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Old School Gamer’s Patrick Hickey Jr. plays Echoes of the Unread on the NES from Mega Cat Studios.   The post First Look: Echoes of the Unread appeared first on Old School Gamer Magazine.

Pricing yet to be confirmed. The team behind the GF1 Neptune, a FPGA recreation of the Genesis / Mega Drive and 32X combo that never was, has announced that the machine will launch this December. Sega announced the Neptune back in the mid-’90s, just as it was preparing to release the 32X and Saturn. Read…

An expanded version ‘Roguecraft DX’ was announced back in May 2025. Badger Punch Games’ Amiga homebrew Roguecraft is coming to Steam in the future, with a Nintendo Switch port also on the cards. Roguecraft was initially released for the Commodore Amiga (both physically and digitally) last year, and is also set to get an enhanced…

“We’re sorry to say that we’ve had another round of layoffs at Cyan”. The oldest surviving independent game studio in the United States has announced a fresh wave of layoffs, we’re sad to report. Founded in 1987 by Rand and Robyn Miller, Cyan (now known as Cyan Worlds) is best known for the million-selling Myst…

Version 2.4.0 now available. The PS2 emulator PCSX2 has just been updated to version 2.4.0, bringing with it a ton of exciting new improvements that aim to make the experience of emulating your favourite titles on computers (Window, Linux, and Mac) even better. The new update carries from last year’s update PCSX2 2.0, which the…

“Please check out the intricate graphics and powerful sound”. Yuzo Koshiro’s Earthion launches at the end of this month, and the acclaimed composer, designer and developer has posted a first look at the shmup’s fourth stage. Captured from the Mega Drive version of the game (which sadly won’t be out until next year), the footage…

Making plans for Nigel. It may be all about Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton these days, but back in 1992, Nigel Mansell was the British F1 driver of choice. After years of working for Lotus, Ferrari, and Williams, he secured his one and only F1 World Championship with the latter team in 1992, recording a…

Backyard Baseball ’01 drops July 8th. Playground Productions and Mega Cat Studios’ announced yesterday that they will bringing Humungous Entertainment’s classic sports title Backyard Baseball ’01 to Steam and mobile devices (iOS and Android) on July 8th. Backyard Baseball ’01 was the fourth installment in the Backyard Sports series and the first to feature Major…

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Heikki Repo, creative director and co-founder of Cornfox & Brothers and the creator behind Oceanhorn to find out what makes this new dungeon explorer a special one. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born? Heikki Repo: Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon was born from the idea to have a…

‘Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics’ was in development in the early 2000s. A prototype has just been recovered for a previously-lost Animaniacs game that was being developed for the Game Boy Advance, the preservationist group Hidden Palace has announced. Animaniacs: Hollywood Hypnotics was in development at the UK-studio Full Fat Productions back in the early 2000s and…