by Old School Gamer | Mar 20, 2026 | 1990s, 2000s, Reviews
The 1980s were a Golden Age for cartoonish super villains. Consider the brutish evil of Dolph Lundgren as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, the greed of Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Yet both pale in comparison to Bill Laimbeer as portrayed by himself on the...
by Scott Dyer | Mar 11, 2024 | 1990s, 2020s, Gaming, Opinions, Reviews
Battletoads and Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team, released in 1993 on the Nintendo Entertainment System, is a satisfying beat ‘em up that combines Rare’s Battletoads and Technos Japan’s Double Dragon franchises. Now, you’re probably scratching your head and thinking,...
by Jason Russell | Oct 4, 2023 | 1990s, Columns, Console/Handheld, Lists, Opinions
It’s already been seven years since Nintendo delivered the NES Classic Edition to the masses, causing an unexpected major market demand while creating a new niche in the process. They followed this up with the similarly successful Super NES Classic Edition a...
by Old School Gamer | Jun 7, 2022 | 1990s, 2020s, Press Release
Being fans of Swedish outfit, Love Hultén, there is no shortage of retro gear they make that make us drool! Their latest creations, the SNES-PVM and Famicom Computer(FC)-PVM all-in-one systems combine a 9″ Sony Trinitron PVM-9042QM monitor with genuine Super Famicom...
by Jason Russell | Jun 4, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Gaming, The Story Of...
Q) I know that the third console generation (NES/ Master System) were 8-bit but what were the systems before that? Was Pong 1-bit? That’s a surprisingly good question but the answer may disappoint. What we classify as the first console hardware generation (the...