. Polycade...
Tutankham – A Pico8 port of Tutankham is in development, an arcade game developed by Konami in 1982.
Thanks to an early morning heads up via Twitter, we've just been told that if you enjoyed the classic game of 'Tutankham'; an Arcade game developed by Konami in 1982. Then at some point in the near future @paulhamx will be releasing a port of the game for the Pico8....
Castlevania – Thelen is still working on an upcoming Castlevania game for the Atari XL/XE VBXE
We've featured our fare share of Castlevania inspired games over the years, from Castlevania Spectral Interlude on the ZX Spectrum, to the upcoming fan game of Maria Renard's Revenge for the Commodore Amiga. Well here we are with another shout out for this classic...
OutRun – A technical demonstration of a classic racer for the Atari XL/XE
Way back in 1986 Sega released one of the greatest racers of our time, it just had to be Out Run. An Arcade racer designed by Yu Suzuki, that was not only a commercial success but became one of the best selling games of it's time. It had incredible graphics, fantastic...
The International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of Inductees for 2022!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18th, 2022 International Video Game Hall of Fame Announces the 2022 Class of Inductees! Ottumwa, IA— August 18th, 2022 — Put down that controller, close your gaming app and give that keyboard a little rest, it’s finally time to pull back...
The Retro Hour – Missile Command and Gravitar with Rich Adam
Missile Command and Gravitar with Rich Adam The Retro Hour EP339 Published on August 14th, 2022 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO PODCAST We take a trip back to the heyday of Atari and chat to developer Rich Adam who worked on legendary titles like Missile Command and Gravitar....
Arkanoid 3 – A Portuguese MOD/Hack of the classic ZX Spectrum Arkanoid game
If you remember Arkanoid; an arcade game first developed by Taito in 1986, with the bat like device scrolling from side to side at the bottom of the screen, bouncing an orb back and forth and smashing blocks for a high score, then you might like this latest speccy...
Old School Gamer KICKSTARTING NOW! – Join US!
In some form you have enjoyed Old School Gamer Magazine by signing up as recently as this summer or as far back as 4-5 years ago. In that time we have published 29 issues and are due to send #30 to press within the month. Over 25,000 retro gamers receive it every...
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit has been released as a fan remake for Windows
Do we have some great retro gaming news for you, as that legendary game character Sonic from the Sonic the Hedgehog game series, which appeared on multiple systems such as the the Sega Master System, Sega Megadrive and Sega Game Gear. Has been released as a fan...
GOG celebrates Mortal Kombat’s 30th anniversary
Get over here! GOG celebrates Mortal Kombat’s 30th anniversary with a release of MK Trilogy Mortal Kombat Trilogy released • The release is accompanied by Classic Twist sale • +60 deals up to 85% August 15th, 2022 – Mortal Kombat Trilogy, a legendary fighting game, is...
Ambermoon.net – Open source remake of a fantastic CRPG gets a brand new 1.5.0 release!
Originally released in 1993 for the Amiga by Thalion Software, Ambermoon was the second part of an unfinished trilogy and sequel to Amberstar that was only released in Germany. In was an incredible RPG for its time, and featured 3D graphics that were considered...
This Day In Video Game History
