by Indie Retro News | Jan 27, 2023 | 1980s, 2020s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
In the early 80s, when video games were just starting their migration from the arcades to the living room, it was common for games programmers to take their inspiration from the more popular arcade games, and so we ended up with a million and one variations on...
by Todd Friedman | Jan 23, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, ESports
Our next Trading Card Spotlight features Walter Day who is displayed on card number 95, from the Superstars of 2011 Collection. Walter is also featured on cards 108, 523, 539, 591, 775, 1000, 1021, 1859, 2133, 2149, 2261, 2292, 2321, 2390 and 2462 (And many...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 14, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s
The comic book industry isn’t the only one that get to have this much fun. Take a look at five situations that morphed the industry forever and what could have happened if things happened otherwise. Sega Doesn’t Give Up Creating Consoles After the Dreamcast: Sega is...
by John McNichol | Jan 12, 2023 | 1980s, Atari, Console/Handheld, Gaming, Opinions
My oldest brother Richard wasn’t the master of sarcasm that our middle brother Steven was. But he still looked at my game’s box with a caustic smirk. “This-“ he said, first looking at the art on the box cover of cover of Atari’s Air-Sea Battle… and...
by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jan 12, 2023 | 1980s, 1990s, Lists
If you love Nintendo’s breakthrough handheld console, you’ll got the staples- Tetris and Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow, but with over a thousand titles released, there are a bevy of gems. Here are a few of the best you may have never played. Penguin Wars: It’s...
by Indie Retro News | Jan 11, 2023 | 1980s, 2020s, Gaming, Indie Built-Retro Inspired
Some cool news indeed especially if you grew up on the Atari 2600 as well as the much later Atari 8bit as you’ll be interested to hear, that Protovision has released the Commodore 64 game of Czolgi. A new game which is an inspiration to Combat that was first...