Celebrating 8 years of The Video Game History Foundation!

by Todd Friedman | Nov 17, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Columns, Magazine Preview

Since February 27, 2017, The Video Game History Foundation has been working hard to preserve, celebrate, and teach video game history. We want to thank you so much for believing in what we do! It’s our mission to make video game history better. Over these past...

Pitfall II as an adaptation of the Arcade game over to the Amstrad CPC!

by Indie Retro News | Nov 13, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

In 1985 Sega released the sequel of Pitfall II: The Lost Caverns for the Arcade, which in itself was based upon Activision’s two home console games Pitfall! (1982) and Pitfall II: Lost Caverns (1984) for the Atari 2600. It was a scrolling platformer that also...

SPECCY SAGA CODENAME : RKW – Check out this rather cool ZX Spectrum game by MicroChops

by Indie Retro News | Oct 24, 2025 | 1970s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

New homebrews for the Amiga and C64, so what’s next? Well it’s the ZX Spectrum’s turn for a new game to enjoy! As MicroChops has announced the release of their latest game called ‘SPECCY SAGA CODENAME : RKW’. A game that not only features...

SwitcherBoy – A charming arcade puzzler for the Amiga AGA by C.R.A.N.E

by Indie Retro News | Oct 22, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

While I’m not a fan of redpill developed games, especially with them being rather slow and clunky. One game however that looks worth a play, and surprisingly isn’t clunky, is C.R.A.N.E’s Commodore Amiga AGA red pill developed game of...

ATARI REVEALS THE INTELLIVISION SPRINT, A MODERN REVIVAL OF THE LEGENDARY 1980S INTELLIVISION​

by Old School Gamer | Oct 18, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s

The Intellivision Sprint Celebrates The 45th Anniversary of Intellivision with 45 of the Era’s Best Games on An All-New Upgraded Gaming System from Atari and Plaion New York, NY  (October 17, 2025) – Atari today announced the Intellivision Sprint, a brand-new...

Undead – A Splatterhouse and Vigilante mix is coming to your C64 and PC!

by Indie Retro News | Oct 16, 2025 | 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

I think that’s enough Amiga news for this weekend, as turning to the C64 for our retro goodness, and I’ve found out that at some point in the near future, Brains Limited will be releasing their action slasher of ‘Undead’ for both the C64 and...