Join the Adventure: “Treasures for Hope” Awaits in Sea of Thieves

by Old School Gamer | Jan 11, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2020s, Press Release

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, adventure seekers explored digital caverns armed only with their keyboards and imaginations, hunting for treasures described entirely in text. Zork expanded on earlier text-based games like Colossal Cave Adventure by introducing a...

Snowed Under – A new charity game from Allan Turvey amp; Andy Johns for the ZX Spectrum

by Indie Retro News | Jan 10, 2026 | 1970s, 1980s, 2020s, Console/Handheld, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

When it comes to announcing something from Allan Turvey, it’s usually a new game that’s just been announced such as the case with Asteroids RX, Percy Penguin or even Terrapins. But this time he’s decided to do something different, as in relation to...

Limited Run Games opens preorders for Capcom Arcade Stadium Vol. 1

by William Schwartz | Jan 9, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2020s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Gaming

  On January 9th, Limited Run Games formally opened pre-orders for the physical release of Capcom Arcade Stadium Vol. 1, a compilation that will bring 32 classic Capcom arcade games to modern consoles. This particular compilation is not new. It is already...

Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System Retro Games Of All Time

by Old School Gamer | Jan 9, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Gaming, Lists

How often do you play games that are quite old, but still relevant and nostalgically appealing to you? Surely everyone has a couple or three games that are pleasant to remember, noting any events associated with them, or just to note how far ahead of time the game...

Duck Hunt: The Ultimate Shooter – By Todd Friedman

by Todd Friedman | Jan 8, 2026 | 1980s, Arcade, Magazine Preview

If you ask a gamer to name some popular shooter titles, they will tell you games like Call of Duty, Doom, Halo, Grand Theft Auto and Goldeneye. Before all of these hit the shelves, Nintendo had a vision of providing a shooter game with the new Nintendo Entertainment...

Catslevania – Thelen’s upcoming Castlevania game for the Atari XL/XE VBXE looks stunning!

by Indie Retro News | Jan 6, 2026 | 1980s, 1990s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

Here we are with another shout out for this classic game called Castlevania, as I have been informed through Facebook, that Thelen is still working on a pretty stunning looking Castlevania game for the Atari XL/XE VBXE called Catslevania. A new version of the game,...