Pirate Adventure and the Story of Adventure International

by Shaun Jex | Jul 14, 2018 | 1970s, The Story Of...

Robert Louis Stevenson published his classic novel Treasure Island in 1882, telling the story of Jim Hawkins, the pirate Long John Silver and their quest for buried gold. Almost 100 years later, the book would serve as the inspiration for the classic adventure game...

Old School Gamer is available digitally and shipping Friday!

by Old School Gamer | Jul 10, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

OSG #5 is available digitally now for all subscribers and will be in the mailboxes of print subscribers early next week… This “action-packed” issue puts the emphasis sports games in the realm of retro gaming. We start out with NBA Jam and Mutant...

Evolution of Role-Playing Games in Japan – By Antoine Clerc-Renaud

by Antoine Clerc-Renaud | Jul 9, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld, Magazine Preview

Dragon Quest may be the first Japanese Role Playing Game using mechanics still used today, but it’s certainly not the first role playing game from the land of the rising sun. It was a trailblazer that inspired and led a charge by the Japanese but there were some...

Mappy Is Coming to the Atari 2600 and It’s Going to Be Amazing

by Ric Pryor | Jun 24, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

The image above is from an Atari 2600 game. Before you continue reading, pause for a bit and let that really sink in. As soon as you’re suitably dumbfounded, you may continue. I have something of a love/hate relationship with homebrew arcade ports for the Atari...

Dungeon of Death: An RPG For The Commodore PET

by Shaun Jex | Jun 9, 2018 | 1970s

I don’t remember the first text based adventure game I ever played. It seems like the sort of thing I should know given my love for the genre, but the title has vanished from my memory. Because of this I suspect, the games have attained something of a towering,...

Dog Star Adventure And the Foundation of Text Based Gaming

by Shaun Jex | Jun 2, 2018 | 1970s, 1980s

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… George Lucas released the film Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977, beginning a pop culture phenomenon that continues to this day. People around the world latched on to the story of Luke Skywalker, Leia Organa, Han Solo, and the...