Wonderboy – An Arcade game from 1986 as an unofficial Amiga port gets a new tease by Acidbottle

by Indie Retro News | Jul 20, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Wonder Boy is a game designed by Ryuichi Nishizawa which started its life as a skateboard rock jumping and axe bashing platformer, that later became the great adventure platformer with RPG elements known as ‘ Wonderboy in Monster Land ‘. Both of these...

Five Games We’d Love to See a Sequel For

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 23, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Lists

With the Summer beginning to heat up, we here at Old School Gamer Magazine are searching through our manacles for forgotten treasures. On our hunt, we’ve come across a few games that desperately need a sequel. Check em Out!: MLBPA Bottom of the Ninth: Many Konami...

Remember The Game Podcast? #201 – Fable

by Old School Gamer | Jun 14, 2022 | 2000s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Podcast of the Week

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Five Modern Animated Films That Would Make Amazing Retro Games

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jun 1, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s

We here at Old School Gamer love animation too and it got us thinking- What flicks would make awesome retro games? We’ll, here we go with a few suggestions! Onward: A Pixar-inspired Diablo Clone? For those that don’t know, Onward was an awesome flick that got lost in...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Rob Kempf

by Todd Friedman | May 12, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Interviews

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Rob Kempf, who currently is displayed on card number 4006, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection.  An avid XBOX collector, Rob used to have a huge collection when he was growing up but lost them. So, in the last few years he...

Podcast of the week – Cartridge Command

by Old School Gamer | Apr 25, 2022 | 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld, Podcast of the Week

Cartridge Command is your weekly retro gaming podcast where they discuss, breakdown, and review one classic game! When a PC game is ported to the NES, it’s not always pretty. Luckily, Maniac Mansion for the NES is pretty awesome! We cover the game-play...