1942 – Arcade quality port is still coming to the Amiga with new shown!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 18, 2022 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

In 1984 a great shoot ’em up was released for the Arcades by Capcom and that game was 1942. A game in which you not only had to shoot down enemy planes including bombers, but you could also perform awesome rolls while collecting power ups. Thankfully this game...

1980’s “Spy Hunter’ is coming to the Amiga and it looks great!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 8, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

If you remember the 1983 game of ‘Spy Hunter’; An Arcade top down Action vehicle game that drew its inspiration from James Bond and was released on the Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit, BBC Micro, ZX Spectrum, C64, Apple II, ColecoVision, IBM PC and...

Five Games Ahead of Their Time That Paid For It

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 7, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Lists

Video games are like relationships. Some are great but come around at the worst possible times. The games below however, although far from terrible, were panned by critics, mainly because the world wasn’t ready for them. Although time hasn’t been so friendly to some...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Paul E. Niemeyer

by Todd Friedman | Jul 5, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Interviews

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Paul E. Niemeyer, who currently is displayed on card number 4113, from the Superstars of 2022 Collection.  Paul’s career started back in 1982 at Bally/Midway. Paul displayed his artwork talent on dozens of games like Tapper,...

Butcher Billy’s Stranger Tales: The Second Season

by Old School Gamer | Jul 3, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

If you are a Stranger Things fan, then you’ll know the artwork from Brazilian designer/illustrator, Butcher Billy, is stunningly amazing! The timeline of Stranger Things is perfectly suited for us nostalgia seekers with nods to everything retro that we loved from the...

Donkey Kong 3 – Another classic Game & Watch title gets a BASIC conversion for the ZX Spectrum!

by Indie Retro News | Jul 1, 2022 | 1980s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Another day and another Game and Watch mention, as the previous one was called ‘Octopus’ which was ported over to multiple Amstrad systems, and this latest release called ‘Donkey Kong 3’ has been released for the ZX Spectrum and developed using...