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...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Video Game Summit

by Todd Friedman | Oct 17, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Events

The Pinball Expo will be expanding its show floor to 100,000 sq. ft. and celebrating its 40th year as the longest running pinball show. The event, which takes place Oct. 15-19th, will be combining forces with Video Game Summit, which has been running since 2003. Video...

Mickey and Donald G&W for the ZX Spectrum 48k

by Indie Retro News | Sep 26, 2023 | 1970s, 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

The 1980’s Game and Watch Handheld throw backs just keep on coming, especially with a multitude of games released harking back to that great era with games such as Donkey Kong Jr Game and Watch, Parachute, Fire, Baby Monkey Alba, and yes even Hayesmaker’s...