Year 1952 and 1958 – by Tristan Ibarra

The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC) located at the University of Cambridge’s Mathematical Laboratory would be the first computer hardware to host a “game” developed by Alexander Shafto “Sandy” Douglas, a British Professor of Computer Science. The EDSAC was one of the first computers that could be both read and written to with an…

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ISSUE 50 OUT NOW !!!

Some games change everything. Over the last several decades, video games have evolved rapidly, thanks to developers who kept finding new ways to surprise us with the tools they had. Their ideas gave us the franchises we still celebrate and the genre landmarks that continue to influence what games look like today. Old School Gamer…

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After Almost 25 Years, An Unreleased Dreamcast Game Cancelled In The Wake Of 9/11 Has Just Been Brought Back Online

The unreleased Yu Suzuki-produced ‘Propeller Arena’ is now in testing. An unreleased, Sega AM2-developed Dreamcast game has just been brought back online, nearly 25 years after its cancellation, thanks to FlyCast and DCNet (as reported by Sega Online). Propeller Arena is an aerial combat game that saw players competing in quick dogfight-esque deathmatch-style tournaments above…

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