Atari Reintroduces the Atari Club Jacket in Collaboration with 80s Fashion Icon Members Only®

by Old School Gamer | Nov 14, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Atari

Atari® is excited to announce a collection of Atari Club Jackets created in collaboration with the apparel brand Members Only®. The collection, which includes black, red, and white racing-style jackets with Atari branding, are meticulous remakes of an original jacket...

Atari Nano Player Pro | Review & Comparison | Atari VCS/2600 Classics from My Arcade

by GenX Grownup | Nov 10, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Console/Handheld, GenX Grownup

Atari® is a pioneer in the video game industry, responsible for some of the most iconic games of all time, including Pong®, Breakout®, and Asteroids®. Atari® was founded in 1972 and, with a rich history that spans over 50 years, is one of the oldest video game...

Why Paradroid For the C64 Was So Awesome!

by John McNichol | Nov 9, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Columns, Console/Handheld

The Commodore C64 was a great little machine for its day, and its games were worthy successors to the Atari games which came before it. One game will always stand out for me as particularly enjoyable, due to its innovative concept, progression, style, and overall...

Atari 2600 Donkey Kong: Was This Port TANKED to Make ColecoVision Look BETTER?

by GenX Grownup | Oct 28, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Atari, GenX Grownup

Donkey Kong is a 1981 arcade video game developed and published by Nintendo. As Mario, the player runs and jumps on platforms and climbs ladders to ascend a construction site and rescue Pauline from a giant gorilla, Donkey Kong. It is the first game in the Donkey Kong...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Robert Berk

by Todd Friedman | Oct 21, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Columns, Pinball

Today, October 21st. 2023, the Pinball Expo with be entering its 39th year since the start in 1984. One of the founders and promoters of this event from Day 1 is Rob Berk.  Lets look back at the interview I did with him back in 2019 when the event was located in...

Prince of Persia – A classic game as another tech demo for the ColecoVision, MSX and SG-1000

by Indie Retro News | Oct 20, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Remember when we said that the classic platformer of ‘Prince of Persia’ was getting a ColecoVision, MSX and SG-1000 port by Under4Mhz? A game which has been released for many different systems back in 1989 by Broderbund. Well there’s some great news...