ZPF is a new game being developed for the good old SEGA Mega Drive and Genesis game consoles, made by the designer and developer of Tänzer. The game can be best described as being a good old fashioned horizontal shooter. Known in the community as a horizontal shmup...
Supersega.com, and a Spanish team of guys born in the 70’s and 80’s who’s goal is to release an “All In One Sega’s Consoles” (AIOSC) in the form of a new retro fpga / asic console, is expected to be fundraising this year (2024). The new upcoming Supersega console is...
An important foundational aspect of retro gaming as a hobby is the nostalgia factor. Which is to say, how we remember the games we played as kids informs much of our appreciation of them in the present day. Even when, as it happens, our memories are completely wrong....
The Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past and Super Metroid are perhaps the two most significant games of the Super Nintendo era of retro video games. Their emphasis on collectible items allowing for forward advancement through mazes, and the polish on these ideas...
There are many contenders for the greatest mech sim of all time, but Steel Battalion for the original Xbox has amassed a remarkably intense and devoted following due to the sheer fidelity of its simulation. I refer not so much to the gameplay as to its monster of a...
Every summer sees one of the longer running events of charity gaming- the Final Fantasy Five Four Job Fiesta. Eric Koziol, perhaps better known as revenantkioku, organizes the online event and has been gracious enough to speak with Old School Gamer magazine about the...