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Old School Gamer Magazine
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The Arcade Floor Was Always a Social Machine
The Lucky Crush editorial team has spent time watching how digital platforms try to recreate something the classic video arcade did without thinking about it…
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Marvel vs. Capcom 2 – by Brett Weiss
Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes is one of the greatest games of its genre, and as a longtime fan of superheroes and fighters, I love it. Some of my…
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Aliens: The Video Games An Unofficial Guide
Aliens: The Video Games An Unofficial Guide Author: Mike Diver Highlights Details every officially licensed Alien series video game – including Alien vs…
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Retro Review: Remember Me (Xbox 360)
There are some huge concepts in “Remember Me.” More like a Christopher Nolan film than a video game, the story is incredibly immersive. When you’re memories…
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Modern Fighting Game Collections – by Brian Lesyk
Most of us would generally agree that the 1990s represented the golden age of fighting games. The quality and quantity of fighting game titles that emerged…
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How Tokens and Coins Have Fueled Arcade Fun
Anyone who ever pushed through the glass doors of a smoky arcade in the 1980s knows the ritual. Before a single game of Xevious or Pac-Man could start, there…
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Which Classics Run Most Stably on VPS Today?
Playing retro games on a virtual private server is now a favorite hobby for fans wanting their old-school worlds available anytime. A remote server keeps game…
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The Gamer’s Greatest Skill Has Always Been Anticipation
Every seasoned gamer knows the feeling of reading a situation before it fully unfolds. A striker in a football simulation drifts toward an open lane a…
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IREM Announces Ninja Baseball League-Man: Bases Loaded on Steam, Consoles This December
Game developer and publisher IREM announced on their Twitter page that their largely forgotten, but cult-favorite beat-em-up, Ninja Baseball Bat Man is getting…
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The Many Faces of Street Fighter II – by Marcus Albers
When Street Fighter II: The World Warrior came to arcades in 1991, it turned the 1-on-1 fighting genre on its head. It added so much to the fighting games that…
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Kings & Vagabonds – by Noah Lapointe
SNK fought alongside their greatest rival Capcom to define the “traditional” 2D fighting game. The King of Fighters (KoF) and Fatal Fury are as classic as…
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Breakthru – An Amiga port of a Data East Arcade game is still coming to the Amiga
We’ve featured a lot of Arcade to Amiga conversions/ports throughout the years, from the more recent Final Fight Enhanced to Super Xevious, Flying Shark…
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Sega’s Blast Processing Was Real, But No Game Ever Used It
For three decades, the Sega Genesis versus Super Nintendo debate has refused to die cleanly. Sega’s marketing was loud and confident, positioning the…
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Mattel Unveils 3,509-piece Brick Shop Original Xbox Set to Honor 25th Anniversary of Iconic Xbox Console
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the original Xbox, toy giant Mattel, alongside Microsoft have released a 3,509-piece Brick Shop premium building set…
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One Game, Five Systems – Donkey Kong
Most popular video games eventually end up on platforms other than the one for which they were initially created. Obviously, there are exceptions. You wouldn’t…
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Retro Review: Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen
The first major expansion for the “Dragon’s Dogma” series, “Dark Arisen” comes with plenty of new weapons and enemies. For those who haven’t played the series…
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Quake Gets New Levels for 30th Anniversary
According to an official press release from Bethesda, the classic 1996 FPS, Quake, is receiving a brand new episode called “Dawn of the Machine. This…
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A review of GoldenEye 007 from Boss Fight Books
  Though clearly a fan of GoldenEye 007 herself, Alyse Knorr has a surprisingly functional depiction of the Bond Team at Rare in the late nineties. Her…
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Why Ball-Drop Games Will Never Go Out of Style
Some game mechanics are trends, and some are permanent. The ball-drop, where a disc, a ball, or a coin is released from the top of a pegged board and allowed…
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Why Retro Gaming Continues to Attract a New Generation of Players
Pixels the size of postage stamps still fill Discord chats, school clubs, and handheld screens in 2026. Retro gaming keeps pulling in players who never blew…
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Review – Roguecraft GB for the Game Boy Color
I’ve been a fan of games based on the Rogue formula for quite some time. It probably stems from my love for the dungeon crawls in RPGs like Phantasy Star…
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Undocumented NES Variant Found in Wisconsin, Sending 97 Cartridges to Auction
Ninety-seven copies of a previously undocumented Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt cartridge variant for the Nintendo Entertainment System have surfaced at a retro…
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Commodore Revives the TAC-2 Joystick in Five Colorways, Steel Shaft and All
Tvrtko Horvat, a casino expert and iGaming industry advisor who tracks Croatia’s online-gaming market closely, noticed something in Commodore’s…
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A Refurbished 2013 MacBook Pro Became a Retro Gaming Machine — No New Handheld Required
A writer at XDA Developers skipped the impulse purchase of yet another dedicated handheld and instead pulled out a refurbished 2013 MacBook Pro, loaded it with…
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Video Games that Launched a Franchise
Some video games arrive quietly, sell a few copies and disappear. Others show up, take over living rooms, and suddenly become a franchise with sequels…
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Intec Gaming® Bridging the Gap: The 3-Year Journey to the Time Breaker LightGunTM
Classic gaming shouldn’t be trapped in the past. For three years, the engineering team at Intec Gaming® has been obsessed with a single problem: bringing…
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Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside new C64 Temple of Webshai Project
Old School Gamer Magazine chats with game developer Van, who discusses his new Temple of Webshai game. Project, which he calls “a tribute to the foundational…
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Sega Master System Games You Probably Missed
The Sega Master System was available in North America from 1986 to 1992. During that time, it was never able to best the juggernaut that was the Nintendo…
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A review of Dragon Age II from Boss Fight Books
  By Charlotte Reber’s own admission, Dragon Age II is a somewhat counterintuitive choice for a Boss Fight book. After all, Dragon Age: Origins is…
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Retro Review: RBI Baseball 16
From the trademark score and sound effects to the simple and addictive gameplay, the RBI Baseball series was legendary on the Nintendo Entertainment System and…
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Testing the M64: Xibalba 64
  If you’ve never heard of the original Xibalba, that’s not too surprising. The 2014 browser game from Phobos Lab is a weird little artifact…
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Retro Review: Wii Sports Club
It’s hard to topple a giant and make no mistake, “Wii Sports” is a monster of humongous proportions. The best selling game of all time, “Wii Sports” changed…
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Testing the M64: Xeno Crisis
  With the release of the M64, most hobbyists concern themselves with the technical aspects of the machine. How does it compare to the Analogue 3D, or…
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Xevious 128k – Arcade classic Xevious gets a 128k edition for the Amstrad CPC via Easter Egg
There’s one type of genre that I loved playing in the arcades and more so on my home console, and that is the shoot em up genre! You know the type, enemy…
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Arcade Cabinets vs Home Consoles: The Battle for Strategic Depth
Retro gaming enthusiasts often debate which platform produced deeper strategy: the coin-operated cabinet or the home console. Both formats shaped competitive…
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M64 Now Available From ModRetro
After months of teases, ModRetro released the M64 to the public on July 28. For 229.99 USD, the M64, which also comes in a variety of colors, has full…
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Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jerry Buckner
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jerry Buckner, who currently is displayed on card number 1345, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection. Jerry is also…
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Before LucasArts Took Control: The Wild First Decade of Star Wars Games
Today, a Star Wars game arrives carrying decades of expectations. Players know what a lightsaber should sound like and how an X-wing should move. The earliest…
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Micro Machines: Pocket-Sized Racing
For years, kids who wanted to play with little cars had two major brands to choose from: either Mattel’s Hot Wheels or Tyco’s Matchbox (which…
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Atari Makes Universal Movie Deal
Atari Makes Universal Movie Deal For 10 Iconic Game Properties; First Up Is Original Script By Matt Reilly & Carl Hampe, With Entertainment 360 Producing…
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GW Casino Review: $2,000 Bonus + 200 Free Spins for Aussies
Aussies after a licensed online casino with a serious welcome offer have a clear case to look at with gwcasino-au.com. On the books since 2015, Curaçao…
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5 Restoration Tricks That Bring Dead Arcade Cabinets Back To Life
Nothing tests a collector’s patience quite like a cabinet that refuses to boot. The screen stays black, the coin mechanism clicks uselessly, and the…
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How Vintage Arcade Cabinets Shaped Retro Gaming History
Long before home consoles dominated living rooms, arcades were the proving ground for gaming’s most daring ideas. Cabinets built between the late 1970s…
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A review of Kero Kero Cowboy
  Late last year, MetagameMike partnered with Broke Studio to release a physical edition of his platformer Kero Kero Cowboy, a Kickstarter project that…
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Retro Fan Favorite Celeste Among Eight More Games Scheduled to Be Removed From Xbox Games Pass
Amid continued staff layoffs and studio cut, eight more games, including indie hit Celeste are set to be removed from the Xbox Games Pass network at the end of…
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Gaelco’s lost 90s run-and-gun masterpiece is now available for PC and consoles! Play today!
Biomechanical Toy is a frantic, arcade-style 2D side-scrolling run-and-gun platformer built for retro gaming enthusiasts who crave intense, nostalgic…
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Fallout 3 and New Vegas Remakes Confirmed By Bethesda
  According to a Press Release From Bethesda Game Studios today, remasters of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 classics, Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas are…
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Sticky Business Coming to Switch Physical!
Super Rare Games is joining Spellgarden Games and Assemble Entertainment to bring you Sticky Business! Coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch™! Experience the…
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Retro Review: Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
For over 20 years, Capcom’s Phoenix Wright series has been a diamond in the rough for Nintendo and the newest entry in the series, “Phoenix Wright: Ace…