Remembering the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team: Sierra On-Line

by David Oxford | Oct 25, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Among all the companies who formed the Nintendo Ultra 64 Dream Team, Sierra is a most peculiar case. Nintendo has seemingly had an eye on the home computer market in some form or another for years by this point, from the Nintendo Entertainment System being branded the...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Warren Davis

by Todd Friedman | Oct 5, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns

This weekend Warren Davis will be inducted into the International Video Game Hall of Fame.  He is inducted in the category of Game Developer.  This trading card spotlight was featured on January 19, 2018.  Congratulations Warren on being in the Hall of Fame. Our next...

The Last Official Release: Fairchild Channel F – Alien Invasion (1981)

by Brendan Meharry | Oct 4, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s

Good evening, retro gamers, and welcome back The Last Official Release. Please, get comfortable, find a cosy spot on the couch and reach for that steaming cup of cocoa. We’re about to venture into the world of the last games commercially released for your favourite...

Atari Pong Table Wins Toronto Fall Home Show “Best In Show” Award

by Old School Gamer | Oct 1, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

Since day one of the premiere of the Atari Pong Table appearance on Kickstarter, Old School Gamer Magazine has developed a very close relationship with the creators and staff of the innovative experience.  This past weekend, they received the “Best in...

Arkyology for the Atari 2600 – Released at Last!

by Ric Pryor | Sep 1, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

NES fans have 678 licensed games to collect. Intellivision collectors have The 125. But if you’re an Atari 2600 collector, things are a bit more nebulous. There are, of course, the first-party games Atari itself released. Then there are the big-name third-party...

The Temple of Apshai

by Shaun Jex | Aug 4, 2018 | 1970s

It began with Dungeons & Dragons. In the late 1970s, Jim Connelly acquired a Commodore PET to assist in his work as a Dungeon Master. He led a regular game in California. One of his players was a man named Jon Freeman, the author of books like The Complete Book of...