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...

Old School Gamer KICKSTARTING NOW! – Join US!

by Old School Gamer | Aug 15, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Magazine Preview

In some form you have enjoyed Old School Gamer Magazine by signing up as recently as this summer or as far back as 4-5 years ago.  In that time we have published 29 issues and are due to send #30 to press within the month.  Over 25,000 retro gamers receive it every...

Minbay Pixel Artboard is a Pixel Art Handheld by Anthony Wallace

by Old School Gamer | Aug 11, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

The Pixel Artboard is still currently in its Kickstarter cycle which should be ending in the next couple weeks. So anybody looking to pick one up can back that campaign and get theirs shortly after its completion. But what is the Pixel Artboard? Well, as the name...

The Retro Hour Podcast – Episode 338 Shadow of the Beast

by Old School Gamer | Aug 9, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Podcast of the Week

Shadow of The Beast & Driver with Martin Edmonson The Retro Hour EP338 Published on August 5th, 2022 CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO PODCAST We chat to Reflections founder Martin Edmonson about the making of classics like Shadow of The Beast, Destruction Derby and the...

Knights & Slimes – An in dev Arcade platformer for the C64 by Monte Boyd gets another tease

by Indie Retro News | Aug 6, 2022 | 1980s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Another C64 news story for you all, and one I think many will still be interested in playing when it gets an eventual release, is the upcoming game of Knights & Slimes for the C64 by Monte Boyd. Yes indeed thanks to another shout out on Twitter, not only is Monte...