Tutankham – A Pico8 port of Tutankham is in development, an arcade game developed by Konami in 1982.

by Indie Retro News | Aug 24, 2022 | 1980s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Thanks to an early morning heads up via Twitter, we’ve just been told that if you enjoyed the classic game of ‘Tutankham’; an Arcade game developed by Konami in 1982. Then at some point in the near future @paulhamx will be releasing a port of the...

Castlevania – Thelen is still working on an upcoming Castlevania game for the Atari XL/XE VBXE

by Indie Retro News | Aug 23, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

We’ve featured our fare share of Castlevania inspired games over the years, from Castlevania Spectral Interlude on the ZX Spectrum, to the upcoming fan game of Maria Renard’s Revenge for the Commodore Amiga. Well here we are with another shout out for this...

OutRun – A technical demonstration of a classic racer for the Atari XL/XE

by Indie Retro News | Aug 22, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Way back in 1986 Sega released one of the greatest racers of our time, it just had to be Out Run. An Arcade racer designed by Yu Suzuki, that was not only a commercial success but became one of the best selling games of it’s time. It had incredible graphics,...

The International Video Game Hall of Fame Class of Inductees for 2022!

by Old School Gamer | Aug 19, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s, Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 18th, 2022 International Video Game Hall of Fame Announces the 2022 Class of Inductees! Ottumwa, IA— August 18th, 2022 — Put down that controller, close your gaming app and give that keyboard a little rest, it’s finally time to pull back...

The Retro Hour – Missile Command and Gravitar with Rich Adam

by Old School Gamer | Aug 18, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Podcast of the Week

Missile Command and Gravitar with Rich Adam The Retro Hour EP339 Published on August 14th, 2022 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO PODCAST We take a trip back to the heyday of Atari and chat to developer Rich Adam who worked on legendary titles like Missile Command and Gravitar....

Arkanoid 3 – A Portuguese MOD/Hack of the classic ZX Spectrum Arkanoid game

by Indie Retro News | Aug 17, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you remember Arkanoid; an arcade game first developed by Taito in 1986, with the bat like device scrolling from side to side at the bottom of the screen, bouncing an orb back and forth and smashing blocks for a high score, then you might like this latest speccy...