OBSCURE COLECOVISION ARCADE PORTS – By Brett Weiss

by Brett Weiss | Dec 7, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Magazine Preview

Although I first began playing video games on my cousin’s Atari Pong in 1975 and on my friends’ Fairchild Channel F systems in 1976 (both my next-door neighbor and another buddy a mile away had a Channel F – crazy!), the first console I actually owned was a...

Donkey Kong – A famous 80’s game has just got a rather awesome Arcade to ZX Spectrum conversion!

by Indie Retro News | Dec 6, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

In the early 80’s Nintendo released one of the most famous games of all time, and that game was ‘ Donkey Kong ‘. A game in which you played as Mario that had to avoid obstacles across a number of platforms, with sometimes a hammer in hand to save a...

Secret Level Episode 106 Review: Pac-Man

by William Schwartz | Dec 5, 2024 | 1980s, Reviews

  There’s an old joke about Pac-Man and video games. Everybody knows that video games don’t really influence kids’ behavior. After all, if they were imitating Pac-Man, they’d just be chasing each other around dark mazes, popping pills and...

Garry Kitchen on Donkey Kong, Activision, & MORE!

by GenX Grownup | Dec 2, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup

About This Episode One of the coolest benefits of being a content creator is having the opportunity to actually speak with some of the key figures who laid the foundation of the video game industry, and my guest for this video is without a doubt one of those...

Vintage Oil Drilling Game that NEVER WAS! | Oil Strike ’75

by GenX Grownup | Dec 2, 2024 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup

Get ready to earn while you learn in Oil Strike ’75, a fun, exciting, and educational new game from Cadal Corp. where you’re tasked with running a rig and discovering new oil deposits at the bottom of the sea – no matter the cost. Who knows what you’ll find! Utilise...

Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

by GenX Grownup | Nov 28, 2024 | 1980s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

About This Episode If you always know where your towel is, then you’re likely already a fan of the topic of this episode. His Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was required GenX reading, and his work is beloved by millions. In this Backtrack, we remember and...