Atari 2600 Raiders of the Lost Ark – “Why did it have to be snakes?”

by GenX Grownup | Feb 4, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, GenX Grownup, Podcast of the Week

Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action-adventure game for the Atari 2600 released in 1982, based on the 1981 film of the same name. The game was designed by Howard Scott Warshaw. When the opportunity to write an Atari VCS game based on the film was offered at Atari,...

Another Zelda Podcast S7 E10 – “Favorite Rito”

by Old School Gamer | Feb 1, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Podcast of the Week

Mallory swings through Chicago to share some of her favorite music from Wind Waker with David. DIRECTED AND PRODUCED BY DAVID GEISLER | WRITTEN BY DAVID GEISLER AND ANDY BARNEY | EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: DAVID GEISLER | EDITOR: DAVID GEISLER | SOUND DESIGNER: DAVID GEISLER...

Nebulus Ported to the Game Boy Advance

by William Schwartz | Jan 31, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, AtariST, C64 Vic20, Console/Handheld, Indie

  On January 30th, Retro Room Games made their Game Boy Advance port of Nebulus available to purchase in their online store. Produced in collaboration with Rebellion, Nebulus is a classic puzzle platformer dating to 1987. Originally released for home computers...

Video Game Trading Card Spotlight – Don Hodges

by Todd Friedman | Jan 31, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2010s, Arcade, Columns

Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Don Hodges, who currently is displayed on card number 753, from the Superstars of 2014 Collection.  Don is a classic arcade gamer who has analyzed program code for games such as Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Defender, and Galaga. He may be...

Invanoid – An Arkanoid and Space Invaders mix for the Commodore Amiga by DjPiotrs

by Indie Retro News | Jan 29, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

What do you get if you mix the 1986 Arcade game of ‘Arkanoid’ and the 1987 game of ‘Space Invaders’? Probably this latest game from djpiotrs called ‘Invanoid’; a brand new Amiga game in which playing as a bat like device scrolling...

Halo Zero (Unofficial remake – Amiga/MD/NeoGeoCD) by Earok gets a preview build!

by Indie Retro News | Jan 27, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Here’s another banger of a news story especially if you were a fan of the Halo games, as thanks to a heads up by Earok, developer of the Scorpion Engine, he has announced a preview download of ‘Halo Zero’. An unofficial fan port of a classic fan...