Retro Gaming News
Swap Arcade is a compact, affordable, retro home arcade designed for real homes. It lets you play the classics you love—and your modern favorites too—by using the devices you already own, including a Nintendo Switch, a phone or tablet, or a Windows PC. Most home arcades are expensive, oversized, and locked into a built-in game…
A Netflix show was rumoured last year, but so far remains unconfirmed. It’s somewhat hard to believe, given the character’s popularity over the years, but Crash Bandicoot has somehow never had a starring role in his own TV show or animated film. To our knowledge, there has been at least one attempt to turn Crash…
Fixes and upgrades. Analogue has released version v1.2.3 of 3DOS for its Analogue 3D, which brings with it a host of improvements and updates to the FPGA-based N64 clone system. This update improves cartridge detection and fixes GameShark compatibility, as well as addressing an issue with the OS brightness when HDR is enabled. Read the…
“This has ruined my perception of the Nintendo brand”. The White House social media account is no stranger to leveraging video game imagery in its messaging, and has already used the likes of Pokémon and Halo without permission – almost always resulting in the IP holders of those franchises publicly distancing themselves from the accompanying…
In an era where data is king, the explosion of information within organizations has made the search and retrieval process increasingly complex. Studies show that knowledge workers spend about 20% of their time searching for information; a clear indicator that efficient information management is a necessity, not a luxury. Enterprise search software emerges as a…
We at Old School Gamer have worked with this publisher/author on several of his books and enjoy reading them each time they come out. Check out more information on it at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/microzeit/redo-from-start-volume-ii REDO FROM START – Volume II An oral history of the COMMODORE pioneers | Canada & Europe An oral history and richly illustrated…
Sega does… If you’ve played a modern 3D video game recently, then you will almost certainly have noticed an effect known as “dithering”, which allows an object to become semi-transparent when it obscures your view of the action. While it’s certainly effective, the dithering effect can often look somewhat ugly, which has led many to…
“A castle-defence roguelite”. There have been video games in the past where the natural order of things is reversed, with Bullfrog’s Dungeon Keeper being perhaps the most obvious. Instead of assuming a heroic role, you were tasked with creating a hazard-filled catacomb to entrap foolish heroes – and the upcoming ReVamp aims to follow in…
“Everything that made the original special is intact”. Cinemaware’s debut, Defender Of The Crown, was truly groundbreaking when it launched on the Amiga back in 1986. Designed by Kellyn Beeck, with gorgeous pixel artwork by James D. Sachs and a rousing score composed by Jim Cuomo, it was one of the first games to reinforce…
“It was acquired, filled with gambling ads, ravaged by AI, and then killed”. If you’re familiar with the world of British video game journalism, then the name VideoGamer will be instantly recognisable. Founded all the way back in 2004 by Adam McCann and Tom Orry, VideoGamer helped kickstart the careers of many popular writers and…