UFO for the Atari 2600 (Not the Odyssey2)

by Ric Pryor | Dec 12, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 2010s, Console/Handheld

Remember growing up with an Atari 2600 and being jealous of all your Oddyssey2 friends who got to play UFO! while you were stuck playing Asteroids? Wait, I got that backwards. Anyway, John Reder has ported UFO! to the 2600, so now it’s possible for you to relive...

Ataribox will be available for pre-order on December 14th, 2017.

by Old School Gamer | Dec 11, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

Make sure to check out http://www.ataribox.com on the 14th! They have been teasing us on this for 6 months….. what will it turn out to be?

Give Me My Pancake! – A DIY Homebrew Kit for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Dec 3, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

Homebrew video games have come a long way since they first started appearing in the 1990’s. Not only the games themselves, but the way they’re packaged and sold. Long gone are the days of inkjet printed labels and photocopied instruction sheets. Current...

Keep Calm and Insert Coin: Sucked Into a Black Hole

by Brad Feingold | Dec 2, 2017 | 1970s, Arcade

So over the Thanksgiving weekend, I was honored to be part of one of Iowa’s largest video game and pinball auctions.  These auctions happen twice a year.  Normally during Easter weekend and Thanksgiving weekend.  I’m not going to get in depth about the...

Billy Mitchell coming to SoCal!

by Old School Gamer | Dec 1, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Console/Handheld

Billy Mitchell will be coming to the Retro City Festival in January – http://retrocityfestival.com.  And Old School Gamer will be there giving out issue #2 of our magazine. “THE KING OF KONG” BILLY MITCHELL The star of King of Kong and history’s most...

Obelix for the Atari 2600

by Ric Pryor | Nov 29, 2017 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld

Asterix is the name of a very popular French comic that, like many Americans, I have never read. I can tell you that Asterix is the little guy, Obelix is the big guy and they both have Atari 2600  games named for them. That’s about it. Sales weren’t...