OSCAR, Ltd.: Old SChool And Retro
The latest news from 30 years ago. The retro, rad, and totally awesome
Testing testing 1 2 3 – is this thing on?
I realized I haven’t actually made a new post in over 5 years. I’ve got a bunch in “Draft” mode, but I’ll need to review those and see if any are worth keeping.
I have an idea for a video series which I hope to start recording soon, so keep yer eyes peeled!
While Atari and Sega (among others) have been mining the mini-retro console market for over a decade, Nintendo has remained conspicuously absent – until now. The Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System will be available this November for $59.95. [Pre-order on Amazon.com]
While I’m not the biggest Nintendo fan, this is a very compelling package. Wii controller support, HDMI output and a great list of included games: Continue reading “Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System coming Nov 2016”
Looks like a Kickstarter is forthcoming for a new cartridge-based console. Learn more at http://www.retrovgs.com/
Continue reading “Not entirely sure what to make of the RetroVGS yet, but it looks interesting”
May 22, 2015 marks the 35th anniversary of Pac-Man‘s original release in Japan. While many people consider Mario the mascot for all things video games, the yellow, dot-munching, pie shaped thingy was the first title to truly bring gaming to the masses. Continue reading “Pac-Man celebrates 35 years”
Wasteland and Elite – two classic games that received modern updates last year thanks to Kickstarter donations. This week at the Game Developers Conference, inXile (Wasteland 2) and Frontier Developments (Elite: Dangerous) announced console ports of their respective games. Continue reading “Wasteland 2, Elite: Dangerous to receive Xbox/Playstation ports”
Christmas morning, 1980. I must have been a good boy that year, because under the tree was a new Atari 2600 gaming console. Along with the Combat pack-in cartridge and the seminal Space Invaders, I was in gaming heaven. Many fond memories were had, but little did I know at the time that there was something bigger and better around the corner – the Atari 5200. Continue reading “Atari 5200 Let’s Play: START (Part 1)”
A trio of new games based on series that got their start in the 80s were shown off last night at The 2014 Game Awards, including the long-dormant King’s Quest series. Continue reading “New King’s Quest, Zelda, Mario presented at The 2014 Game Awards”
One of the enduring video game urban legends is that E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial for the Atari 2600 was singlehandedly responsible for the killing the video games. The game was so bad, it took down the Atari juggernaut and the rest of the industry with it. Supposedly, there were *so* many returned copies of E.T. from disgruntled customers that Atari had to bury millions of cartridges at an undisclosed location in the desert. Or so the legend goes. Continue reading “Atari: Game Over documentary available for free”