The Five Most Essential RPGs for Your Nintendo DS

by David Lloyd | May 27, 2026 | 2000s, 2010s, Gaming, Lists, Opinions

Old School Gamer Writer David Lloyd shares his thoughts on The Five Most Essential RPGs for Your Nintendo DS Catalogue. Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey The Megami Tensei franchise started way back in 1987 with Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei on the Famicom, but...

“Arcade Archives TAG TEAM WRESTLING” and “Arcade Archives 2 TAG TEAM WRESTLING” now available!

by Todd Friedman | May 22, 2026 | 1980s, 2020s, Opinions

“TAG TEAM WRESTLING” is an action game released by Technos Japan in 1983. Enjoy the world of professional wrestling as you control the hero wrestler and aim to become world champion. Quick move selection and the skillful tag team work unique to tag matches are the...

Five Retro Games We’d Love to See Modern Remakes Of

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | May 19, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Arcade, Gaming, Lists, Opinions

Old School Gamer Senior Writer Patrick Hickey Jr. shares his thoughts on five awesome retro experiences that would be a ton of fun with modern gameplay mechanics and visuals. Desert Strike: Fans have wanted a new game in this series for over 20 years. EA needs to make...

Five Sports Games That Have Us Wish Again For Simpler Times

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | May 4, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Gaming, Interviews, Lists, Opinions

Sports games today are all about lifelike graphics and realism, but once upon a time, the games were simpler and arguably far more fun to play. Lets take a look at five retro sports games that are better than their modern-day counterparts. PGA Tour Golf: To think that...

HEIANKYO ALIEN – by Jeremy Parish

by Jeremy Parish | Apr 11, 2026 | 1970s, 2020s, Magazine Preview, Opinions

Gaming historians often write about popular media in the pre-internet age as if it all existed in vacuum-sealed silos by country, but that’s not true at all. Intercontinental communication may have been a lot more complicated back then, but consider Heiankyo Alien, a...

Super Mario: The All Star Video Game Changer HAPPY MAR10 DAY!

by Todd Friedman | Mar 10, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Opinions

Forty years ago, Super Mario jumped out of his debut role-he was the nameless carpenter “Jumpman” in the classic game Donkey Kong-and into a realm of his own with the 1985 release of Super Mario Bros. Video games have never been the same. In this...