NACON announces a new controller for PS5

by Old School Gamer | Sep 29, 2023 | 2010s, Console/Handheld

With the new officially PlayStation® licensed REVOLUTION 5 PRO, NACON offers PS5®, PS4™, and PC* players a controller with an advanced design and cutting-edge technology. Kirkland, WA, September 27, 2023 – NACON, a major player in video game publishing and designer of...

SCRIPT CREATION UTILITY FOR MANIAC MANSION – by Kevin Butler

by Kevin Butler | Sep 27, 2023 | 1990s, 2010s, Gaming

Back in the “dark” ages of computing, before the implementation of the monitor, early computers (such as the Navy’s Mk1, British Colossus, ENIAC, and UNIVAC) used lights or some kind of paper tape to give out results of programs. In the 1950s, the IBM and Bendix...

LucasFilm Games – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Sep 25, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Reviews

LucasFilm Games, formally known as LucasArts, is the video game studio created by George Lucas back in 1982 alongside the Star Wars movie franchise. George knew that video games were going to be a part of his Star Wars journey and in a brilliant move formed his own...

Pengo – Another Arcade to Amiga conversion is coming via JOTD!

by Indie Retro News | Sep 24, 2023 | 1990s, 2010s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Those Arcade to Amiga conversions just keep on coming, as after just announcing the awesome game that is Rygar, along comes JOTD with his newest of creations of Pengo! Yes indeed this 1982 game by SEGA, which I had the pleasure of playing back in the day, is coming to...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Jeff Lee

by Todd Friedman | Sep 18, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Jeff Lee, who is displayed on card number 2119, from the Superstars of 2015 Collection.   Jeff is also featured on trading card 2374.  Jeff is an extraordinary talented artist in the video game community, most known of course,...

Coming Soon : Portland Retro Gaming Expo

by Old School Gamer | Sep 11, 2023 | 2010s, 2020s, Events

PORTLAND RETRO GAMING EXPO October 13 – 15, 2023 Oregon Convention Center 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232 Who needs luck on Friday the 13th when you’ve got a gaming convention? Experience the ultimate tribute to gaming heritage and culture...