by Indie Retro News | Jul 30, 2023 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
Another retro gaming news story to keep you company, as thanks to Tom contacting us early this morning, we’ve been told that a brand new game for the MSX1 called ‘Vampire Slayer’, is available to download and play. This game developed by Seamsoft for...
by Antstream Blog | Jul 27, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Antstream
Platform: Arcade Year: 1981 I’ve got a love-hate relationship with this legendary arcade shoot-‘em-up. Crikey, I imagine that practically everybody has a love-hate relationship with Defender, bar those elite gamers with godlike joystick skills. Alas, for me, back in...
by Indie Retro News | Jul 25, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
As we said before… Galaxian has appeared on Indie Retro News many times over the years, especially as it is one particular Arcade classic that homebrew developers love making clones of. Well here’s another Galaxian story for those of you that remember this...
by John McNichol | Jul 24, 2023 | 1980s, Atari, Gaming
[Read part One here! 🙂 ] The Waldorf Astoria; a place whose very name for most people evokes images of elegant opulence. One day in 1982, a number of journalists gathered in the Waldorf’s ballroom. Figures from the 12 symbols of the zodiac decorated the floor. As the...
by Old School Gamer | Jul 24, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Atari
High Fidelity Replicas for Six Unique Titles Now Available for Purchase on Atari.com New York, NY (July 24, 2023) – Prepare to celebrate the glory days of arcade games! Atari is delighted to announce its new partnership with Retro Arcade, specialists in arcade...
by Antstream Blog | Jul 23, 2023 | 1980s, Antstream, Retro Computing
I remember being enticed by the attractive screens of Exolon when flicking through a copy of Amstrad Action. It was developed by the stalwarts of the UK games industry, Hewson and developed by the legendary Raffaele Cecco. Raffaele had already made his name by coding...