Electronic Gaming Monthly – by Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Mar 21, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Magazine Preview

When I was young in the late 1980s, the console wars were just beginning between Nintendo and Sega. For whatever reason, I was always on team Sega back then. I was the only one of my friends and took pride in the Sega products and played the games almost daily. I...

CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS – A charming ZX Spectrum game released by Zanklesoft

by Indie Retro News | Mar 18, 2022 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Some more retro goodness for you all to get you through the last day of 2021, as we’ve recently found out through Saberman, that a rather interesting looking game has been released for the ZX Spectrum called ‘CRONOPIOS Y FAMAS’. This game available...

Game Players – by Bill Donohue

by Old School Gamer | Mar 17, 2022 | 1980s, 1990s, Columns, Magazine Preview

You know, I’ve had a lot of different jobs in my life. I’ve been a construction worker, a dishwasher, a CFD retardant loader, a municipal maintenance worker, a computer programmer, and an inventory clerk at a Metal Shop. At one time though, I had the best job in the...

1980s video games are coming back…

by Old School Gamer | Mar 16, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Press Release

PRESS START: 80s videogames are coming back… As gamebooks! Press Start is a gamebook series that emulates the videogame experience! It merges gamebooks, with their immersive narrative, and the epic 80s arcade games, with their atmospheres and mechanics. Experience the...

Atari 2600 Encyclopedia: Do you know BurgerTime?

by Derek Slaton | Mar 16, 2022 | 1980s, Atari 2600 Encyclopedia, Columns

Release Date: 1982 Publisher: M Network Controller: Joystick Players: 1 – 2 Genre: Arcade – Platformer Alternate Title: N/A Model #: MT4518 Rarity: 3 Programmer: Ron Surratt This port of the arcade classic is one of the ugliest games ever made. Have you...

Green Beret(Rush’n Attack) – A retro classic previously released on the Amiga as an Arcade(ish) conversion gets an update

by Indie Retro News | Mar 12, 2022 | 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Green Beret was an action arcade game released by Konami in 1985. It is remembered for its Cold War setting and its reliance on the player using mainly a knife to dispatch enemies, although you were able to collect many different weapons including a flame thrower to...