by Indie Retro News | Nov 6, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
Back in the day I really loved playing the 1981 Arcade game of Frogger by Konami. It had loads of charm, great gameplay for kids and it really made you feel for the safety of those little green frogs as they hopped their way across a busy road, then across a river of...
by Todd Friedman | Nov 6, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Press Release
One of the most recognized video game from the early PC days is “The Oregon Trail”. Some say that RPG games that came after were built from the gameplay of “The Oregon Trail”. The original game was released in 1971 for the HP 2100 PC. Almost...
by Indie Retro News | Nov 3, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Atari, C64 Vic20, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
In the 1970’s Bushnell and another guy called Alcorn released a Pong prototype at a local bar named Andy Capp’s Tavern, yet it wasn’t until 1975 and through a long history that Pong actually appeared in our homes, and on my very own Atari 2600....
by Suzana Krcmarek | Nov 2, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, The Story Of...
Like some antediluvian myth, the history of playable female protagonists in video games is often shrouded in mystery. One could argue that Ms Pac-Man was the first or even the female protagonist of the lost game “Score” by Exidy. But while Ms Pac-Man may have been the...
by Antstream Blog | Nov 2, 2022 | 1980s, Antstream, Arcade
This week, it’s time for us to take an overdue look at six of the finest games from the famous arcade giant Namco. Founded in 1955, Namco enjoyed moderate success with various amusements until, in 1977, it joined the videogame boom. Building off the mechanics of...
by Indie Retro News | Nov 2, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
If you remember the 1980’s game of ‘Karate Champ; An Arcade fighting game that was released in the Arcades and later the Apple II, C64, NES, Virtual Console, iOS via Data East, then you might like this latest Amiga news story we’ve come across on...