News & Updates from Intellivision

by Old School Gamer | Jun 8, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Greetings, It has been a while since our last official update, and I thank you for your patience. I hope that this update on the state of Intellivision will answer some of your questions and explain where we are and where we are heading. When I took over as CEO of...

Commando – A classic game gets another Atari XL/XE VBXE update

by Indie Retro News | Jun 6, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Saberman has yet again contacted us to let us know that Shanti77 has announced a 4 level update to his previously announced work in progress C64 to Atari XL/XE VBXE conversion of Commando. As in the words of Shanti77 from our previous article “How does the game...

RETROSPECTIVE Mail Bag: Q&A Time

by Jason Russell | Jun 4, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, Arcade, Columns, Gaming, The Story Of...

Q) I know that the third console generation (NES/ Master System) were 8-bit but what were the systems before that? Was Pong 1-bit? That’s a surprisingly good question but the answer may disappoint.  What we classify as the first console hardware generation (the...

Wonder Boy Collection – Out today – PS4/5 & Switch

by Old School Gamer | Jun 3, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Press Release

Wondrous adventures await – Wonder Boy Collection is now available Four of the most iconic entries of the series are now playable on PS4 and Nintendo Switch with additional features Stuttgart, Germany – 3 June, 2022: ININ Games and Bliss Brain are happy to...

Gravitar: Recharged – Exclusively available now

by Old School Gamer | Jun 2, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Atari, Console/Handheld, Press Release

A lone pilot, far from home Gravitar: Recharged is a challenging and beautiful game.  With 24 misson challenges, an Arcade mode with Leaderboards, Co-op gaming, and an incredible soundtrack by the great Megan McDuffee. It’s available now on the Atari VCS for...

New Rally-X – An Arcade conversion of Rally X for the C64 is in the works and it’s fab!

by Indie Retro News | May 31, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

It wasn’t too long ago that many of us had the pleasure of playing Allan Turvey’s Terrapins RX; a Rally X Remix demo which was based on the 1980 game by Namco and official conversion Maze Death Race which was released later in 1983 by PSS for the ZX...