Retro Gaming News
The key to success? Clamshell portables have a long history; Nintendo kicked things off with its dual-screen Game & Watch range and continued the trend with the popular GBA SP, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS – a selection of systems which sold hundreds of millions of units worldwide. There’s certainly something pleasing about a device…
Seven games have been released as part of Atari Presents so far. Last week, without warning, Atari launched a brand new label on Steam and GOG called “Atari Presents”, which will see the publisher releasing a bunch of old retro games on the digital storefront. The company describes the initiative as “being geared toward the…
We hope you have tiny hands. YouTuber Elliot Coll has discovered a teeny, tiny Game Boy which makes the Game Gear Micro look positively oversized. Coll – who also runs The Retro Future channel – stumbled across the $85 device while browsing AliExpress. It’s totally unofficial, of course, and appears to be powered by a…
“About 1/4th the size” of a Dreamcast. Sega has yet to announce what its next micro-console will be, but following the launch of the Mega Drive Mini and Mega Drive Mini 2, many people are hopeful it might be a Dreamcast Mini. That might be some way off yet, but that doesn’t mean that modders…
That’s the first law of Hollywood. The video game industry always wanted to be like Hollywood. Who would know this better than me, the man who did the most notorious movie conversion of them all? But then again, nobody knows anything. If anybody knew anything then why would major Hollywood studios reject the original Star…
Going underground. Playdate has been with us for a while now, and has delivered some pleasantly polished gaming experiences – but Under The Castle might be the best game for the pocket-sized handheld yet seen. Developed by three people – Dani Diez, ZCorbs and VolcanoBytes – it’s a roguelike adventure which tasks you with venturing…
Silent Hill 4 was considered the black sheep of the series for a short period and caused one of the first schisms among the fans. A somewhat new approach to the series, but still retaining the spirit of the series. However, the approach isn’t without merit and manages to deliver in surprising ways. Released in…
With M2 at the helm, if possible. Towards the end of last year, Sega announced that it would be delving into its enviable archives to revive some of its older arcade,16 and 32-bit titles. Fans could scarcely believe it; Shinobi, Streets of Rage, Golden Axe, Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio will all see new…
Features 47 rearranged tracks based on Hiroki Kikuta’s classic score. The music label Scarlet Moon has just released a whopping 47-track tribute album celebrating Hiroki Kikuta’s incredible score for the 1993 SNES role-playing classic Secret of Mana. The tribute album, which is called EXCALIBUR: A Tribute to Secret of Mana, includes new takes on a…
With the exception of an issue or two, two artists have done nearly every cover of Old School Gamer since its start in 2017. Starting out with Thor Thorvaldson for approximately the first 1/2 of our existence and then, most recently, Dexter Morrill for the last couple of years. While each has their own style…