Is Dungeons and Dragons a Retro Video Game?

by William Schwartz | Jan 18, 2025 | 1970s, 2020s, Gaming, Opinions, Pinball, Reviews, Stern

  Last month, Amazon Prime’s Secret Level adapted fifteen video games to short, animated films. Some of these could fairly be described as retro video games, though the bulk of them dated to the twenty-first century. But one of the odder ones of the full...

RetroAchievements Put a Modern Spin on Classic games

by Matthew Owen | Dec 30, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Console/Handheld

The evolution of video games has brought about controversial additions like constant online connectivity and battle passes, but some of these newer features are actually quite good. Take for instance the modern achievement system, popularized in 2005 with the release...

Battle for Cronos – A high quality turn based wargame for the Commodore 64 by Windigo Productions!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 18, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Fancy a game that doesn’t just have a great starting soundtrack, a brilliant intro and turn based combat for up to 4 players? Then make sure to check out Windigo Productions latest Commodore 64 game of ‘Battle for Cronos’. A game in which the creator...

OBSCURE COLECOVISION ARCADE PORTS – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Dec 7, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Magazine Preview

Although I first began playing video games on my cousin’s Atari Pong in 1975 and on my friends’ Fairchild Channel F systems in 1976 (both my next-door neighbor and another buddy a mile away had a Channel F – crazy!), the first console I actually owned was a...

Old School Handheld – Blip the Game

by Todd Friedman | Nov 20, 2024 | 1970s, Columns

I wanted to write about a unique game I purchased from eBay this week.   It is one I think is the beginning of handheld gaming that we know today.   There are many things that jump started the handheld gaming, but this device was something I may have missed or did not...

Atari 50 Expanded Edition w/ 39 New Games

by Old School Gamer | Nov 7, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

Atari Announces Expanded Edition of Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration Featuring 39 new games added to the acclaimed Atari 50 collection Atari and developer Digital Eclipse are excited to announce a significant expansion to their acclaimed 2022 release Atari 50:...