Retro Gaming News
A new Commodore 64 homebrew has surfaced which may appeal to those of you who like a challenge, as D.Rejment has released the Commodore 64 game of ‘Hermanos’. A game in which the creator says you have to guide Hermanos through 20 levels and collect the gold scattered around each of the many levels found…
Marking 10 years of GENTLE LOVE’s Prescription for Sleep series. GENTLE LOVE’s Prescription for Sleep series – which kicked off in 2014 and includes albums based on Secret of Mana, Undertale and Celeste in its catalogue – is adding Yuzo Koshiro’s sumptuous soundtrack to ActRaiser this month. Prescription for Sleep: Heavenly Avatar is “a celebration…
It’s crazy to think that it’s been over a decade since Fallout 3 and Fallout New Vegas. Getting a ton of attention from new gamers since the Amazon Prime streaming show was released, all of a sudden a new generation wants to play Fallout 3 and New Vegas. In this exclusive Old School Gamer post,…
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Brian Morris, who currently is displayed on card 4084, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection. Coach Brian is Esports coach for Canute schools in Canute, Oklahoma. Brian has coached gamers who have won championships in Paladins, Madden Football, CS:GO, and WWE2K. Brian is also the founder and executive director of Oklahoma Scholastic…
We take a closer look at one of Nintendo’s biggest failures. The N64 Disk Drive is one of Nintendo’s most fascinating failures. Initially teased at the company’s Shoshinkai event in November 1995, the peripheral took advantage of proprietary 64MB magnetic disks to expand the console’s available storage with rewritable data as well as introducing other…
Release Date: 1982 Publisher: Parker Brothers Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Shoot’em Up Alternate Title: N/A Model #: PB5050 Rarity: 2 Programmer: Rex Bradford This movie based shooter is one of the finest, most challenging titles around. Join the battle of Hoth in your Snowspeeder as a fleet of the Empire’s AT-AT Walkers…
Should go into testing soon. The multi-console emulator Provenance is still coming to the iOS App Store, despite a DMCA takedown request from Nintendo. Developer Joseph Mattiello had been contacted by Nintendo following the announcement that Provenance would include Yuzu, the Switch emulator that was recently shut down by the Japanese giant. Read the full…
Is it all doom and gloom? While the pandemic led to a surge in prices for retro video games in the United States after years of the hobby already getting absurdly expensive, the opposite occurred here in Japan where you couldn’t walk into a used games store without tripping over good deals. In 2021, I…
With better animation, larger levels and CD-quality music. The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis classic Revenge of Shinobi is getting a fan-made “remake” on the 32-bit Sega Saturn. Coded by Pigsy (the same person who is bringing Castlevania: Symphony of the Night to the Mega Drive) using Johannes Fetz’s JoEngine, this update will boast more…
Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day CLICK – The Walter Day Trading Card Collection History of Trading Cards for Grown-ups Day Original trade cards were used to stiffen the packaging of cigarettes, and they were advertising cards. In the 1860s, baseball cards were printed and usually sold in packets of candy or other tobacco products….