On the surface, it’s straightforward: one ship, descending waves of alien insects, and a single fire button… but underneath that simplicity is a rhythm that feels almost musical. The swooping enemy patterns, the slight delay on your shots, and that delicious risk of letting your fighter
get captured so you can come back with a Dual Fighter – it all adds up to a kind of pl...

Arcade attract mode was never just background theater. It was a machine’s fastest way of advertising its theme, pace, and identity before a player touched a button. The best cabinets used it to do two jobs at once: announce what kind of experience they offered and make that experience feel alive from across the room. That is why old attract screens still matter. Their design ...

Sport in Indonesia now moves on the phone first and the broadcast second. DataReportal’s 2026 country profile puts the market at 230 million internet users, 331 million cellular mobile connections, and 180 million social media user identities, while the official BRI Super League table on 13 April 2026 had Pe...

Retro Games…we love them, but we have missed so many. By just playing our favorites, there are countless other gems that never managed to grab our eyes. In this exclusive Old School Gamer Magazine post, author Patrick Hickey Jr. gives us five retro games we need to find and play.

Zyll (IBM): A single or two-player cooperative or competitive, non-linear adventure...

Earlier this year, I had a realization. The SIU Student Center, like so many buildings that have been around a long time, has a bunch of old CRTs in storage. What if, instead of just letting them sit there collecting dust, they could be brought out to serve their original purpose? By which I mean, of course, letting people play Duck Hunt on the NES with nice, satisfy...